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Mosaic or Monologue, Flip Flop or Sequential, LogoLounge's Bill Gardner looks at this year's prevailing trends in logo design Go here to read the rest of this article from our June issue
Neville Brody has designed the subscriber cover for the August issue of Wallpaper* – a coded reference to his feelings about his work "I wanted to create something subsersive," says Brody in the issue. "Something that seems raw and takes time to work through." So, can you tell what it is yet...
Filed under: Cool tools, WWDC, iPhone, iPod touch Living in a landlocked state I was never much of a diver. But if you are an active SCUBA diver, you may find Dive Log (and companions Trimix and Nitrox) useful. Dive Log (iTunes link) does what you'd think: it logs your dives...
Filed under: Multimedia, Odds and ends, Flickr Find, iPhone, MobileMeShooting photographs of fireworks can be a real challenge. The good shots happen quickly, cameras don't always get the focus right, and there is a lot of movement that can make for blurry pictures...
I love the title 'working holiday'. When I was younger I couldn't figure out what one was (surely you were doing one or the other), but as an adult I've had plenty of examples.For instance, New York...
us love to print ladies are obsessing at the moment. our new zine 'obsession' is a feast of our drawing fascinations. my double page spread features our feathered friends of the class aves, in the order strigiformes, from the family of strigidae and tytonidae. that's right. owls!what a hoot.
Filed under: Software, Freeware, Friday FavoriteWhen I consider what should really be system software, I always think of three little beauties that belong on every Mac: Alarm Clock 2, AppTrap and TimeMachineEditor...
I’ve been waiting for this for a while and I’m glad to say it’s finally here. Clusta has a massive update of work and a total site overhaul. Not only is the work amazing, the site has been simplified to make for easier navigation and elegant viewing...
Despite a painful wrestle with the back end of the then brand spanking new CR website and blog with my Some Nice Publications post back in May - I thought I'd do another round up of nice publications... If you read the original post, you will have seen images of issue one of Nobrow magazine...
Regular readers of the CR blog may recall us posting about London club-night Get Involved's posters in the past...
MTV launches a spanky new look as of today – as its international brand refresh rolls out across the company's network of 64 channels, created by MTV's creative directors from around the world in collaboration with UK-based studio Universal Everything.....
Mybarackobama.com during the campaign The Obama campaign picked up the Titanium Grand Prix at last week’s Cannes Lions advertising festival, and was praised in particular for its integration of digital into a traditional approach...
I was fortunate enough to make the opening of the final year HND students at Matthew Boulton College’s FEED NOISE show last week. I have to say the standard of work was beyond many degree shows I’ve been to...
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Software, Cool tools, Internet ToolsI realize I may not be your average browser user. As a web developer, a browser to me is two parts daily use, two parts testing, and one part challenge...
It’s not often that I fall in love with every single piece in a portfolio. That’s why I was so amazed by the work of Barcelona based studio, Ruiz+Company. Every piece in their portfolio is stunning and beautifully designed. Check out their new identity on the homepage.Stunning.
Filed under: Software, Cool tools, WWDC If you prefer to keep your fingers on the keyboard and away from mice or trackpads, MercuryMover will allow you to do something simple: move and resize windows with the keyboard...
As this year's degree shows open across the country, we've added the contents of our recently published Graduate Guide to the CR blog. It includes advice on forming a collective, maintaining a portfolio website, details on a new creative school, plus all the degree show listings for 2009.....
Filed under: How-tos, Troubleshooting, iPhone, iPod touchWhen I heard that OS 3.0 was going to enable syncing of notes between the iPhone and the Mac, I was overjoyed...
Check out this stunning poster by the legendary Josef Müller-Brockmann. I’ve never seen this poster design before so it’s gotten me really excited! I’ll have to check my Brockmann books to see if it’s in there, but I don’t recall ever seeingit...
The Week in Type Welcome to another roundup of what’s new in type. If you missed the interview with French type designer Alice Savoie, then be sure to take a look. Alice’s next typeface, Capucine will be released through the Process Type foundry...
Mucca Design has serious typographic (pork) chops, having created dozens of identities for some of NYC's most memorable restaurants and food companies. Check out their latest identity system for Brooklyn Fare, with custom typeface, teasingly revealed through a video presentation...
More superb sporting stamps from Israel. See them bigger and better on Flickr.
Excellent work by Berlin based studio, 123buero. I can get lost in their clean, minimaldesign.
Filed under: iLife, Software, TroubleshootingYesterday I tried to open up iPhoto '09, and was greeted with a screen telling me that my iPhoto library needed to be updated...
Here's a little video documenting our work with Lucid at Flatpack a while ago
What kind of work really goes into a typeface? In the digital age the old craft seems more distant away than ever. Pencil, ruler, French curve, rapidograph, x-acto knife; hear about the creation of Kandal over at LetterCult.
I start this week’s ‘Thursday’ joiner with yet another apology. I have been somewhat unorganised since I last posted, with university projects taking up all of the past two weeks. This week however, my excuse is not quite so valid...
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Space 150 changes their identity every 150 days. And with an identity process and look all their own, today marks the 23rd version of the Space 150 brand. This is a business card project we’ve managed the letterpress print production on for several versions now...
Regular readers of this blog may recall we posted about Farrow's design work for Pet Shop Boy's album Yes, earlier in the year. In that original post we showed the standard release but mentioned a forthcoming limited edition vinyl version of the album - which we can now show you photos of.....
The Glue Society has unveiled its latest installation at the Sculpture by the Sea festival in Aarhus in Denmark. The piece, entitled "It wasn't meant to end like this", is a huge mechanical digger that seems to have buried itself under 300 tonnes of rubble.....
by Aegir Hallmundur Every year The St Bride Foundation holds a lecture in memory of Justin Howes, a great typographer and historian who was instrumental in supporting the St Bride Printing Library...
On May 15th 2009SMILE held its exclusive launch party. Guests included our past clients, some people that we’d love to work with in the future and fantastic individuals that have helped SMILE along our journey. The night got off to a fantastic start with a wine and cake reception...
By Scott Knaster, Google Mac TeamInterested in news about Google Chrome for Mac OS X...
Filed under: OS, iPhone, SDKOne of the relatively unsung features of the upcoming iPhone 3.0 firmware is that the new version of Safari for iPhone will use geolocation...
I was fortunate enough to make it to the Smile launch party a few weeks ago. Based at the Bond in Birmingham, Smile are a really fresh bunch of young creatives that are sure to add something to the Midlands creative scene. They are also running a competition at the moment, so go and have a look...
Research Studios is currently finishing work on the titles for the forthcoming Michael Mann film, Public Enemies...
By DanRhatigan This July, the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication at the University of Reading is offering a week-long, condensed version of the MA Typeface Design course it has been offering for the last ten years...
This week the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, from whence I carved my degree in illustration, rang to tell me they were naming their new annual illustration prize after me.My first thought was, 'Oh, my God, how wonderful', followed immediately by 'Don't you have to be dead to have a prize...
Mark Caneso, a designer from Southern California, is offering his lovely Quarto typeface free of charge. Head over to his site to grab a copy. I personally love the Q and R. Verynice.
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