New iPhone 18 Pro design will reportedly make two key changes (2 minute read)
Apple is reportedly planning two main design tweaks for next year's iPhone 18 Pro: a smaller Dynamic Island and a more seamless back glass cutout that better blends with the aluminum frame. The overall design will stay similar to the iPhone 17 Pro line, but with refined rear glass, new color options, and possibly a thicker body to fit a larger battery.
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Introducing Nano Banana Pro (11 minute read)
Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) is a state-of-the-art image generation and editing model that uses Gemini 3's advanced reasoning and real-world knowledge to create studio-quality designs with improved text rendering in multiple languages. The model can generate context-rich visuals, like infographics and diagrams, and maintain consistency across up to 14 input images and five people. It offers advanced professional creative controls. Nano Banana Pro is rolling out globally across Google's products, including the Gemini app, Google Ads, Workspace tools, and developer platforms. All generated images will be embedded with SynthID watermarking for transparency.
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Building Momentum without Meetings (10 minute read)
Using “micro moments” — short, precise, and complete asynchronous messages — keeps teams moving without waiting for meetings. They work like trail markers, giving just enough clarity for the next step. Meetings waste collective time and kill momentum, while vague async communication creates confusion. Micro moments require effort: focusing on the outcome, choosing the right medium (text, visuals, or video), and ruthlessly editing to include only what's essential. Leaders especially must give direction that's clear but not prescriptive. The payoff is huge - fewer delays, more autonomy, and steady forward progress.
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How to Survive Creative Burnout (10 minute read)
Creative burnout occurs when creative energy is depleted beyond recovery, manifesting through dread, lack of motivation, and depression-like symptoms that require distinguishing from other life issues. Survival involves reaching out to friends and managers for support, using tactics like discipline, taking breaks, laughing, exercising, and traveling to restore energy. Prevention requires changing work environments, diversifying projects, improving workplace relationships, and developing self-awareness about personal needs and what sustains creative motivation.
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Creativity is Human (6 minute read)
Graphic design students worry AI will eliminate their field, but human creativity remains essential and irreplaceable by machine intelligence. Historical technological disruptions expanded rather than eliminated creative opportunities, suggesting a similar trajectory for AI. While AI will transform design processes and create new roles, genuine creative vision and individual expression continue to distinguish human designers from algorithmic output.
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How&How's clever rebrand of material pioneers Everbloom may surprise you (5 minute read)
The rebrand of Everbloom by How&How avoids eco-clichés and instead positions the company like a luxury materials brand, focusing on tactility, performance, and desirability rather than sustainability messaging. Through a premium aesthetic—woven monogram, elegant typography, sensory textures, and restrained storytelling—the identity communicates confidence and timelessness, proving that leading with product appeal can make the sustainability story more compelling when it follows rather than leads.
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Human engineering (9 minute read)
Human engineering focuses on designing systems, tools, and environments so that the right action becomes intuitive and the wrong action becomes difficult. Using principles like spatial compatibility, discoverability, natural mapping, constraints, and clear feedback, it shows that most “human error” is actually design failure, and that by reducing cognitive load and aligning design with human nature, we can dramatically improve performance without requiring more effort, training, or willpower.
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No-stop shop: Austria's UX Lessons on Designing Proactive Government Services (6 minute read)
Austria has achieved a "no-stop shop" model where government services are delivered proactively without citizen action. This success stems from structured inter-ministerial cooperation that embeds user-centered service design within institutional collaboration, ensuring policy goals and citizen experience develop together. The approach is supported by robust digital infrastructure like the Digital Austria Data Exchange platform, which connects over 30 registers and is expected to save businesses and citizens over 150 million euros annually by 2026.
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