The new AI move Photoshop users are already debating
Adobe’s latest Photoshop feature is prompting a useful conversation about assistance, authorship and control.
AI-assisted creative work
A logo can be a useful disturbance
Formula E’s polarising identity is a reminder that memorability often needs a little friction.
Brand identity
The city can be the exhibition system
Berlin’s new Currents festival turns dispersed creative energy into a shared, place-led experience.
Creative directionThe hard part of AI product work is still direction
Figma’s latest reflection argues that faster prototyping increases the value of product judgment, not decreases it.
Product designSmall internal tools are becoming a serious design surface
Klaviyo’s rapid internal-app experiment points to a practical opportunity for designers who can make operational tools feel clear and humane.
Web/product building
The interface for AI may be a character, not a dashboard
Meta’s Muse mascot shows how product teams are using personality to make unfamiliar AI systems feel approachable.
Product brandingHigher-ed marketing is moving closer to institutional strategy
EAB’s conversation with higher-ed leaders frames marketing as a discipline of alignment, evidence and student understanding—not just promotion.
Higher education marketingAI can match the ad; humans still shape the meaning
A higher-ed marketing roundup points to a useful distinction between perceptual quality and emotional effectiveness.
Evidence-based creativityThe web is gaining an agent layer—but governance is the design problem
Webflow’s Source preview treats agents as teammates that can work across code, CMS and marketing systems under human-set permissions.
Agentic web
Creative wellbeing needs agency, not just fewer tasks
New research on work and wellbeing highlights choice, purpose and social context as important conditions for a healthy future of creative work.
Creativity & wellness