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Richard Turley: Machine Learning: Are designers even needed anymore?

Insights + Opinion

Delve into the topics that are defining the creative industry right now, and the cultural trends emerging across the globe.

Can a Tiny Tourist mindset rethink big travel? A new report from Insights

Badly behaved visitors, high-volume rental practices and algorithm-induced overtourism – in a landscape under strain, we make the case for downsizing how we travel and how it is marketed. We call it the Tiny Tourist approach.

April 7th, 2026

Old matchboxes are igniting new ideas for these Indian creatives

13 April 2026

Abstracted organica: The design trend taking root in Naarm, and the designers doing it best

16 March 2026

Why are so many of Berlin’s community initiatives run by designers – and what’s the point?

24 February 2026

POV: The creative industries are about to split in two

15 days ago

POV: Graphic design schools are teaching tech, but are they teaching taste?

15 April 2026

POV: Ballet and opera institutions need to get radical to stay relevant

17 March 2026

Elizabeth Goodspeed on why design writing needs designers writing

2 April 2026

“Faking ‘realness’ on a computer doesn’t get us anywhere new.” – Elizabeth Goodspeed on imperfection as design strategy

29 January 2026

Elizabeth Goodspeed on how many designers it takes to make a studio

4 December 2025

Forward Thinking 2026 – find fresh inputs and clarity for the year ahead

From visual trends to offline (and alternative online) inspiration, our annual series gives you the tools you need to get 2026 started right.

Forward Thinking 2026

Forward Thinking

The graphic trends you’ll want to bookmark for 2026

12 January 2026

I’m not a robot: why showing your workings has never been more important

12 January 2026

Shut your laptop! Ways to find inspiration offline

12 January 2026

Light and Shade

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Light and Shade: exploring creativity’s AI conundrum

22 September 2025

Welcome to the entry-level void: what happens when junior design jobs disappear?

22 September 2025

Fully automated luxury plagiarism: who owns what in the age of AI

22 September 2025

The algorithm erodes the travel recommendation: what comes after?

On TikTok tourism, the slow striking out of local culture, and what trusted curation looks like now.

Insights from the archive

Has judging a book by its cover gone too far?

26 November 2025

If print is not dead, who’s keeping it alive?

14 October 2025

The Art of Dailiness, by Michael Bierut

16 July 2025

Women’s football isn’t only breaking records – it’s reforming the visual culture of sport

21 July 2025

Can you smell design?

24 April 2025

Why creative labour isn’t always seen as “real work” – and what that means for artists and designers

29 April 2024

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