June 25th, 2009

Observed: idsgn

A great new design blog, idsgn.org




June 23rd, 2009

Stand For Liberty




June 22nd, 2009

Observed: Deanna Cheuk

If you’re like me, you like finding these bite sized vignettes of inspiration around the web. Here’s a nice interview with a very unpretentious Deanna, on her work / tangentially on her involvement with Dell.




June 22nd, 2009

Deanne Cheuk for Dell Studio

View the series, and some other lovely patterns at Dell Studio.




June 22nd, 2009

Tennis Magazine Redesign

“Pentagram first provided Tennis with a new font family to draw from. Working with designer Rami Moghadam, Hayman created a custom logo for the masthead, based on the rounded fonts and typographic language of the mid-seventies to early eighties. Moving away from the generic and static Helvetica, the main font became Omnes, modified by Joshua Darden of Darden Studios. The new faces combine the sport’s outdoor energy with the soft springy roundness of a tennis ball; you can almost hear it bounce on the white space.”

More after the jump from Luke Hayman.




June 4th, 2009

Phantom Vs Fairey: Called Out




June 2nd, 2009

Is This a Brand Language for Ericsson?

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ALICANTE, SPAIN - OCTOBER 11: The Ericsson Racing Team - Ericsson 4 sails during the start of the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race from Alicante to Cape Town on October 11, 2008 in Alicante, Spain. The fleet of eight teams participating in the Volvo Ocean Race will race arround the world over ten legs to finish in St Petersburg in late June. (Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)
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This grid system of hash marks fits so nicely within the Ericsson identity - why does this brand language seem to be limited purely to their racing team?




May 31st, 2009

Umami Is the Fifth Taste

I never thought I’d say the words: beautiful spots for Kikkoman. Right up until the moment they show the label.




May 25th, 2009

Times Square Closed to Traffic

Traffic in Times Square today has been shut down along Broadway from 42nd Street to 47th Streets, in Manhattan.




May 15th, 2009

Doodle 4 Google

Sometimes this kind of contest is questionable, but I think Google’s effort here is well intentioned and the results from some of the kids are truly remarkable. See my vote from 12 year old (!) Abigail Kois above.