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Ferrari lost a trademark dispute with Malaysian energy drink brand Wee Power over the use of horse imagery in its logos. The High Court ruled that Wee Power's design, which features two red horses facing each other with a 'W' background, didn't infringe Ferrari's prancing horse trademark. Ferrari was ordered to pay legal costs but has filed an appeal at the KL High Court.
Leaked hands-on images of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 suggest a noticeably slimmer and more refined design, with a chassis around 4.5mm thick when open, making it sleeker than its predecessor and more competitive with rival foldables. The camera array has also been redesigned. It now features slim silver rings, instead of the bulky black ones on the Z Fold 6, and has a bold new “Blue Shadow” color. An EU label leak indicates the device will retain similar battery life. Full details are expected at Samsung's Unpacked event on July 9th.
Lovable, a fast-growing Swedish AI startup focused on building web apps from text prompts, is reportedly raising over $150 million at a near $2 billion valuation, just months after a $15 million pre-Series A round. The company, founded in 2023, has quickly scaled to $50 million in annual recurring revenue within six months of launching its product, drawing comparisons to competitors like Replit and Bolt. Lovable recently launched a beta AI agent for automated code editing and debugging, adopting a usage-based pricing model aligned with industry trends and investor expectations.
Traditional marketing and storytelling have lost their effectiveness as power has shifted from brands to consumers through the rise of short-form video and creator culture. "Trustnomics" is a four-step framework where trust becomes the essential currency for brand growth in an era of indistinguishable real and AI content. This approach emphasizes identifying key product moments, treating products as content, building repeatable systems over scalable campaigns, and operating through a trust-focused flywheel rather than traditional marketing funnels.
Data tables in enterprise applications require careful design to help users scan, understand, and manipulate structured information effectively. Key design practices include proper content alignment (left for text, right for numbers, and center for icons), clear visual contrast with bold headers and subtle row separators, and essential functionality such as sorting, filtering, and pagination for large datasets. Advanced features, including column resizing, show/hide options, drag-and-drop reordering, hover states, bulk actions, horizontal scrolling, proper link styling, and inline editing with error handling, enhance usability and give users control over their data viewing experience.
The ongoing debate over design titles, reignited by Shopify's decision to drop specialist roles, reflects a deeper issue: the design community's tendency to create false dichotomies that fragment rather than advance the discipline. In an era shaped by AI, the future of design depends not on defending labels, but on embracing design as an integrative, cross-disciplinary practice rooted in synthesis, adaptability, and human-centered problem solving.
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Decofy is an AI-powered home design platform that helps you virtually decorate your space. It takes a photo of your room and instantly generates a professionally designed look with real furniture and decor.
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Figma Make is a generative AI tool that converts prompts and screenshots into functional code aimed at streamlining designer-developer workflows. Despite being buggy and limited in its current state, the tool shows potential for enabling faster prototyping, seamless handoffs, and allowing designers to fix minor bugs themselves, though it currently makes unwanted design decisions without user input. While AI integration may blur the lines between design and development roles, designers must remain responsible for final decisions and avoid the risk of design homogenization.
Apple rigorously tests its devices across four categories—environmental, water, impact, and vibration—to ensure durability in real-world conditions. It runs thousands of trials, including exposure to salt, sweat, and sand, as well as drops on various surfaces and vibrations from motorcycles. Select attendees toured Apple's testing labs during WWDC 2025, gaining insight into the extreme simulations that iPhones and other products must pass, such as submersion in water, soda exposure, and pressure testing for IP certification.
St Andrews Links, the historic "home of golf," has undergone a major rebrand led by agency Dark Horses to position itself as a global lifestyle brand and unlock new revenue streams through retail, partnerships, and international expansion. With redesigned course icons, a custom typeface inspired by local landmarks, and a refreshed color palette drawn from the landscape, the rebrand aims to appeal to a broader, worldwide audience of golfers beyond those who can visit in person.
A wave of design agencies, including Dusted, Elmwood, Fiasco, and Ragged Edge, have recently rebranded themselves with new positioning, identities, and websites.
A global digital campaign for the new Cat in the Hat movie faced backlash as fans accused it of using AI to place the character's hat on world landmarks, criticizing the stunt as uninspired and emblematic of a growing distrust toward AI-generated content in film marketing.