Spotify is expanding its AI-based personalization features and testing "Prompted Playlists." This feature allows users to input their desired mood and situation via text, and Spotify generates a playlist based on listening history and music trend information. It has been reported that Spotify began an initial test with Premium users in New Zealand in December 2025. Subsequently, it is said that the service will be sequentially rolled out in beta form to Premium users in the U.S. and Canada starting January 22, 2026 [… ]
The official uniforms of the Mongolian national team have been unveiled ahead of the opening of the 2026 Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics. Immediately after the reveal, reactions online noted that the designs resembled runway pictorials, and the uniforms themselves are being consumed as a form of content. It is reported that the uniforms were produced by a local Mongolian cashmere brand. The design motif is based on the attire of the Mongol Empire from the 13th to the 15th centuries. While based on the silhouette of traditional clothing, the design emphasizes construction that takes into account wearability and mobility in a modern sports environment. [… ]
British luxury retail brand Fortnum & Mason has unveiled a new chocolate bar collection. This lineup features a concept that designs taste and sound together. It involves concealing piano sheet music inside the packaging to connect the impression of a single bite with a musical experience. The starting point of this concept is the trend of neurogastronomy. It translates the perspective that the length, timbre, and pitch of music influence the gustatory experience into a product. Just as background music is tuned in a restaurant, the chocolate on the offline shelves [… ] the senses
Speculation persists that Samsung Electronics will revamp Bixby around generative AI alongside the next-generation Galaxy S26 series. The key direction is to integrate Perflexity's question-and-answer capabilities into Bixby. While the existing Bixby excelled in device settings and basic command processing, Perflexity is known to be strong in web-based information retrieval and source-centric summarization. By combining these two pillars, users can control devices and access information [… ] with a single call.
Criticism is spreading that the logo for the Trump Peace Committee, unveiled in Davos, resembles the UN coat of arms. U.S. President Trump launched the "Peace Committee," positioned as an international conflict resolution body, and unveiled a gold logo at the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland. The logo has been evaluated as similar to the UN coat of arms due to its composition of olive branches encircling the globe. However, unlike the UN, which features a map of the entire world, the Peace Committee logo depicts only parts of North and South America [… ]
With demand for LPs rising again, Sony has unveiled two new turntables for the first time since 2019. Announcing the PS LX3BT and PS LX5BT, Sony put the listening environment that combines wired and Bluetooth connections at the forefront. Both products feature a fully automatic system that starts playback with a single button press and automatically handles tonearm movement and lowering. They come standard with a transparent dust cover and support switching between phono and line outputs, allowing the amplifier [… ]
With Switzerland set to officially launch its national electronic identity (eID) in 2026, the Federal Office for Information Technology and Communications (FOITT) and the Federal Office of Justice (FOJ) have unveiled the branding for the central wallet app, swiyu. Swiyu is the name of the federal government's digital wallet, and the eID rollout will be implemented in two phases. The branding, based on surveys and tests targeting language groups across Switzerland, prioritizes building trust. Visual identity […]
Evernote has unveiled the extensively updated v11. This v11 is the first major version since v10 in 2020 and is regarded as a milestone declaring a new leap forward based on the technological foundation accumulated over the past few years. The core of v11 is the direction of evolving Evernote into a user's second brain. While maintaining the existing structure of Notes, Notebooks, Spaces, Tasks, and Tags, it places artificial intelligence at the center to elevate information management and productivity to the next level. This version includes three [… ]
The classic game of chess has been reinterpreted as an object design. Breaking away from the traditional flat chessboard, the Mohmaya chess set is designed as a three-dimensional structure that incorporates terrain and elevation. The act of moving pieces expands from the simple execution of rules into an experience of strategizing while traversing space. This project was co-designed by Tanay Bora Bidush Gupta, Hardik Sharma, and Yaman Gupta. The name Mohmaya means "illusion," and the chess [… ] of reading the opponent's intentions and concealing moves
Kia has unveiled a brand identity development project for its next-generation in-vehicle AI assistant, the Kia AI Assistant, scheduled for 2025. Amidst the proliferation of AI assistants, the company aims to set a new standard for vehicle experience through a distinctive design language and clear functionality. This project was conducted in collaboration with the Kia brand team and design studio BUCK. The development of this assistant stems from Kia's comprehensive brand overhaul in 2021. At the time, Kia redesigned its logo and communications […]
Volvo has created a new font for safety. On December 19, 2025, Volvo Cars unveiled Volvo Centum, a dedicated typeface designed for safety and readability. Volvo stated that it collaborated with the world-renowned type studio Dalton Mag to develop a font that facilitates faster reading and more accurate gaze on vehicle interfaces. Volvo focused on reducing visual noise by adjusting details ranging from letter curves and stroke end treatments to kerning design [… ]
The BIC Crystal ballpoint pen, a flagship product of the French stationery brand BIC, has been reborn as a giant lamp. To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the BIC Crystal, the Italian design brand Seletti has unveiled a collaborative project. This is an example of a familiar everyday item being expanded into a lifestyle object with a completely different scale and function. The newly unveiled BIC Lamp is characterized by its size being enlarged by approximately 12 times while maintaining the original ballpoint pen's form. With a hexagonal body and transparent [… ]
