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Audi reverses its all-touch decade
Carscoops reports Audi is walking back its all-touch cabins — rotary controls and hard keys return across upcoming models. The brand that led the screen migration now leads the retreat.
The 2026 CX-5 strips physical controls for a single large screen — Mazda, long the 'driver-first' holdout, crossing to the other side just as rivals turn back. A live A/B test across the industry.
Hyundai confirms its next-gen interiors, due from 2026, keep physical switchgear for core functions — a deliberate design position, stated publicly, against the all-screen tide.
BMW's iX3 opened to strong pre-orders in China but reports cite delivery and in-car display hurdles — a reminder that in the world's toughest cockpit market, the screen experience can make or break a launch.
Johannesburg painter Matthew Blackburn renders PlayStation controllers and Froot Loops in classical still-life technique — millennial nostalgia elevated by old-master light.
约翰内斯堡画家 Matthew Blackburn 用古典静物技法描绘 PS1 手柄与麦圈——千禧怀旧被古典大师的光线抬升。
PS1 컨트롤러와 시리얼을 고전 정물화 기법으로 그린 작업. 밀레니얼 노스탤지어가 올드마스터의 빛을 입는다.
Gabriel Diogo draws Brazil's backyard colours for Nike
São Paulo illustrator Gabriel Diogo channels football culture and warm neighbourhood palettes into commissioned work for Nike — place-specific colour as a portable brand asset.
圣保罗插画师 Gabriel Diogo 将足球文化与街区暖色调注入 Nike 委托创作——地方色彩成为可移植的品牌资产。
축구 문화와 동네의 따뜻한 색을 나이키 작업으로 옮기는 상파울루 일러스트레이터. 장소의 색이 이동 가능한 브랜드 자산이 되는 사례.
Julia Schimautz's deck animates when riffled — each card advances a sequence of colour and shape, turning a print object into a frame-by-frame motion piece.
Julia Schimautz 的纸牌在快速翻动时呈现动画——每张牌推进一格色彩与形状序列,把印刷品变成逐帧动态作品。
카드를 촤르륵 넘기면 색과 형태가 한 프레임씩 전진하며 애니메이션이 되는 덱. 인쇄물이 프레임 바이 프레임 모션이 되는 순간.
dSPACE expanded its Aurelion platform for driver-monitoring simulation — synthetic cabins and gaze scenarios for validating the cameras that will watch every future driver.
Hongqi's solar sunroof: 400 kWh a year from the roof
FAW Hongqi showed an industry-first solar sunroof producing up to 400 kWh annually — roof real estate becoming an energy surface, with obvious read-across to scooter decks and battery top-ups.
A Creative Boom essay argues unplanned encounters beat rigid research for creative discovery — a process note worth pinning above any design sprint board.
Creative Boom maps why fragmented media is pushing brands from A-list endorsements toward authentic everyday faces — with AI-generated 'perfect' imagery accelerating the hunger for real ones.
媒体碎片化正促使品牌从明星代言转向真实素人面孔——AI 生成的「完美」影像反而加剧了对真实的渴望。
파편화된 미디어가 브랜드를 A급 셀럽에서 진짜 보통 사람들로 밀어내는 흐름. AI의 '완벽한' 이미지가 오히려 진짜에 대한 갈증을 키운다.
At Edinburgh Art Festival, Ryo Yamada's timber framework marks where the ocean will one day stand — data made walkable, prediction as physical structure.
Fei Meng applies rigorous figure study and old-master light theory to character-driven editorial and advertising work — craft training as a commercial edge.
孟菲将严格的人体研究与古典光线理论用于人物驱动的编辑与广告插画——手上功夫成为商业优势。
엄격한 인체 훈련과 고전 광선 이론을 캐릭터 중심 상업 작업에 적용. 수련이 곧 경쟁력이 되는 일러스트레이션.