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Pinterest's 2025 trend forecast highlights the bold, nostalgic, and sustainable aesthetics that will shape digital design and branding. From Rococo-inspired elegance to mood-driven color schemes, these trends provide fresh opportunities for creating impactful, audience-focused experiences.
Jaguar revealed its new electric four-door GT concept, Type 00, as part of its bold rebrand into the EV era. Featuring unconventional design and luxury materials, the design of the 1,000-horsepower car emphasizes innovation over tradition. Despite polarized reactions to its campaign, Jaguar aims to rejuvenate its image and attract modern car buyers.
Airlines generated $12.4 billion from seat fees between 2018 and 2023 by exploiting dynamic pricing and using deceptive practices. Rising ancillary fees complicate ticket purchases with add-ons for seats, luggage, and extras. A Senate report criticizes these practices and recommends more substantial fee disclosures and investigations into their fairness under transportation tax laws.
Design agencies thrive by aligning pricing, structure, and client needs. Big clients prioritize security, while smaller ones seek flexibility. High-value projects demand predictable costs, and collaboration outshines asynchronous work. Engineering integration boosts revenue but redefines agency identity. Design subscriptions fade - enterprise clients provide steady, significant income compared to flashy projects.
Effective designers collaborate, visualize complexity, and focus on improving services rather than debating definitions or ideal conditions. Advocacy alone risks irrelevance - showing impact through practice fosters better outcomes. Success comes from doing the work, integrating user expectations, and shaping services in real-world, imperfect environments.
The Logitech MX Creative Console improves creative workflows with a customizable keypad and dial. It supports Adobe and other apps and offers precise control, smooth functionality, and a user-friendly setup. Its durable, stylish design includes up to 135 shortcuts and seamless customization via Logi Options+.
Collect design feedback, track bugs, manage projects, and run usability tests, all while keeping your team in sync.
Automate 80% of repeat writing, thinking, and creative tasks.
Jaguar has unveiled a sleek new logo featuring a more abstract "leaper" cat, aligning with a broader trend of car brands adopting minimalist, flat designs as they shift toward electric vehicles. This move, seen in brands like Audi, Toyota, and BMW, reflects design trends and a subtle nod to addressing past environmental concerns.
Pantone selects its annual Color of the Year by analyzing visual references and trends. This year's choice, Mocha Mousse, reflects a desire for a core neutral. The warm, chocolate-inspired hue aims to spark conversation about color's emotional impact, building on past selections like 2021's yellow and grey, chosen to reflect global uncertainty.
In 2022, Ilía Tuma founded his home furniture and accessories brand, Tuma, blending timeless aesthetics with emotional design to create thoughtful, nature-inspired products. Collaborating with experts like type designer Kirill Turygin and illustrator Dasha Surma, Tuma's branding highlights its dual focus on functionality and emotional connection, bringing together furniture, textiles, and ceramics under a cohesive, creative vision.
Known for pixel-like depth, Gerardo Pontiérr creates 3D LEGO mosaics that blend portraiture and sculpture.
In 2024, creatives were challenged with AI disruptions, economic shifts, and evolving media, but were inspired by resilience, innovative design, and cultural moments.
SFT Ritam Sans is a versatile typeface inspired by Belgrade's contrasts featuring 8 weights, italics, and oblique styles for dynamic designs.