Wix has released its 2025 Trends Report. The world of web design is poised for a major transformation in 2025. Rapidly advancing technology and creative approaches combine to create emerging design trends that are poised to dominate the digital landscape. From nature-inspired colors to gamification and bold typography—web design is evolving beyond mere visual appeal to prioritizing user experience and emotion. 1. Distillation of Nature 2. Gamification 3. […]
Pinterest has released its 'Pinterest Predicts' report predicting trends for 2025. This time, it has also released a customized color lineup based on the trends. "The Pinterest palette is based on data from Pinterest users' searches and saves. It can be used to inspire creators' mood boards and product development ideas," said Xanthe Wells, Pinterest's global vice president of creative. The five colors that will represent 2025 are Cherry Red, Butter Yellow, Aura, Indigo, and Dill Green […]
How modern logos would look in 1984 is a retro style logo rebranding project by KXDGraphics Studio. This project is not simply a filter on famous logos, but rather imagines what the brand would have looked like in the 80s. The logo animation is played on a low resolution monitor with blurry pixels. KXDGraphics is a design studio of Kostya Petrenko, a graphic designer based in Prague, Czech Republic, and is a 1980s inspired […]
"Zeitgeist," a project that visually reinterprets the voices of citizens that have permeated modern Korean history, from the April 19th Democratization Movement in 1960 to the recent martial law, is underway. Planned by the graphic design studio "Everyday Practice," this project involved 63 designer groups creating posters based on key declarations of the current situation. Participants sought to shed new light on democracy and the role of citizens through design work that reflects the crisis of democracy and embodies the voices of citizens. The project's work will be available on Instagram and other platforms starting January 10th […]
Notion has released Notion Face. Notion Face is a web-based tool that lets you create an avatar in Notion’s signature illustration style. You can set the skin color, eyes, nose, mouth, and other features, and even add glasses, accessories, etc. You can feel the cartoonish texture from the lines drawn with a real pen and the screen tone shading often used in comics. You can save the completed face as an image by adding a background color and caption. More […]
Apple has also released new wallpapers to celebrate a rare four-day sale in China from January 4 to 7, 2025, and the opening of a new Apple Store in Hefei, China, on January 18, 2025. These wallpapers are available for Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch. Apple's homepage features beautiful mountain range graphics and wood carvings. These graphics have been upscaled to create wallpapers for use on Mac, iPad, and discounted iPhones.
Design Compass shared news about the world's best designs and how they can help create better experiences. From brands with new faces to experiences innovated through technology, to creative and engaging objects. As 2024 draws to a close, we've compiled a list of the most talked-about stories from each month. January's Copilot App Release: Free GPT4 Microsoft recently released the Copilot app for iPhone, iPad, and Android. Copilot is OpenAI's […]
CJ Foodville has unveiled the "Durumi Bunsik" brand, a collaboration with design studio mhtl. Jeil Jemyunso, located in N Seoul Tower, will be selling snacks under the name "Durumi Bunsik." Last year, Jeil Jemyunso opened "Mugyoju Jemyunso" in Mugyo-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, showcasing a concept store focused on a la carte dishes and traditional liquor. This new Durumi Bunsik appears to be operating in a similar fashion. Durumi Bunsik's signature menu item is the "Janchi Set," featuring kimbap, tteokbokki, sweet and sour chicken, fish cake soup, and a beverage. While enjoying the panoramic view of Seoul, […]
An image created by Akiyoshi Kitaoka, a professor at Ritsumeikan University and optical illusion researcher, is a hot topic. In 2024, various visual illusions were trending on social media. In particular, an optical illusion created by Akiyoshi Kitaoka, a professor at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto and optical illusion researcher, garnered significant attention. What appear to be white and black faces are actually the same gray. This optical illusion arises not only from the differences in color itself, but also from the differences in luminosity of surrounding shades, which influence our perception. This illusion has been used on various platforms, including TikTok […]
HiteJinro has renewed the packaging for its stout, a dark beer celebrating its 33rd anniversary. Launched in 1991 as Korea's first lager-type stout, Stout has consistently enjoyed popularity, selling over 600 million bottles. The new package design focuses on visually representing Stout's key ingredients. It features a black bird logo symbolizing Black Swan dark malt, and gold elements symbolizing the smoothness of oats on a titanium-black background. The renewed Stout […]
Naver has released a special Christmas logo. This logo was created in collaboration with illustrator Saludani. The artist is famous for his work called 'Sunny Day with Friends' and works with designer Lily at the gift shop 'Queen's Sunday' in Euljiro. Saludani wanted to express the excitement and joy of Christmas, and said that he drew it as if he was having a party because his friend's birthday was close to Christmas. He has been making comics through Instagram recently, and the characters used in this logo are also from the comics drawn by the artist.
French design team Loup Studio has unveiled a new project, One Line Famous Logos. Led by Stéphane Leopold, the team has gained international recognition for their minimalist line art. This project reimagines well-known logos using a single, unbroken line. The series aims to create iconic logos using a single, unbroken line. While seemingly simple, the resulting logos transform into visual puzzles, sparking new conversations with the viewer.
