Daniel John
Daniel John is Design Editor at Creative Bloq. He reports on the worlds of design, branding and lifestyle tech, and has covered several industry events including Milan Design Week, OFFF Barcelona and Adobe Max in Los Angeles.
Latest articles by Daniel John

From McDonald's to Kellogg's: Why are so many brands ditching their logo?
By Terrance Weinzierl published
Typography is taking centre stage.

It's time to admit the 'AI gadget' era was a flop
By Daniel John published
From the Humane Pin to Rabbit R1, these devices didn't live up to their promises.

The iPhone 17 line up just keeps getting weirder
By Daniel John published
It seems Apple is certainly planning to 'think different'.

YouTube finally explains its subtle logo redesign
By Daniel John published
The brand has a new palette.

From Apple to Nike: the brands that fight the most online – and who's winning
By Daniel John published
New study shows who's beating who on social media.

The iPhone 17 Air makes no sense to me
By Daniel John published
Apple's rumoured new design is a head-scratcher.

Next week could be a wild ride for Apple fans
By Daniel John published
New iPhones, iPads and MacBooks could be coming.

All I want is for Coca-Cola to bring back the old Cherry Coke logo
By Daniel John last updated
Do it, you cowards.

That outrageous Super Bowl logo conspiracy theory just won't go away
By Daniel John published
It can't be true... can it?

From Apple to Airbnb, brands are finally ditching boring icons
By Daniel John last updated
Skeuomorphism is back with a vengeance.

Sorry Apple, but I don't want the iPhone SE 4
By Daniel John last updated
The design could slam the door on a simpler smartphone era.

The YouTube logo changed colour, and people are only just noticing
By Daniel John last updated
It's been that way since October, apparently.

Super Mario will never be the same now I've seen these horrifying design secrets
By Daniel John published
Mario is dead to me – quite literally.

OpenAI's bold new rebrand is surprisingly human
By Daniel John published
(And the AI titan has finally fixed its logo.)

We need to talk about those controversial new Jane Austen book covers
By Daniel John last updated
Is no author safe from the BookTok craze?

The Ugg brand name dispute is almost as ugly as the boots
By Daniel John published
“It’s extremely hard to fight a lawsuit against a multi-billion dollar company."

Is Apple really losing its advertising touch?
By Daniel John published
The company's new Genmoji ads are raising eyebrows.

Brilliant or baffling? Designers are torn over the new Kellogg's billboards
By Daniel John published
It's one of the most striking campaigns we've seen for a while.

'Accidental renaissance' photo sets social media alight
By Daniel John published
Was this really only shot on an iPhone?

iMac M4 review: Apple's beautiful desktop computer keeps defying the doubters
By Daniel John published
While some argue the iMac shouldn't exist, the latest model does its own thing splendidly.

DeepSeek's sudden explosion just changed the AI game
By Daniel John published
AI's big guns have been taken by surprise.

The weirdest thing about the Nintendo Switch 2 is that it doesn't look weird at all
By Daniel John last updated
Shouldn't Nintendo consoles look like they'd be fun at parties?

The 10 most read AI art stories of 2024
By Daniel John published
It's been a big (and controversial) year for artificial intelligence.
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