The always-astute Rachel Maddow takes a moment to observe the absurd backlash over the new logo for the Missile Defense Shield programme. Watch.
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Clearly, I haven’t written much in February. There are four main reasons for this: First, I got fake laid off from my fake job, which reshuffled my life in all general sense. Second, it’s rugby pre-season, which has already started to take up some time. Third, I’ve been sick already for more than a week, [...]
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While famous for so many things, London [still] lacks a unifying, cohesive graphic brand identity under which all sectors can co-exist. The Mayor, and other officials, sought to bring together the previously branded elements of transport, tourism, government, the Olympics, and other public programmes with the creation of a new branding effort.
Back in September, I [...]
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Luckily, the astute folks at the New York Times are highly organised, and thus they have produced for our enjoyment, a grid-based, icon-fueled look at the last ten years in news, business, culture, and other categories of time–space. Love it.
Think for a second that this was done mainly with icons. One tiny image can encapsulate [...]
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Sochi 2014 final logo
Sochi, Russia has debuted their logo for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. And with it, we herald in the era of web addresses in Olympic logos.
The logo is a text-only logo, and a departure from their bid logo, which I rather liked.
The always-astute Brand New has featured the logo on a post [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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