Figma Motion Unlocks Audio, Text Animations, and Lottie Export
Figma's September 30, 2026 release makes Motion more reusable, expressive, and portable, giving teams a faster path from first keyframe to polished, handoff-ready animations. The update lets you save animation styles with custom easing, duration, and variable-backed properties and apply them across your designs — and combine styles into richer animations saved and reused as a single pattern. You can now stay in Figma to layer audio onto keyframes, create text animations, or export supported animations as Lottie.
Adobe Brings Hands-On Editing Controls to the ChatGPT Plugin
Launching alongside OpenAI's DevDay 2026 announcements on September 29, Adobe introduced new interactive editing experiences in the Adobe plugin in ChatGPT — giving users more hands-on control over images, designs, and PDFs. You can now ask the Adobe plugin in ChatGPT to make a targeted image edit, then fine-tune the result with interactive controls for hue, saturation, and more. This builds on a plugin that already draws on more than 70 tools across Adobe's creative and productivity suites.
MOX's Creative Director on Designing Polarising Logos on Purpose
Creative agency MOX — the studio behind a sweeping new brand identity for Formula E — dropped the rebrand on September 29, 2026. The new identity features a bold new wordmark logo, dynamic motion graphics, and a slick new colour palette ahead of the GEN4 era of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. Matt Bolton, creative director and co-founder at MOX, says "We went for a Marmite icon" — a deliberate strategy to provoke strong reactions rather than safe, forgettable design.
Adobe MAX 2026 Online — Free Access for All, Starting This Month
Adobe MAX 2026 is taking place in Miami Beach, with MAX Online running simultaneously for anyone who can't attend in person. The conference features a full slate of AI-focused sessions, including how to push Adobe After Effects beyond its usual limits by integrating generative AI directly into motion workflows. Adobe has confirmed the online version is free to register, making it fully accessible to students worldwide.
Formula E's Full Brand System Dissected at It's Nice That
It's Nice That published a full breakdown of the MOX Formula E rebrand on October 1, 2026, revealing a bold colour palette, bespoke blocky type, and a system that tilts as if it's ready to tear up tarmac. MOX was chosen to introduce new fans to the sport and reintroduce existing ones using a powerful, turbo-charged visual language built for the incoming GEN4 era. The coverage also spotlights MOX/WORLDS, a new division focused on the next era of brand design, innovation, and experiences — launched specifically to handle this Formula E global brief.
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TODAY’S THREADEvery story today points at the same shift: **the tools are getting faster, but the creative *decision* is still yours.** Figma's motion system makes animation repeatable — you still choose the feeling. Adobe's ChatGPT sliders refine the output — you still define the direction. MOX made a logo people will argue about — on purpose. Adobe MAX puts world-class instruction in your hands for free — you still have to show up. The designers winning right now aren't the ones using the most tools. They're the ones with the sharpest point of view about *why*.