INVISIBLE INK: THE EU MADE AI DISCLOSURE LAW. THEN CLAUDE STARTED WATERMARKING ITS WORDS
AI labelling is now law in the EU and Claude is watermarking its text. Here's what designers creating with AI actually need to do, minus the legal panic.
THE FUTURE OF DESIGN 2026: AI MOVED THE CEILING, NOT THE FLOOR.
For two years the conversation has been about the floor. Whether it's falling out from under our rates. Whether cheap work eats the bottom of the market. Whether a client will still pay for an identity when they can generate forty logos before lunch.
DESIGN WAS NEVER NEUTRAL. NEITHER IS AI.
Hand AI the power to picture anyone and it keeps redrawing the same face. Studio Lutalica's Cecilia Righini joins the Creative Futures Hub to talk inclusive design in the age of AI, and what it actually takes to keep these tools honest.
I GAVE CLAUDE DESIGN MY OWN ARTWORK TO ANIMATE. IT NAILED THE MOTION & MISSED THE BRAND
I asked Claude Design to animate my own poster. It nailed the motion but butchered my brand until I fixed my process. Here's the 2026 lesson for designers.
THE AI IN DESIGN 2026 REPORT FORGOT GRAPHIC DESIGNERS EXIST
Everyone's quoting the AI in Design 2026 report, but it surveyed product designers, not graphic designers or agencies. Here's what it missed, and what to do.
YOUR TASTE IS THE ONLY THING AI CAN’T GENERATE
AI can generate anything. So why does it all look the same? Juan Teppa of AItelier has been asking that question since before most people had even opened a Midjourney account — and he built a whole studio around the answer. Here's what the creative industry needs to understand about taste, originality, and the one thing AI genuinely can't replicate.
IS AI REPLACING DESIGNERS? WHAT GEMINI REVEALS ABOUT WHAT DESIGNERS STILL OWN
Google’s Gemini AI reveals how visual design is shaping the future of creative workflows. But beneath the gradients and motion, designers still own the work that matters most: strategy, taste, and creative direction.