A&W broke their own logo rules for a "smashed" brand activation. Olipop got a major clarity rebrand. Bob's Red Mill has a new look, but does it feel a little too Betty Crocker?

This week on File New: Spotify is testing AI podcasts, YouTube is experimenting with exclusive content for your top 1% fans, After Effects launched color-coded effect labels, Meta is rolling out premium subscriptions for their services, and The Economist is building separate content funnels for humans vs. AI agents.

Plus: a free retro sparkly water After Effects preset, the 2026 D&AD Pencil winners, a very cute Las Vegas casino carpet design zine, and a breakdown of the animated short "Yearn" by Ben Smith.

File New is your weekly design and creator news roundup, covering branding, motion graphics, packaging design, creative tech, and platform updates, every Wednesday on Adobe Live.

File New is produced with the support of Adobe Live, where Ryan streams live every Wednesday as a paid freelance host. Creative direction is entirely his own. Any content requested to be mentioned by Adobe will be disclosed within the episode.

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Bob's Red Mill rebranded and 78% of our live audience said it looks like Betty Crocker. A&W built an entire smashed restaurant in Toronto. And The Economist is splitting their website into two versions of the internet: one for humans, one for AI agents.

Also this week:

YouTube's Top Fans experiment, Instagram Plus, an After Effects color labels update in beta, Spotify's new AI podcast generator, and a free influencer marketing report analyzing 316,000 posts across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.

⚠️ This is the full unedited hour from the live stream. A tighter edited version drops later this week.

No Font of the Week this episode, but past winners are always at the link below.

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What do we call the dark mode gradient era? The blue Wendy's is practically unrecognizable (and unappetizing?). Also everybody relax, the Spotify disco ball is temporary.

This is the cutdown of the live show.

IN THIS EPISODE:

Google I/O announced a lot, but let's talk about their branding. Wendy's is updating international stores to sky blue. Spotify's Disco Ball wasn't given a fair chance. Google's all in on XR, VR, AI, and audio glasses, but they're calling them intelligent glasses. People are watching vertical YouTube Shorts on their TVs. The new XP Pen Pilot Pro helps you edit videos. Insta360 releases really powerful microphones. Substance 3D updates. National Parks Poster and Sticker Design by Dorothy Waugh. What's in an art movement name. How to make charts with visual integrity. UI/UX accessibility rules. The websites we lost being rehabilitated by The Useless Web. Take a little creative break with NoomaLooma.

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What do we call this new dark mode gradient look Google is using? If a Wendy's isn't red, do you even know what it is? The Spotify disco ball is only temporary, so everyone needs to chill out.

This week on File New: Google's I/O branding updates, YouTube Shorts taking over TVs, a ton of new creator tech, and all the design news you need to know.

In this episode:

Google's new visual direction from I/O, Wendy's going sky blue internationally, Spotify's disco ball moment, Google's push into XR, VR, AI, and intelligent glasses, vertical Shorts on TV screens, the XP Pen Pilot Pro for video editors, Insta360's new microphones, Substance 3D updates, National Parks poster and sticker design by Dorothy Waugh, art movement naming, charts with visual integrity, UI/UX accessibility, The Useless Web preserving lost websites, and a creative break with NoomaLooma.

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Stink Studios designed the new SNL UK branding but we probably weren't supposed to find that out. Star Fox 64 is getting another remake, except this one is really unsettling. NBC Peacock slipped in some subtle logo updates, Gotham fights for relevance by going variable, and Google announced Googlebooks (no, not Google Books) right before Google I/O.

Plus: Nikon takes a $550 million hit, Canon drops a 7K camera built for video, Instagram rolls out Instants, and of course Font of the Week.

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File New is produced with the support of Adobe Live, where Ryan streams live every Wednesday as a paid freelance host. Creative direction is entirely his own. Any content requested by Adobe will be disclosed within the episode.

Threads officially launched their new logo. Here's why it works. Panera's new "It Just Meals Good" campaign looks a lot like Subway. I'm also showing off one of the best Art Director toolboxes I've come across, and a Photoshop plugin that relights your photos for you.

We also get into Pentagram's identity overhaul of St. Paul's Cathedral, new Photoshop features worth knowing, Instagram's crackdown on repost accounts, the Oscars' new rules for AI and VFX, and a Kickstarter tripod that gives me anxiety.

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File New is produced with the support of Adobe Live, where Ryan streams live every Wednesday as a paid freelance host. Creative direction is entirely his own. Any content requested by Adobe will be disclosed within the episode.

⚠️ This is the unedited replay of the May 6th 2026 live stream on Adobe Live, uploaded ASAP while the optimized cut is in the works. The polished version drops later this week and will be around 20 minutes long.

This week on File New:

• Threads is testing a new logo and people are split on it
• Pentagram gives Saint Paul's Cathedral a modern identityPanera's "Just Meals Good" rebrand looks suspiciously like Subway
• Photoshop drops 8 new features including reflection removal, rotate object, and (finally) layer cleanup
• Instagram updates its original content rules to punish reposters
• The Viper Pro Tripod Kickstarter promises a tripod with no legs
• Apple agrees to pay iPhone owners $250 million over the AI Siri that never came
• The Oscars set new VFX and AI rules for the 99th ceremony
• A spotlight on shooting with the Widelux panoramic film camera
• Resources for motion designers, art directors, photographers, and logo nerds
• Cursor Camp from neal.fun is the most fun your mouse will have all week
• Font of the Week ends in the show's first ever tie

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This week on File New, Cadillac's new Champion trophy ran into a new AI slop problem that's going to be an issue for any designer or creator who shares their process online. Plus Xbox unveiled a glassy logo, and Jack Dorsey is trying to bring Vine back from the dead.

Apple's animated Face ID ads might be training us for a new Siri, leaked Google app icons finally ditch the uniform color system, Gen Z and millennials are converging on YouTube, YouTube tests side-by-side live stream ads, Instagram launches its Snapchat clone Instants, Threads adds a new live chat feature for the NBA playoffs, Paramount follows Disney+ and Netflix into vertical clips, the clipping economy and whether we've hit peak short form video, a Cover Junkie spotlight on 15 magazine covers that hit different, a customizable spinning coffee cup sleeve, and our Font of the Week.

⚠️ This is the unedited replay of the April 29th 2026 live stream on Adobe Live, uploaded ASAP while the optimized cut is in the works.

The polished version drops later this week and will be around 20 minutes long.

This week on File New:

• Vine is back, courtesy of Jack Dorsey and a 500,000 video archive
• Cadillac's new Champion trophy and the AI slop problem with sharing your process
• Apple's animated Face ID ads might be quietly training us for the new Siri
• Xbox unveils a glassy new logo as Microsoft consolidates everything under the Xbox brand
• Leaked Google app icons ditch the uniform palette
• Gen Z and millennials love YouTube
• YouTube tests side-by-side live stream ads and multiview
• Instagram launches Instants, a Snapchat clone with no editing allowed
• Threads is adding live chat feeds for the NBA playoffs and big cultural moments
• YouTube and SiriusXM strike a deal on audio-first ad inventory
• Paramount adds vertical clips to its app
• Are we at peak short form video?
• Cover Junkie's "15 magazine covers that hit different"
• A coffee cup sleeve you can spin and customize
• An Instagram analytics update revealing which metrics actually matter
• Three new fonts for Font of the Week: Tarif, Snaga Unicase, and Caesura

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This week on File New, we're talking about Gatorade's rebrand ditching artificial color, the Aston Martin vs Geely logo lawsuit, and a look into how AI companies are visualizing the invisible.

Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple's CEO, Jeff Bridges is reviving a cult panoramic film camera, the DJI Osmo Pocket 4 is blocked from US sales, YouTube might be killing thumbnails, the EU's new replaceable battery rule, the history of the Bézier curve, ChatGPT Image 2.0 inside Adobe Firefly, a Spotlight on legendary designer Michael Bierut, and our Font of the Week

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