// 31 October 2008, 18:27
Like most designers, I collect interesting things I find. I keep brochures, posters, photos, magazine ads, clippings of random things. I also collect boxes, which is a whole other story. In the online world, this usually manifests itself as bookmarking a million sites and organising them all so I can actually search for them later. [...]
// a tale of design, design: packaging, design: print, the industry, the internet, typography
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// 29 October 2008, 20:23
I don’t usually repost images found on Photoshop Disasters, but this one has to be passed on. My god, did they actually think no one would notice?
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// a tale of fashion, photography, the industry
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// 29 October 2008, 14:34
A few weeks ago, I quit Entourage in favour of Apple’s Mail. While I had heard a variety of arguments for Mail (and thereby, against Entourage), the primary trait that made me switch was the lightweight, fast-loading nature of the application itself. Mail is also very nicely integrated into iCal and Address Book, Apple’s native [...]
// a tale of computers & gadgets, the internet, web technology
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// 29 October 2008, 13:17
What do to when your lawn sign gets stolen? That was the question on Shannon Bennett’s mind when she discovered that someone in her neighborhood hack nicked all the Obama/Biden signs. So she did what any other hot-blooded supported would do — she painted her lawn with a giant Obama logo.
Check out the video from [...]
// a tale of brands & branding, national identities, politics
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// 27 October 2008, 15:36
Last week, Pepsi debuted their new logo and brand identity, along with new packaging concepts. They suck. I’m not going to re-hash the same sentiments that virtually everyone is saying (design pros, marketers, and laymen alike), but here’s a video where you can see for yourself.
It’s a shame they chucked out 100 years of [...]
// a tale of brands & branding, design: packaging, the internet
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// 23 October 2008, 16:47
Yesterday, I had the privilege to attend a lecture by marketing guru and author Seth Godin. Godin has often railed against conventional corporate lectures/presentations, so I was eager to see the man in action. In the informal-yet-impressive venue of the New York Times Center Theatre, Seth engaged us and schooled us in a way that [...]
// a tale of New York, brands & branding, the industry
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// 22 October 2008, 23:42
Oh, those cheeky Microsoft engineers …
Head over to Windows Live Translator (who knew there was a Windows Live Translator) and translate “Barack Obama” from English to German.
Worth a quick WTF
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// a tale of WTF, politics, the internet, web technology
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