Cruise ships are like floating hotels. They offer pools, theaters, and buffets — but they also face one big problem: norovirus, the “stomach bug.” In 2025, more ships are seeing outbreaks. Passengers get sick with stomach pain, vomiting, and diarrhea. It usually passes in a few days, but spreads fast enough to ruin entire trips. So why does this keep...
Vivo OriginOS 6: A Big Change You Should Know About
Vivo is about to make a big switch. On October 15, the company will stop using FunTouch OS on its phones and move everything to a new system called OriginOS 6, built on Android 16. This change isn’t just about new colors or icons. It’s about giving all Vivo phones the same look and feel worldwide. What’s New in OriginOS...
Solid-State Batteries: How Close Are We, Really?
People say solid-state batteries are the “future of energy.” They could make electric cars drive farther, phones last longer, and charging super quick. But here’s the real question: are we actually close to using them, or are they still just an idea What Makes Them Different Today’s batteries (like the ones in phones and EVs) use a liquid to move...
IdN™ Creative Country — Panama
A designers’ guide to major cities worldwide! A regular column comprising a comprehensive creative guide to the world’s leading talent hubs. An ever-expanding map of the best contacts, education programmes, exhibition spaces—and all those special “secret” spots and hangouts!...
Why Cruise Ships Keep Losing the Battle to Contain Norovirus
Late September 2025. The Serenade of the Seas left San Diego for what should have been a calm Pacific voyage. Instead, by the time it docked in Miami, nearly 100 passengers and crew were reporting stomach illness, according to the CDC Vessel Sanitation Program. One passenger described it bluntly: “It started with a couple of people looking pale at dinner,...
Google Pixel tackles ‘vanilla’ smartphones in new spot
As it continues to wage war against the rest of the smartphone market, Google has released another spot that positions the competition as boring and unimaginative, and the Pixel as a clever, category-leading device. The spot, developed by Google Creative Lab and directed by creative duo Matias & Mathias, depicts other smartphones out there as vanilla ice cream – often...
Microsoft presenta los nuevos íconos de Office: así habla la nueva identidad de Windows
Microsoft renueva el set visual de Word, Excel y el resto de su suite por primera vez desde 2018. El movimiento alinea los nuevos íconos de Office con Fluent Design y la estética de Windows 11 —capas, transparencias y modo claro/oscuro— para ganar legibilidad, contraste y coherencia entre plataformas. El despliegue llegará a web, escritorio… Ver artículo La entrada Microsoft...
Why going viral is no longer fun
In our fevered political climate, unexpected culture wars, fuelled by bots, can break out at any moment, even over something as seemingly benign as a logo redesign. What impact is this having on creatives and designers, asks Ben Kay...
Stephen McCoy’s photographs of Merseyside travel south
Titled Proximity, the exhibition features a wide array of work by McCoy, and in particular spotlights his artistic investment in the Merseyside area, which dates back nearly 50 years and has seen him document everything from suburban development to domestic realities. Having lived in the area for most of his life, the county’s villages, towns and cities, as well as...
On the Edges of Graphic Design from A—Z —∞
On the Edges of Graphic Design from A—Z —∞ celebrates the past, present, and future of alternative Graphic Design by the hands and minds of a multidisciplinary and international Design community, their practices, reflections, and community-building experiences at A—Z Presents, the space for experimental graphic design based in Berlin. The book offers a comprehensive view of A—Z activities performed by a...
FLASH! Fest: el primer encuentro nacional de creadores digitales en Armilla
Armilla se convertirá en punto de referencia para la creación digital entre el 3 y el 5 de octubre, cuando el recinto ferial Fermasa acoja FLASH! Fest, el primer encuentro nacional que reúne a perfiles creativos, academia y profesionales del marketing en torno a los contenidos que consumimos cada día. Durante tres jornadas se sucederán charlas, talleres y dinámicas inmersivas...
7 consejos para vender tus diseños a clientes
Te traemos lo que nadie te contó sobre cómo defender tus decisiones de diseño frente al cliente para vender tus diseños de branding y aumentar tus ventas como diseñador gráfico. Ya seas freelance o empleado en agencia, saber convencer a los clientes será clave para subir de nivel. Porque una presentación impecable no sirve de… Ver artículo La entrada 7...










