"Burn it and Kill it”: Fans Tear New Eurovision Logo to Shreds (2 minute read)
Eurovision's 2026 logo redesign, created by the European Broadcasting Union and UK agency PALS, has sparked intense backlash from fans who call it the "biggest downgrade" in the contest's 70-year history. The updated design features more rounded, juvenile typography and makes "song contest" more prominent than the main Eurovision wordmark, leading critics to compare it unfavorably to a TikTok rebrand. Fans have criticized specific details like inconsistent capitalization, with many expressing strong disapproval of the departure from the beloved 2004 design.
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Meet the Creativity MVPs: Adobe's First-Ever Creative Campus Innovators (4 minute read)
Adobe recognized nine universities as its inaugural Creative Campus Innovators for integrating creativity, productivity, and AI tools across disciplines through inclusive, scalable programs. These institutions are improving student retention and career readiness through innovative approaches like microcredentials, authentic assessments, and community partnerships. The programs demonstrate how creative technology integration can boost engagement, build workforce-ready portfolios, and prepare students for a digital-first world.
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Spotify's latest feature lets you add your own transitions to playlists (3 minute read)
Spotify has launched a new “Mix” feature that allows Premium users to add custom transitions—like fades, rises, and blends—between tracks in their playlists, with additional controls for volume, EQ, effects, and timing. This update is aimed at music fans and playlist creators, supporting nearly 9 billion existing playlists and helping Spotify compete with Apple Music's upcoming AutoMix feature.
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The Anatomy of an Activation: How Figma Commons Brought Design to the Public (7 minute read)
Figma celebrated its NYSE listing on July 31 with "Figma Commons," a massive public event outside the New York Stock Exchange featuring interactive experiences, local food vendors, and citywide marketing activations. The celebration included a colossal Brooklyn mural, Times Square billboards, hands-on Figma Make stations, and custom merchandise, all designed to make design feel accessible to everyone. Approximately 4,500 attendees participated in the block-party-style event, which aimed to humanize the brand and foster community connections rather than follow traditional corporate IPO ceremonies.
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Vibe Coding and The Illusion of Progress (11 minute read)
AI has revolutionized code generation through "vibe coding," allowing developers to create features in minutes using natural language prompts. However, this speed creates a dangerous illusion of progress, as teams mistake rapid output for genuine value creation while the fundamental challenge of understanding user needs remains unchanged. The most successful approach combines AI's development speed with rigorous user research and validation, ensuring that faster building doesn't lead to building the wrong solutions more efficiently.
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Designing for Autonomy: UX Principles for Agentic AI Systems (4 minute read)
AI systems are evolving from reactive chatbots to autonomous agents that can pursue goals, make decisions, and act independently without constant user supervision. This shift requires UX designers to create interfaces that maintain trust and transparency while supporting systems that operate asynchronously and may change application states without immediate user awareness. Design teams must adopt an "AI-first" philosophy, focusing on outcomes rather than traditional UI flows, and build explainability, interruptibility, and state management into experiences where users collaborate with intelligent systems that act on their behalf.
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