// 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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// 09 October 2008, 18:12
This is by far the coolest campaign poster of the season. Letterpressed and everything.
Politics: one part wrestling, one part kabuki theatre, one part bull-fighting, one part pie fight.
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// a tale of design: print, national identities, politics
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// 31 August 2008, 10:52
Having been writing about the Beijing branding for well over a year, I almost feel like I have nothing left to say. I mean, you all saw it, right.
When I was watching the games I was obviously watching the sports, but I had a keen eye on the background graphics, the signage, the uniforms, [...]
// a tale of China, advertising: outdoor, brands & branding, design, design: print, fashion, national identities, politics, typography
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// 14 August 2008, 17:53
Designing with limited colours is a unique challenge for designers. Corporate colours, production budget, and other logistical limitations often mean that we have to dig deep for ideas on how to make an eye-catching design using only a limited palette.
Sometimes we’ll just use plain old CMYK. From Germany comes the Thnk CMYK series. These books, [...]
// a tale of design, design: print
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// 30 July 2008, 23:41
Max Payne, the instant cult classic video game of recent years, is to become a movie. Go ahead and sigh, and then take a look at these posters.
Max Payne, the game, introduced a very gritty and dark style of art direction to the small screen. Based on the not-for-kids comic book genre, themes like [...]
// a tale of cinema, design: print, video games
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// 28 May 2008, 21:16
Today I got my copy of the Pentagram Black Book, which made its way around the blogosphere a few weeks ago. I, being not that important, only received one because I was quick enough to email in and request one. Lucky me!
Plain brown cardboard, perfectly sufficient. And not in a huge box like Amazon.
Celophane wrapping [...]
// a tale of advertising: outdoor, brands & branding, design, design: packaging, design: print, design: product, design: web, photography, the industry
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// 17 March 2008, 18:26
As a freelancer [and perpetual job-hunter], I’m never too far from a fresh copy of my résumé and a stack of personal business cards. I manufacture both myself, and being a designer and self-labelled expert in branding, they match in every regard from paper stock to ink to typefaces. Along with my portfolio booklet and [...]
// a tale of brands & branding, design: print, the industry
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