Utopia 2016 – identity design with smileys
In terms of design this new identity design for Somerset House’s ‘Utopia 2016’ is quite bold move. It features rave smileys, magenta, yellow clash together and a new alien type alphabet is created. Utopia 2016 is “a Year of Imagination and Possibility celebrates the 500th anniversary of Thomas More’s inspirational text. A year of artists, designers, provocateurs and […]
Nando’s new global rebrand
New global rebrand for Nandos sees a move away from the slightly rustic looking logo and supporting branding and a move to creating “a modern South African” look. “There is a huge emotional connection with the brand and the logo wasn’t really broken, so we’ve refined it, simplified it and made it part of a larger system,” […]
Folk New Brand Identity – Endless Combinations
As identity design goes this is quite a radical new logo for Folk. It works like a fruit machine with lots of different combinations, with an ever changing logo as the result. The colours are obviously very in your face, it would seem inspired by pop art and 8 bit video game culture. The design really does set […]
New Logo Design and Identity for thyssenkrupp
When two companies merge sometimes the resulting new logo design can be somewhat difficult. Dixon Carphone anyone? I’m guessing that in many cases trying to marry up design styles and keep both clients happy that there’s an equal balance, which can be tricky. The new logo for thyssenkrupp had to merge Thyssen with Krupp. From viewing their previous […]
Hyperrealistic Tattoo Portraits
Most tattoos can’t be considered a work of art, these Hyperrealistic Tattoo Portraits by Dzikson Wildstyle are different, they are beautiful and skillfully created. The depth of detail, highlights, shadow and mixture of styles is absolutely outstanding. You can see more of Dzikson Wildstyles work over at his Instagram page and below.
David Bowie’s contribution to Graphic Design
David Bowies passing this week came as a huge shock. There was no mention he was ill in the press and to be honest when I heard the news (via Twitter) I initially thought it couldn’t be true, another internet hoax, sadly it wasn’t the case. He leaves behind vast collection of legendary music, but also a huge contribution to the […]
New York Public Library Images 180,000 Free for download
A great resource has just opened up over at the New York Public Library. They have just digitised over 180,000 of their photos, illustrations, maps and you can download these for free to use as you may as most are no longer under copyright. “Did you know that more than 180,000 of the items in our Digital Collections […]
“Designers are a nightmare to survey"
Interesting book published on the findings of a survey into Graphic Designers and what it’s like to work in the design industry today. Some of this made me smile, particularly this quote from the findings… “Designers are a nightmare to survey. They frequently disregard instructions and give answers that can best be described, fittingly, as creative. […]
Historic fine art + corporate logo design mashup
What happens when you mashup some of the classics of the fine art world and the well-known corporate logos of our time? Some might say you’d have some of the fine art masters turning in their graves, others that the juxtaposition brings about some interesting outcomes. I’d say the latter, there’s some striking end results […]