I had coffee with my friend, Julie Ott, who will pay Multimedia Content and Form, and Multimedia Portfolio Development classes a visit in March, and I saw these two posters in the window of the cafe. My students are asked to take a look at them, and share their thoughts on how the principles of…More
Category Archives: Design
Starbucks looks beyond coffee w/new logo design (via @fastcodesign) #in
Full article here: With Eyes on World Expansion, Starbucks Drops Its Name From New Logo | Co.Design. And a message from Starbucks. via erik spierkermann.More
Is A Revamped Brand Enough: The U.S. Postal Service Is Dying. Why Not Radically Rebrand It? | Co.Design
In this era of digital communication, one has to question whether revamping the U.S. Postal Service’s brand is enough. I think the designs Chase proposes are quite good, but are addressing the problems the postal services is dealing with that not only concern the prolific use of digital forms of communication that many of…More
The faces behind the fonts
Nice article: great designers, good insight and inspiration. Where are the women and designers of color who, too are designing great fonts? Read full article here: The faces behind the fonts: idsgn (a design blog).More
Stefan Sagmeister streams his office live 24/7 on his site
I wouldn’t expect anything less creative from such a eclectic designer. Read full article here: Imprint-The Online Community for Graphic Designers | Live From New York, It’s. . ..More
Winter 2010 Postcard Arrived
My Winter 2010 promotional postcard has arrived. Time to get the Winter 2010 campaign in gear.More
Addendum: Gap Bows to Outcry – Nixes New Logo and Crowdsourcing. Design Still May Have Lost Out.
It was wonderful to see the outpouring of concern over the Gap’s brand redesign and the impact it had in ultimately getting the company to back away from the poorly designed new mark, and ultimately, it seems the practice of crowd-sourcing. (Please see link at the bottom of this post for the article concerning this.)…More
Is The Design Process (Strategic Design) Going The Way Of The Dinosaur?
Tom’s of Maine new logo: In my last post, I added the newly designed Tom’s of Maine logo and packaging to the discussion of poorly designed branding speared by the newly designed GAP logo. In both cases, I sincerely feel the design process, and strategic design have completely been left out of the equation in…More
Tom’s Of Maine Changes Their Brand Also | Filed Under #disappointing.
So about a month or so before all this hoopla about GAP changing is classic, modern brand to, what I consider a mundane, nondescript one, I needed to buy toothpaste. Off I went to Trader Joe’s to purchase my Tom’s of Maine Natural Antiplaque & Whitening Gel. To my surprise and chagrin, I noticed that…More
How To Be a Bad Ass Consultant
Thanking Rajesh Pancholi for sharing this post from Core77.More
Ayana Airakan-Mance | design : speak 