Alessi Espresso: Coffee from the Italian Design House

Alessi opened its first café in Dosan Park in the world. Alessi Espresso is a café and concept store specializing in Italian espresso and moka pots. Alessi is a representative Italian brand established in 1921, and is famous for its products created in collaboration with Philippe Starck, Alessandro Mendini, and Ettore Sottsass. It has many unique menus, such as Alessi's representative product, Pulcinea, a dessert resembling a moka pot, and Alessi coffee with signature cream on flat white. World Coffee Roasting […]
Windows Hello: A Modernized Login UI

Microsoft is improving the user authentication UI. It is called Windows Hello, the authentication UI that appears when you log in to the Windows OS with a computer. The newly improved UI is in the form of a passkey using PIN, face, and fingerprint recognition. Although passkeys were supported before, they were still desktop-centric UIs and difficult to use in various environments. It is undergoing beta testing on Windows Insiders. After all testing is complete, all Windows 11 […]
Lloyd Rebranding: The Black Horse on the Move

The UK’s financial giant Lloyds has rebranded. Lloyds has refreshed its visual identity to transition into a digitally-focused, forward-thinking brand in a market that has changed dramatically since COVID. London-based brand agency Wolff Olins and creative agency adam&eveDDB worked together to create the rebrand and campaign. A new design for the mobile app has also been launched. Lloyds has a new slogan that focuses on the steps it takes to overcome obstacles and move toward its goals, ‘Lloyds moves […]
Simplicity24: Toss Design Conference

Toss is hosting a design conference, Simplicity24. Toss has been hosting a conference to share Toss' design experience and know-how since 2021. Toss' designers will participate as speakers, and designers from various fields will participate. This conference is expected to feature the stories of 11 Product Designers (Tools) who solved complex problems. Judging from the title of Tools, it seems that it will be a story about creating 'tools' that help Toss members work efficiently. Wise […]
Nintendo Music: A music app that bursts with emotion

Nintendo has released a music service called 'Nintendo Music'. You can listen to famous game music such as Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Animal Crossing, and Splatoon. In addition, you can listen to background music from games released by Nintendo for over 40 years. You can stream songs or download them to the app to listen offline. You can search for songs by song title, track name, playlist, or find them by screenshot. General […]
Mac Mini: Is the Power Button Another Design Crime?

Apple has revealed the design of its new ultra-small desktop Mac Mini. It is less than half the size of its predecessor, and is similar in size to the Apple TV. It is a rectangular solid measuring 12.7cm wide and 12.7cm high, the size of a palm. Equipped with an M4 chip, the CPU is up to 1.8 times faster and the GPU is up to 2.2 times faster than the previous M1 Mac Mini. The base RAM has been increased from 8GB to 16GB. There is speculation that this is the minimum specification for running Apple Intelligence. Coming […]
McDonald's Grimace: Limited Edition Coin Purse

McDonald's has released Grimous Blueberry Shake and Coin Purse goods. Grimous is McDonald's representative character that first appeared in 1971. Recently, it has become a hot topic in the United States as its awkward shape and dull expression evoke nostalgia among Generation X and Millennials. The Grimous Coin Purse has an attractive unfocused look and a round surface. The packaging is designed like a 70s print. There is a strange madness in the behind-the-scenes of the advertisement shoot. Burger […]
Nanum Human: Naver's new font

Naver has released a new font, Nanum Human. It is a humanist font that can be used for both titles and body text. Humanist fonts are based on traditional serifs and have the characteristics of handwriting. The space is open and the ending of the stroke follows the slope of the curve. Naver has been distributing fonts for 15 years with the campaign, “Hangul Hangul Beautiful.” It hopes that there will be more information written in beautiful Hangul on the Internet. Following Nanum Gothic, Nanum Myeongjo, Nanum Barun Gothic, Nanum Barun Pen, Nanum Handwriting, and Nanum Square, […]
Gobi Rebranding: Mongolian Premium Cashmere with Authenticity

Cashmere brand Gobi rebranded with Mucho. Gobi is the largest cashmere brand in Mongolia, founded in 1981. All garments are produced in Mongolia by Mongolians. Everything from harvesting, processing, design, to distribution is done in Mongolia. The quality of Mongolian cashmere comes from the unique climate. In an environment where it is extremely hot in summer and extremely cold in winter, the goats shed their fur frequently and the fur is of high quality. After being privatized in 2007, official branches in Berlin and Düsseldorf […]
Netflix Moments: Save Your Favorite Scenes

Netflix has announced a new feature called Moments that lets you save and share your favorite moments. It’s available on the Netflix mobile app and will be available on iOS starting October 29, with Android coming in the coming weeks. There are no plans to bring it to the web or TV yet. On your phone, pause the video and tap the Moments button at the bottom. Once you’ve set the exact starting point, it’ll be saved to your “My Netflix” tab. You can retrieve your saved moments from there at any time […]
Chilsung Cider Rebranding: Seven Stars Shining Strongly

Chilsung Cider has been redesigned after 24 years. The visual identity of the brand logo and packaging, which were changed in 2000 to celebrate the 50th anniversary, has been modernized. The Lotte Chilsung Marketing Team, Clay, CFC, and Vcode collaborated to rebrand. Clay created the brand concept called 'Sense of Joy', and CFC was in charge of the brand identity and packaging design. The motion graphics were created by Vcode. The round gradient stars became pointed and contained seven stars, as the name 'Chilsung' suggests. The thin font became thicker and […]
ChatGPT Search: Now you can search the web in real time.

ChatGPT has added web search capabilities. Previously, ChatGPT could only search web information between 2021 and 2023. Now, it can access real-time web information like Microsoft's Copilot or Google's Gemini. Unlike Google, it said it has no plans to serve ads. As with the existing ChatGPT, you can ask questions to search for the latest sports scores, news, stock prices, and more. ChatGPT will search the web for you, but you can manually […]