NextDesign
Analysis
Converse Ad Backlash Exposes a Visual Approval Gap
The disputed Chuck 70 X photograph and a separate Palmes collaboration show why brands need to test how a composition reads beyond its intended brief.
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Topic: Visual Culture
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.
NextCommerce
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.
NextDesign
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.