I watched the Canva Create: Uncharted Keynote 2025 yesterday evening via livestream, and I must say—it was so well-organized that the one hour flew by in what felt like minutes. For event planners, there were valuable lessons to learn, especially from the diverse programming. The event featured dynamic keynotes, music, hands-on workshops, interactive panels, and live demonstrations spread across multiple stages, allowing attendees to customize their experience.
One of the facilitators made a powerful statement: “Everyone is now a content creator.” I couldn’t agree more. Today, there’s more content being produced than there are consumers to keep up. This means that if you’re going to create content, it has to be relevant, useful, and compelling. No junk. No blind broadcasting.
Back to the Canva launch—four major features stood out that promise to make designing more effective and efficient:
1. Canva Sheets
A visual spreadsheet tool that helps you turn data into colorful charts and easy-to-understand visuals. Perfect for making numbers come alive.
2. One Design
This feature allows you to combine different content formats—like slides, videos, and documents—into one cohesive project. It’s storytelling, but on a whole new level.
3. Magic Tools
Canva’s AI-powered tools, such as Magic Write and Magic Design, assist you in writing content, generating images, and creating layouts quickly. They’re positioned as creative assistants—not replacements—meant to enhance your work, not do it for you.
4. Collaborative Learning
For teachers and learners, Canva is introducing more interactive lesson-building tools and real-time collaboration features. It’s a significant step toward making learning more engaging and participatory.
However, it’s important to remember tools are only as good as the people using them. Canva has certainly delivered on many of our creative wishes—but that alone won’t guarantee compelling designs or stories. We, as creators, still carry the responsibility to grow in our craft. Relying solely on templates will only lead to a sea of uniform, uninspired graphics.
The responsibility to stand out lies with the designer—and no platform will ever take that away.