Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland, will launch the Nokia Design Archive on January 15, 2025. This online portal contains approximately 20,000 items and 959 GB of digital materials collected by Nokia from the mid-1990s to 2017. Users can access a variety of materials, including advertisements, idea sketches, designer interviews, and presentations, for free. The archive also includes never-before-seen prototypes, design processes, and consumer technology concepts. […]
OpenAI unveiled its AI video generation model, "Sora," to the global public at its year-end event, "12 Days of OpenAI." It's available immediately to OpenAI's ChatGPT Plus and Pro subscribers. Sora can generate videos up to 20 seconds long and at resolutions up to 1080p, and users can view the model's video creation process and results. OpenAI reports that Sora achieved excellent results in generating landscape and abstract images.
Harvard Business Review (HBR), a 102-year-old business magazine founded in 1922, has collaborated with Wolff Ohlins for a rebrand. "The new logo is a symbol of clarity and confidence," said John Korpix, HBR's Executive Creative Director, in a statement. "It strongly conveys the message that HBR is a trusted source for leadership strategy, content, and learning." The new logo provides a consistent visual language that unifies HBR's various products and platforms. […]
Pinterest has released its list of trends to watch for in 2025. The report suggests future trends across a variety of sectors, including fashion, home décor, travel, and beauty. It highlights the most common interests affecting both young and older generations, with key keywords including cherry cords, surreal soirees, and peak travel. Travel in 2025 will focus on escaping from big cities to mountainous regions. The peak travel trend highlights a preference for high-altitude, natural settings. […]
Global design firm Pentagram leveraged the generative AI tool Midjourney to redesign the U.S. government website performance.gov. This website was created to clearly communicate the federal government's strategic goals and progress toward them to the public. As a platform for collecting and reporting data from key federal agencies, including the White House, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense, and Department of Transportation, the website required a visual and intuitive design that made complex content easily understandable. Pentagram's Polar […]
Pantone, a global color expert, announced the deep, warm brown 'Mocha Mousse (Pantone 17-1230)' as the color representing 2025. Pantone said that it reflects the social mood and cultural trends of the world through color every year and that this year, it has captured the global desire for harmony, comfort, and everyday pleasure through color. Leatrice Eiseman, director of the Pantone Color Institute, said, "Mocha Mousse is a luxurious yet rustic, sensual yet classic […]
Design platform Figma has released major updates that it has achieved together with its community as it wraps up 2024. Under the slogan “We shipped it, You shaped it,” it has introduced various changes that actively reflect user feedback. Figma has built a collaborative creative environment by communicating with users through more than 220 global communities and 500 events this year. In particular, it has encouraged collaboration within the community through programs such as FigJam template sharing and improved user experience […]
Lotte Welfood has redefined its identity as a dairy brand, Pasteur, to leap forward as a ‘milk-based nutrition’ brand. It plans to go beyond the image of a ‘high-quality milk brand’ and develop into a nutrition brand that provides a portfolio of products designed for each life cycle. Pasteur has been known as the first high-quality milk brand in Korea to introduce low-temperature sterilization. However, due to changes in population structure and increasing consumer demand for health and self-care, simply high-quality […]
Hyundai Motor Company's luxury brand Genesis has officially announced its entry into motorsports. Genesis unveiled its racing team 'Genesis Magma Racing' and its high-performance racing car 'GMR-001 Hypercar' at the 'Genesis Motorsports Premiere' event held at the Armani Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on the 4th (local time). The logo using the initials of the Korean alphabet of the Magma brand that was unveiled together is eye-catching. Genesis plans to enter two cars in the 2026 World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the 2027 Weathertech Sports Car Championship (WTSCC). The […]
Samsung Electronics released One UI 7 beta on December 5. One UI 7 introduces new AI features, call recording, Now Bar, and simplified controls. One UI 7 provides AI agents and multimodal features to all interfaces. Users can summarize text, check spelling and grammar, and automatically organize key points without having to switch apps. Call recording feature supporting 20 languages […]
A24 has released a microsite that recreates the Internet vibe of 1999 to promote its new film Y2K. It recreates the fin-de-siècle computer desktop screen to capture the atmosphere of the time. You can access it on the film's official website (y2k.movie). When you access the site, an AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)-style messaging window appears, allowing you to chat with an AI chatbot called 'CoolBlue99'. You can also set your AIM screen name and create an old-fashioned away message. Users can […]
Apple's MacBook Pro Touch Bar was supposedly back, but it wasn't. Hong Kong-based startup Eniac has unveiled the Flex Bar, which resembles the Touch Bar. The Flex Bar is a standalone touchscreen display compatible with Macs and Windows, and connects via USB-C. It features a 10-inch 2K OLED display and a variety of shortcuts and functions that can be customized to suit the user's workflow. Since it's separate from the laptop, it seems useful in offline environments, especially for video editing or digital art work. For example, […]
