02.Aug.2010 A Dying Art
This is a really lovely piece on the artistry, craftsmenship and labor of hand painted advertising. I was particular touched by their mentioning of Esso/Exxon and Put a Tiger in your Tank – my father lead the trademark and copywriting for that campaign. We even had one of the ceramic, promotional Tigers in our backyard [...]
12.Jul.2010 Are Logos Dead?
A provocative post from Black Coffee: Logos are Dead? My response to the debate is below. Appreciate all the back and forth – @bhars – hoping you have something to offer as your logo king. “One thing that struck me -I think via @edwardboches — was the word BADGE. As we move further and further [...]
30.Apr.2010 Too Many Cooks Visual
Thanks to Mark Gallagher at Black Coffee for visualizing that irksome truth.
17.Mar.2010 Design for America
I really like the current trend of government opening up their “data” to the public so that they can play with it to make it useful to others. The MBTA has done this and developers have gone on to create apps that track when the bus is coming (I am a big fan of Catch [...]
26.Feb.2010 Olympic Pictograms
“Designer Steven Heller traces the evolution of the tiny symbols for each Olympic sport since their appearance in 1936″ – NYTimes Juliet turned me onto this – great stuff. I love being able to look at how design evolves – how it infects and affects culture.