If you’re going to identify that you don’t need a new logo for the promotion of tourism in your city, do it before you spend $5,000 on designing one. I’ve no idea what type of…
The always tricky “city identity’ dragon raises it’s head in Bellaire Texas, who adopted most of a rebrand, drafted by Design by Principle, but not the logo, leaving them with the old, weird, illustrative city…
A tasty bit of branding for a Tuesday post Bank Holiday. The Marmalade Pantry is a small chain of 3 outlets in Singapore. Alongside the opening of a new bistro in the Oasia Hostel, Bravo has…
When you’re a King (one assumes) you don’t simply print your letterheads from your office inkjet. When accepting invitations to visit from other global monarchs such as our very own Queen (aka Elizabeth the Second,…
With a super chunky custom typeface, this brand by A Friend of Mine presses some satisfying buttons with its focus on that text and simplicity throughout. We collaborated with United Measures to create a ’tilted’…
Planer is an online and offline guide to selected cultural events in Tricity, Poland. It’s designed for Cultural Institute of Gdańsk and includes a website, outdoor posters, infographics, print materials and more. The logo is…
It’s on every design blog and tech site so I won’t bore you with a rash of personal opinion, but not to mention it on a logo blog seems daft. Google, the multi billion uber…
How can you be sure that those little trapezoidal blue tablets you buy from the internet are going to lift you in the way you expect? The EU wants you to trust…
Computing mega-beheomoth Hewlett Packard (HP) is slicing itself in two, separating the computer and printer operations from the server and business side. On April 15th, Meg Whitman, HP’s President & CEO introduced the new look…
Mille Cymru is a 1000km cycle event across the length and breadth of Wales. Cyclists visit the 3 Welsh coasts climb over 15,000m – all within just 75 hours. Visiting many of Wales’ most spectacular vistas along it’s challenging routes. One…
Milton Glaser (he of the I Heart NY thing) as part of a campaign “It’s Not Warming, It’s Dying” where you buy little badges (buttons to you Americans) to wear to raise awareness…
This popped up on Creative Review. They didn’t really comment on the update but focused the story on the agency that updated it, which was their ad agency, as opposed to a dedicated branding agency. I…
North-western British local council Pendle were fortunate to have councillor James Starkie in their fold. Starkie it seems has an eye for logo design and put together a heart based new design for the council….
UPDATED: Menlo Park is a well off town in the east of California, it was ranked in the top 15 US cities in CNN’s “Best Places for the Rich and Single” to live (Thanks Wikipedia). It’s…
Football is big business and Soccerex are into the business of football (we’re talking about the football that’s mostly played with the foot, not the one where folks hold the ball and throw it). If…
I live in the borough of Amber Valley. It’s a pretty place with some history (thanks to Mr Strutt and his Mills ). It was also the setting for the popular, long running but exceedingly dull ITV show Peak…
Creating a new crossing for the Thames in London is a pretty rare thing, I think the Millennium Bridge by Tate Modern and St Paul’s was the last in 2000. Cursed by a resonating wobble,…
Nick Bilton, writer of Hatching Twitter blogs about early iterations of Twitter logos names including “Twitch,” “Friendstalker” (ugh) and “Smssy.” Founder Biz Stone threw a bunch into the pile but it was co-founder Noah Glass who pushed…
We’ve seen a few bank updates around these parts what with Lloyds and TSB separating once more, allowing a refreshed TSB onto the high street and ensuring Lloyds provided us with a freshly drawn horse….
There’s something I find uncomfortable about the idea that a law firm isn’t a tool for defence but rather a weapon of expansion. This idea that legal services, closely embedded into a business in a…
In a bizarre coincidence, a 2nd Spriograph based identity rears it’s head in my news inbox. After the (smart) identity for Automic by SomeOne comes this logo for Thailand based advertising festival, AdFest. There’s not…
I love a squirrel. But at no point have I been to a zoo and rushed to see the Squirrels. Or the Pheasant or Pelican. The Dolphin maybe. Why the design team behind Moscow Zoo’s…
Irina Blok may have drawn one of the most recognized logos in the world, but her association with the green Android has not made her famous Read in full: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/magazine/who-made-that-android-logo.html
Google has started rolling out a new logo and web UI design. The logo is now integrated into the navigation bar and the green has been stripped away. Rick Galan tweeted this screenshot: Read the Full…