Google's New Aesthetic, Blue Wendy's, Spotify's Disco Ball, and More Design News

A&W Breaks Its Own Logo, Olipop's Glow-Up, and After Effects Finally Gets Color Labels

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. 🔗 Episode links on Raindrop: https://ryanselvy.raindrop.page/may-27-2026-71365453 [https://ryanselvy.raindrop.page/may-27-2026-71365453] ⭐️ Follow Ryan Selvy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RyanSelvy [https://www.youtube.com/@RyanSelvy]Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/RyanSelvy [https://www.instagram.com/RyanSelvy]Website: https://www.RyanSelvy.com [https://www.RyanSelvy.com]

LIVE | Is That Design Bob's Red Mill or Betty Crocker?

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. 🔗 This Week's Links: https://ryanselvy.raindrop.page/may-27-2026-71365453 [https://ryanselvy.raindrop.page/may-27-2026-71365453]👑 Font of the Week Past Winners: https://ryanselvy.raindrop.page/font-of-the-week-winners-59521268 [https://ryanselvy.raindrop.page/font-of-the-week-winners-59521268] ⭐Follow Ryan Selvy Online: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RyanSelvy [https://www.youtube.com/@RyanSelvy]Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/RyanSelvy [https://www.instagram.com/RyanSelvy]Website: https://www.RyanSelvy.com [https://www.RyanSelvy.com] 📝 Adobe sponsors the creation of this stream. Story selection and editorial decisions are made by Ryan Selvy alone unless otherwise stated. In this episode specifically nothing was paid for or directed to be mentioned by Adobe.

Google's New Aesthetic, Blue Wendy's, Spotify's Disco Ball, and More Design News

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. LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE:https://ryanselvy.raindrop.page/may-20-2026-71119350 [https://ryanselvy.raindrop.page/may-20-2026-71119350] FONT OF THE WEEK WINNERS:https://ryanselvy.raindrop.page/font-of-the-week-winners-59521268 [https://ryanselvy.raindrop.page/font-of-the-week-winners-59521268] Follow Ryan Selvy:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/RyanSelvy [https://www.instagram.com/RyanSelvy]Website: https://www.RyanSelvy.com [https://www.RyanSelvy.com]YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RyanSelvy [https://www.youtube.com/@RyanSelvy] Follow File New on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34ZjkIc4hU23p6FC9FEiXl [https://open.spotify.com/show/34ZjkIc4hU23p6FC9FEiXl] Additional editing by Zachary Bromberg: https://www.zacharybromberg.com [https://www.zacharybromberg.com]

LIVE | Google's New Aesthetic, Shorts on TV, XP Pen's New Editor Controller

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. Find links from this episode: https://ryanselvy.raindrop.page/may-20-2026-71119350 [https://ryanselvy.raindrop.page/may-20-2026-71119350]Font of the Week Winners: https://ryanselvy.raindrop.page/font-of-the-week-winners-59521268 [https://ryanselvy.raindrop.page/font-of-the-week-winners-59521268] Follow Ryan: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanselvy [https://www.youtube.com/@ryanselvy] | https://www.instagram.com/RyanSelvy [https://www.instagram.com/RyanSelvy] | https://www.RyanSelvy.com [https://www.RyanSelvy.com]

SNL UK's Weird Logo, Star Fox's Weird Character Design, Nikon's $550 Million Whoopsie, And a Cool Canon Video Camera

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. 🔗 Find links from this episode on Raindrop: https://ryanselvy.raindrop.page/may-13-2026-70836041 [https://ryanselvy.raindrop.page/may-13-2026-70836041]👑 Font of the Week Winners: https://ryanselvy.raindrop.page/font-of-the-week-winners-59521268 [https://ryanselvy.raindrop.page/font-of-the-week-winners-59521268] ⭐️ Follow Ryan YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RyanSelvy [https://www.youtube.com/@RyanSelvy]Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/RyanSelvy [https://www.instagram.com/RyanSelvy]https://www.RyanSelvy.com [https://www.RyanSelvy.com] 🎥 Additional editing by ⁠Zachary Bromberg⁠: https://www.zacharybromberg.com/ [https://www.zacharybromberg.com/] 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.