I saw a blog post over at Creative Review about the upcoming re-design of USA Today. My first reaction to the re-designed masthead and the proposed logo was one of shock. A simple circle as a logo? You begin to wonder if this is the most creative concept the agency can come up with – a typical client reaction too. Agency: Wolff Olins But when you see the entire ‘package’ the newspaper design, the usage…
Xylys, the watch range from Titan Industries is described over at the Titan website as a Swiss-made, impeccably designed watch for…
By now, you must have read about the world’s first edible cookbook. A German design agency Korefe has created a cookbook that you can read, bake and eat. In these days of information overload, it has the ‘sit-up-and-take-notice-of-me’ tone to it. And given our penchant for sharing through multiple channels [I noticed several of my friends ‘liking’ this on Facebook’] the word spreads far and wide. The Decoded campaign for Jay-Z & Bing by Droga…
Among advertising awards, I find Epica Awards fascinating because it showcases work which is not normally featured in popular ad…
There were a series of posters created by Noma Bar for IBM which made the rounds of ad blogs last…
Microsoft announced details of improvements in Windows Explorer in their upcoming Windows 8 release. Tech blogs have called it plain ugly – labeling its interpretation of ‘No Compromise’ as the definition of compromise. Sure that TechCrunch piece is from M G Siegler – known to be an Apple fanboy. But even Microsoft fans like Paul Thurrot has called the UI, ugly. Not surprisingly, comments over at these forums are from two groups (a) Mac fanboys pointing fingers…
Came across these set of posters for Formula 1 Racing this year. The posters highlight the venue in some form. Design envy strikes.
@GrimmFaced sent me this link on Twitter, with a request to RT. The work? An eco-friendly shopping bag for Lee. According to the Happy blog: We went for something a bit more inventive than just a bag made of recycled paper. The ‘Never Wasted’ shopping bag – a bag that can be used and reused in one way or another. Some for fun, some for function, but nothing ever goes into the trash. The bag…