We’re exploring the intersection of creativity, technology, and culture in shaping our world today. From the innovative effects in Pika 1.5 and AI’s role in identifying deepfakes to Adobe’s content authenticity tools and Lego’s brand storytelling, emerging tech is transforming how we create, consume, and protect creative work. Meanwhile, discussions on leadership, sustainability in fashion, and media consumption patterns reveal how industries are evolving to meet the challenges of modern audiences. All point to a future where creative expression, tech integration, and ethical considerations are central to progress.
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1. Introducing Pika 1.5
Pika dropped Pika 1.5 with 'Pikaffects' just a few days ago, and people are going crazy over the physics-defying AI special effects.
2. What do young creatives want from their leaders?
Creative Review ask those establishing themselves in the ad and design industry what leaders are getting right, where there are gaps, and what their focus should be.
Creative Review speak to Lego’s VP of global brand development Alero Akuya about the brand’s rare ability to straddle the physical and virtual worlds with ease.
4. How Everyone Got Lost in Netflix’s Endless Library
Ten years after Silicon Valley remade TV, it’s become clear how the streaming revolution distorted our collective viewing habits — and sense of the culture.
8. Key trends in audiovisual design: what's next for 2025?
In the fifth of a special six-part series, the latest instalment from Creative Boom's trend report look at the cutting-edge developments shaping the future of audiovisual design and how they're set to transform brand experiences by 2025.
9. Adobe reveals a content authenticity app to 'champion creator protection and attribution'
Research has found that 91 per cent of creative professionals seek a reliable way to attach attribution to their art and design. Adobe's soon-to-launch Content Authenticity is a tool that may just offer that solution.
Artist Olafur Eliasson releases his new artwork Lifeworld in collaboration with CIRCA and WeTransfer. An invitation to contemplate who you are and where you are, here and now.
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