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A kangaroo designed in 1986 still looks more contemporary than most logos generated by AI this week. That fact alone should give every designer pause.
A Toy Projector Just Nailed AI's Hardest Design Problem
A children's AI drawing projector might be the most thoughtful piece of AI product design this year. It nailed the one decision most AI teams are getting wrong: knowing where the AI should stop.
ArtStation Can't Define AI Art. Neither Can You.
ArtStation won't ban AI art — and the reason reveals a problem every designer needs to face. The line between AI-generated and human-made creative work doesn't exist. It's a spectrum, and we're all on it.
Guilty Until Proven Human
YouTube penalised Kurzgesagt's handcrafted animation as AI-generated slop. When audiences and algorithms can't tell craft from AI, your design process becomes your most valuable proof.
AI Won't Tell You You're Building the Wrong Thing
AI tools let you build a prototype in a weekend. But speed without validation is just the fastest route to the wrong product. The real design skill now isn't building — it's knowing what's worth building.
Your Design System Has a New User — And It's Not Human
AI tools are only as good as the design systems they read. If your tokens are messy and your docs are vague, no model can save you — it's time to design for your system's newest, least forgiving user.
AI Influencers Don't Have Ethics. Do Their Designers?
Brands are using AI-generated influencers designed to pass as real people — and someone had to design them. If AI is creating more of the visual layer between brands and audiences, designers need to decide where they stand on honesty.
Nike's AI World Cup Kits Prove Algorithms Can't Design for Taste
Nike's AI-designed World Cup kits optimised for everything except looking good. It's a warning for every designer leaning on algorithmic output without trusting their own eye.
AI Doesn't Need Better Models. It Needs Better Design Systems.
AI prototyping tools are only as good as the design systems they pull from. The unsexy truth: better documentation beats better models every time.
AI Won't Make Your Film. But It Might Let You Make It Alone.
A filmmaker used AI to finally produce a movie shelved for a decade — but it took 3,229 generations and 242 hours. The one-person studio is real, but "possible" and "easy" are very different words.
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