Archive for May 2011
So tasty they belong on crackers
May 27, 2011 | No Comments | View
Here’s a tasty treat for this week: vintage cheese labels, as curated by Design Observer and pointed to by The Dieline. Click to enjoy every informative and inspiring illustration, every dot of print, every sweet setting of type, and of course, “Barry”: We hope you have a fantastic Memorial Day weekend enjoying and appreciating [...]
Tags: cheese > point-of-purchase > printing > typography > vintage
Where Good Ideas Come From
May 19, 2011 | No Comments | View
Where do good ideas come from? Shoot, that could be one of the best questions one could ever ask or try to answer. There are likely as many good answers to that question as there are good ideas – and possibly as many bad answers as there are bad ideas. Interesting. Whether you agree with [...]
Tags: animation > human nature > illustration > RSA Animate
2011 Logo Trends
May 13, 2011 | No Comments | View
“Last year was brighter. This year is lighter.” – the first words of the last word in logo trends, as many see it: the logolounge 2011 logo trends report, penned by Bill Gardner. Here’s his semi-long short list of trends in logoland: Gradients, Juvi, Vibrate, O, Earth, Monoline, Series, Brown, Dandruff, Concentric, Loopys, Banded, [...]
The Persistence of Personality
May 5, 2011 | No Comments | View
As Jules explained to Vincent: “Personality goes a long way.” It’s true for dogs, it’s true for people, and it might just be true for pigs, too. In the case of computer chips, you wouldn’t think there’d be room for personality – either by nature or in scale (until they become self-aware, at least). But [...]
Tags: art > illustration > philosophy