NextDesign
Analysis
Brand Systems Are Becoming Operating Infrastructure
AI creation tools are turning brand guidance from a static reference into machine-readable rules used across campaigns, products and customer interactions.
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Brand systems, creative technology, product experience and the visual culture shaping what comes next.
NextDesign
Analysis
AI Is Changing the Design Review Before It Changes the Designer’s Role
Layered generation, design agents and code on the canvas are multiplying the number of viable directions a team can evaluate.
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Trend Forecast
Why Product Experience and Brand Experience Are Converging
Customers increasingly encounter a brand through the behavior of its product, service and operating systems—not only through campaigns and visual identity.
NextDesign
Analysis
Editorial Design Is Returning as Feeds Fill With AI-Made Content
Publications and brands are rediscovering typography, pacing and human imperfection as a response to abundant synthetic media.
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News Brief
Meta Signs the EU’s AI-Content Transparency Code
Meta is joining the EU code focused on labeling and identifying AI-generated content while warning against a fragmented patchwork of disclosures.
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Analysis
Getty and Shutterstock Walk Away From Their Merger
Getty terminated its $3.7 billion agreement with Shutterstock after U.K. regulators required the sale of Shutterstock’s global editorial business.
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News Brief
Meta’s Muse Image Turns Image Generation Into an Agentic Workflow
Meta’s newest image model can search, write code, combine references and revise its own output before returning a finished visual.