Figma makes generative effects feel more like design material
Generative plugins and shaders can now be animated, interactive, published, and shared through Figma Community.
DESIGN SYSTEMS
Framer’s agent learns the geometry of a designed object
Framer Agents can now work with 3D transforms while keeping layers editable on the canvas.
WEB BUILDING
Webflow is treating the site as a living marketing system
Webflow Conf introduces Source and new AEO updates aimed at helping teams build, update, measure, and optimise sites faster.
PRODUCT BUILDING
Photoshop puts precision back at the centre of AI-assisted editing
New tools combine prompt-based edits, visual markup, non-destructive adjustments, dynamic type, and expanded asset access.
AI-ASSISTED CRAFTLocal language support is becoming a creative infrastructure question
Adobe announced Arabic right-to-left support in Express and a Saudi-context image model partnership alongside expanded access to creative tools.
CULTURAL LOCALISATIONHigher-ed visibility now has a second layer beyond rankings
A new higher-ed marketing analysis argues that schools need to measure how they appear in AI-driven search and answer experiences.
HIGHER EDUCATIONFlat budgets make coherence more valuable than volume
EAB reports that digital now accounts for 61% of enrollment marketing dollars while spending growth has stalled.
MARKETING SYSTEMSReach and engagement are being separated more clearly
YouTube now counts a public view when a video begins to play, while engaged views remain available in Analytics for deeper performance analysis.
CREATOR BUSINESSPlatform income is a reminder to build owned relationships
X is retiring Creator Revenue Sharing on September 7 and moving eligible existing participants toward a new Original Content Rewards programme.
CREATOR BUSINESSCreative wandering works better when it is deliberate
A new study links attention control and deliberate mind-wandering with creative problem solving, while finding no simple creativity benefit from spontaneous wandering.
CREATIVE WELLNESS