There has been much controversy with the release of the new branding for the soon to be released Windows 8. So what were Microsoft’s intensions behind the new logo identity? Here’s the journey explained by Microsoft themselves: Windows 1.0 Few remember the original Windows logo, yet we found it both refreshing and inspiring in relation [...]
This short film discusses the importance of being able to easily find and understand signage in a busy environment. The design of our signs is becoming ever more important, especially with advertising gradually taking home to every nook and cranny in densely populated environments such as airports and trains stations.
Whilst surfing the net earlier today I came across this fantastic website. Design Seeds is a fantastic resource that has a brilliant array of different colour swatches. Unlike many sites that are already out there, the colours have been carefully picked from vibrant photographs of different colour genres such as ‘Autumn’, ‘Nature’ or ‘Vintage’ to name [...]
Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori has created an incredible collection of designs that have been created using manual techniques similar to that found in the modern and very automated 3D printing technology. Fukahori has designed these life like creations by carefully and precisely painting layers and layers of resin to form these outstandingly realistic goldfish.
Who ever knew that stickers could be so much fun! This December, in a surprisingly simple yet ridiculously amazing installation for the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, artist Yayoi Kusama constructed a large domestic environment, painting every wall, chair, table, piano, and household decoration a brilliant white, effectively serving as a giant white canvas. Over the course of two weeks, [...]
The Youtube brand is growing bigger and bigger with each passing day. In-fact the prevailing video service plays a major role in the lives of the vast majority of media lovers. Today Youtube have unleashed a fascinating video with some incredible analogies to help their users to comprehend how much the service is growing. This [...]
Man Vs Machine says the project was prompted by a change in programming to make the channel more lifestyle-focused. The consultancy was appointed to the work following a pitch last autumn. Man Vs Machine founder Mike Alderson says, ‘We’ve used 15 triangles to make up the new brand. It comes to life by inhabiting [...]
The new branding has been developed by the Landor San Francisco office. In both identities the DC element has been given what DC Entertainment calls a ‘peel effect’ – placing the D over the C, with a page-like reveal. Nicolas Apariacio, executive creative director at Landor San Francisco, says the new corporate identity is ‘dynamic and provocative’ [...]