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Instagram reveals its first brand refresh in 10 years, with a new wordmark and three typefaces

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By Katy Cowan
| Creative Boom Verified
Instagram has surprised us all with its first brand refresh in a decade. That's a long time to live with your own handwriting. Its cursive wordmark has remained unchanged since 2016, while everything beneath it – Stories, Reels, the feed – has been pulled apart in every direction since. The announcement was made yesterday afternoon, just as we were wrapping up the day. Instagram's Head, Adam Mosseri, was behind the big reveal, merely posting an image of the new identity.
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Booms & Shakes: Why August's hires and launches might suggest the worst is behind us

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By Katy Cowan
| Creative Boom Verified
As the editor of Creative Boom, I get to chat with so many founders and leaders. For a long while, they've been telling me how quiet it's been. That the last 18 months have been god-awful for cash flow and investments. Which is why I am so happy to share August's Booms & Shakes. It seems things are looking up. I'm getting a sense we might be over the worst of it. Touch wood. And if Andy Burnham does the right thing and gives us some solid business confidence next month, I think we might be okay.
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A 10ft ball of real human hair is rolling through New York, and it's all part of the plan

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By Katy Cowan
| Creative Boom Verified
It's never a fun job removing dead hair from your shower's drain. But it's a necessary weekly ritual for anyone with longer locks. What you don't ever expect is the same gross mass to be turned into a giant hairball, tumbling through the streets of New York City to make a rather in-your-face point about hair loss. Dubbed 'the Tumblehair', the rolling installation is 10ft tall and made of real human hair. Yuck. It's supposed to represent the 167 billion hairs New Yorkers lose to shedding.
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