// 30 November 2009, 22:27
Facebook’s proposed new homepage design
Facebook is set to redesign their homepage after little more than a month since the last major update. The new version emphasises different stuff and organises content in an easier-to-access manner. I don’t want to go into the full details, especially since Mashable has done just that.
Lately I’ve been paying more [...]
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// 29 November 2009, 15:51
McDonald’s is going green. Not just in the larger corporate responsibility sense, rather they’re changing the actual colour of their logo, to green. News comes from Europe, where the company is a bit more progressive, at least outwardly.
About 100 German McDonald’s restaurants will make the change by the end of 2009
That’s from an AP article [...]
// a tale of brands & branding, design: packaging
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// 21 November 2009, 14:19
This is cool. But, man, how painstaking it must have been.
via Core 77 via The Coolest »
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// 20 November 2009, 13:58
This is a story of inspiration design that ties in with national identities. I’ve written before about the design of currency — those little artifacts that embody the design spirit of an entire country, or continent. Occasionally, there is chatter about updating the currency of the United States to shake off the shackles of their 18th [...]
// a tale of New York, design, national identities, the industry
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// 09 November 2009, 14:20
A few weeks ago, I commented on the search for London’s new identity. In brief, the City asked design firms to pitch for a unifying brand identity and graphic toolkit with which all public services and departments can rally behind. The controversy had to do with how firms were asked to submit creative ideas without [...]
// a tale of Britain, brands & branding, national identities, politics, the industry
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// 09 November 2009, 00:42
You know what, I’ve decided to no longer post The Week in Tweet. I have my reasons, but mainly it’s because no one ever comments, and because occasionally I’ll go a whole week without writing an actual article, and then the two digests are posted back to back, which makes me guilty. A blog shouldn’t [...]
// a tale of The Week in Tweet, this website
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// 08 November 2009, 20:59
Total motown party in affect at starbucks. Caffeine plus music equals feeling good. #
only the Japanese are insane enough to create, and patient enough to test, this hidden level from Mario World. http://bit.ly/eANRk #
I like the re-design of http://www.opencongress.org/ #
In case you're wondering, yes, times square is still completely insane. #
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