SEATTLE, WASHINGTON / ACCESS Newswire / February 17, 2026 / Each year, Creative Market brings together marketplace insights, cultural signals, and their Curation Team’s unique perspective to surface what’s taking hold in the world of visual design. Their newest trend report, Next in Design 2026, offers a curated perspective on the aesthetics shaping everything from…
The Africa Creative Market (ACM) has officially announced its 2026 edition, marking five years of impact with a bold, five-city global activation. The milestone year will be anchored by a six-day flagship event in Lusaka, Zambia, following highly successful satellite activations in Cannes, Lagos, Johannesburg, and Kigali. Following a strong Zambian delegation to ACM in…
Every major creative industry has been reshaped by generative AI in the past three years. Graphic designers use diffusion models to iterate on concepts in minutes. Video editors rely on AI-powered tools for compositing and effects. Social media platforms deploy on-device generative models that transform faces, scenes, and environments in real time. But game development—the…
Top Free AI Tools for Students, Freelancers & Creative Professionals | Image: Initiative desk When you’re a student balancing deadlines, a freelancer with 10 jobs going at once, or a creative keeping up with the daily churn of content, it can sometimes feel like you never have enough time (or money) to do everything you…
The Lusaka edition will integrate seamlessly with the Creative Industry Business Summit and the Kwimbo National Arts Festival. The Africa Creative Market (ACM) has officially announced its 2026 edition, marking five years of impact with a bold, five-city global activation. The milestone year will be anchored by a six-day flagship event in Lusaka, Zambia, following highly successful satellite activations in Cannes, Lagos, Johannesburg, and…
AI has passed a new benchmark, scoring better than the average human on a recognized creativity test involving 100,000 people. But there’s more to the story than the results, underpinning how difficult it is to put “creativity” in a measurable box. Université de Montréal researchers led a large-scale study that pit 100,000 humans against the…
Apple announced Apple Creator Studio, a new subscription bundle that brings together several of its creative and productivity apps for video, music, imaging and document creation. The service combines apps including Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro and Pixelmator Pro with Apple’s productivity tools such as Keynote, Pages, Numbers and Freeform. The iOS manufacturer said the…
CANVA In 2026, the most innovative companies are no longer asking which AI tool to use, but rather who has the vision to lead it.That’s one of the key findings from the Artlist AI Trend Report 2026, which positions the AI Creative Director as the most sought-after talent in the creative and advertising ecosystem. READ…
