You can vote on the next EU bills! Yes, even if you're not an EU citizen. The Central Bank announced 10 design options for the new bills and opened the vote to anyone in the world. Let's take a look at each. They have 2 theme options: birds or people. The live poll overwhelmingly said birds: 93%.
Also on this episode: John Oliver launched a Buc-Off merch line to taunt Buc-ee's into suing HBO over its beaver mascot lawsuits, and a German court decided that feeding a photographer's photo through AI to make a comic version doesn't infringe her copyright. That surprised me and reminded me of the Obama Hope poster and the Shepard Fairey fight with the AP. Reddit is debating whether to cut off Google,as is USA Today, Politico, and Business Insider. Substack added an AI text detector from Pangram. And Instagram vowed to ban prank videos filmed on smart glasses.
We also cover some resources for motion designers - Citron is a dockable graph editor for After Effects, Tack Studio's released plugins that are new approaches to collect files and alignment.
I also love to talk about the small details in life, and 2 creators both posted about clothing tags. Clayton Chambers and Intermission did some showcasing of them.
And Font of the Week between La Mericana, Galahad and Viroqua.
⚠️ This is the unedited live replay from the July 29, 2026 stream. An optimized 20 minute version will be uploaded later this week.
🔍 IN THIS EPISODE:
- The ECB's 10 euro banknote designs and survey is open through September 21
- John Oliver launches Buc-Off.com as he taunted Buc-ee's into suing HBO. All the proceeds go to Hunger Free America
- A German court rules an AI image made from an underwater dog photo does not infringe the photographer's copyright
- Why it feels similar to the Obama Hope poster, Shepard Fairey, and AP lawsuit
- Reddit considers not renewing deal with Google and cutting them off citing a large traffic drop
- Substack adds an AI text detector powered by Pangram
- Instagram bans prank videos filmed on smart glasses
- Get your free tickets to Designer Boss summit in August
- Subscribe to Design Cache, my new newsletter!
- Citron - a dockable graph editor for After Effects,
- Tack Studio's rebuilt Collect Files and Align Layers
- Clayton Chambers and Intermission showcase clothing tags as small design
- FONT OF THE WEEK: La Mericana vs Galahad vs Viroqua
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