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Pic of the day 4-15-10
Apr 15th
The clock aisle at Target made for a cool scene
I took this picture months ago and never used it for anything as usual, I was at Target for this one. I’m particularly fond of the splash of color in the green clock next to all those regular and roman numeral clocks.
WOW!!!
Apr 15th
Killed Productions
I was browsing Creattica’s business card section, after going through all 51 pages and filling up a folder full of pictures to look at and show my friends later I visited the logo section and was quickly floored at least 3 times on the just the first page. Had to come share these with everyone so check it out. More >
Picture of the day 4-13-10
Apr 13th
saw this on a magazine and had to take a picture
In an effort to not only use all these pictures I take but also keep regular updates I introduce the pic of the day where I share a picture that I find interesting or inspirational in some way. If I’m not home please excuse the blackberry quality.
First up is an illustration of Albert Einstein that had me wanting to run to up my illustrator game.
Molly Crabapple Business Cards by Nubby Twiglet
Mar 19th
Catching up on back reading and came across these business cards designed by Nubby Twiglet and had to share.
Last week, I designed these double-sided business cards for Molly Crabapple. Molly is an award-winning artist, author, and the founder of Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School that learned to draw in a Parisian bookstore. And, The New York Times once labeled her a ‘Downtown Phenomenon.’ We’ve met on many occasions and I can vouch for this claim! I thought the quote was so awesome that I had to include it on her cards.
Molly Crabapple Business Card Side 1
Molly Crapapple Side 2
Both Sides
Via: Nubby Twiglet
Perez-Fox on the London identity | Logo Design Love
Feb 16th
Catching up on some back reading with Logo Design Love, since I missed a bit while my laptop was down. Wanted to share this article with you, as I find the identity to be very well done and a enforcement on my attempts to simplify my own designs.
And so it is decided, The Greater London Authority has confirmed that Saffron Brand Consultants has won the Brand for London tender to create a visual identity for the capital.
Saffron principal Ian Stephens says that the London marque’s launch will not come ‘much later’ than the GLA’s original deadline of next month.
Hot on the heels of the announcement, New York-based brand developer Prescott Perez-Fox published his own pitch.
Perez-Fox said, “One of the main criticisms for the whole [tendering] effort was the fact that only a handful of design firms were allowed to bid in the first place. You could almost name them before the competition started. City officials determined a minimum standard of size, billings, compliance, insurance, health & safety, and other criteria which immediately ruled out so many of the very talented 3-person agencies in the UK. (For example, how many design firms have a policy of community outreach for LGBT people, or have calculated their carbon footprint accurately?)
London Logos
How can you not love it?
Check out the article on both Perez-Fox and Logo Design Love
F1 Visual Identity
Feb 15th
While browsing Logo of The Day, I came across a logo that struck me made by a student, linked to it was a complete visual identity. The logo itself is awesome but when taken in with the complete identity including envelopes, postcards, business cards, cd cases, covers, and even interior design it became even awesomer (yes awesomer). Check out a few of the images then hit the source link to see the entire identity.
F1 Logo
F1 Disc label and cover
F1 Store Design
Source : Tanya Kozlova’s Behance Portfolio
Logo of The Day returns
Feb 4th
Jacob Cass’s Logo of The Day website has returned, featuring a new logo every day the comment section is always active and one of feeds i check everyday for inspiration. Head on over and check out the archives if you haven’t visited the site before. Below are a couple of my favorite ones
Michael Jackson Memorial Logo
Super Bomb Labs Logo
Siah Design Logo Portfolio
Jan 22nd
While I work on my logo and blog I of course hit my go to websites for inspiration like Nubbytwiglet and Omega Red, but a site I never visited till recently thanks to twitter is Siah Design, a very clever logo designer he recently updated his portfolio and his simple smart logos helped me to discover my own simple logo which I’ll reveal when I finish the final tweaks in the mean time enjoy a few of my favorite Siah Design logos and hit the link to view his entire portfolio.
Via Siah Design
Extra Fresh
Logo Design Love
Nubby Twiglet
Omega Red
