A little off-topic, however I found this quite fascinating, so here you go.
As the worldwide population reaches 7 billion people this year, National Geographic has produced a yearlong 7-part series exploring the challenges and solutions we (humans) face.
This video, part 2 in the series, explores the world’s most typical person.
From a design perspective, National Geographic’s design studio has done a superb job of integrating their brand language into the video.
Part 1 of the series can be… Read more
As advertised on Dribbble, Google is hiring icon designers!
From the official job description:
As a graphic designer, you are responsible for creating and maintaining high visibility graphics and visual assets that define the look and feel of Google. You will also be responsible for creating iconography and branding elements for both new and existing Google products. You work closely with product manager, marketing managers, and engineers to create high impact visual assets, both static and interactive. You will work… Read more
These 3D portraits by California-based artist, Andrew Myers are simply fascinating. They have been painstakingly created from thousands of screws.
“Most people are drawn to the portraits because they have something different about them (from a distance especially). Seeing them in person is a whole different feel than seeing the photograph. They have a sense of depth that the photo can’t capture.” – Andrew Myers
Hat tip to @David Airey / Original Source: My Modern Met… Read more
If you missed out on picking up a free copy of Logo Design Love in our recent giveaway, this is your second chance.
One of our giveaway winners, Gerry Suchy, already owns copy of Logo Design Love and has generously offered to donate his prize copy to another reader. Wow, what a super nice guy!
How to Enter
To enter the second chance giveaway, all you need to do is subscribe to Logobird via email. Email subscribers get fresh blog… Read more
A Kickstarter project well worth supporting.… Read more
Designer and illustrator, Phil Pascuzzo on redesigning the Twitter bird logo.
Biz (Twitter Co-founder) had sent over the bird mark that he designed, which Twitter was using at the time. I think he said something to the effect of “can you redesign this logo and add some Phil-style.” Being a Twitter newbie, I did some research and asked friends that used this communication tool so that I had a better idea of what the product was. Giving the mark more… Read more
If you haven’t already heard the news, American retailer JCPenny has just unveiled a ‘bold new logo’.
According to the official press release:
To choose a new logo design, jcpenney sought submissions that reflect a wide range of perspectives. Participants included the Company’s associates, several design agencies and two art schools — University of Cincinnati and Rhode Island School of Design — that collectively submitted over 200 designs for consideration.
The ‘winning entry’ was designed by a third-year graphic design… Read more
A truly impressive collection of metal logos, hand-drawn by Christophe Szpajdel in 2010.
If you are unfamiliar with Christophe’s unique skillset, check out this previous interview on Logo Design Love.
View the full Flickr set here.
Source: Cloudal… Read more
Moral of the story, do stuff you like.
Design by: Moritz Resl / Via: swissmiss… Read more
The guys behind Lovely Package have a new addition to the family, Lovely Stationery.
Sure to be an excellent source of inspiration.
Hat tip to Blair Thomson via Twitter.… Read more
Utilising a Mac OS X feature that remembers the position of minimised windows, Emilio Gomariz created this font with 114 Photoshop files.
Very cool.
Source: Design Taxi… Read more
This video series directed by Gustav Johansson blew me away. A perfect blend of typography and pure cinematic brilliance.
Paris
Barcelona
London
Beijing
Hat tip to Jason Cotterell / Source: Fast Co. Design… Read more
These Japanese food pictograms have been around for a couple of years. They are new to me however, so I thought they were well worth sharing.
Created by Japanese graphic designer, Masaki Hiromura, a food symbol is used to replace a stroke of each Kanji character.
Very clever.
Via: @Issue… Read more
The title says it all really. Simply breathtaking.
Via: Cloudal Partners… Read more
A stunning collection of title pages and headings clipped from maps and map publications issued between 1880-1920 .
See the full collection here.
Via: Subtraction… Read more
An exhibition of rare Saul Bass movie posters has just opened in London.
If you can’t make it there in person, Eye Magazine has some of the works available to view on Flickr.… Read more
Take a look at artist Matt Shilian’s process for transforming paper into stunning artwork.
Source: Fast Co. Design… Read more
A lovely collection of Japanese graphic design from the 1920s and 1930s.
Hat tip to Collis Ta’eed via Twitter.
View the full collection at Pink Tentacle… Read more
Many legitimate designers understand the frustration of trying to achieve a decent Google ranking for design-related search terms. Try a search for ‘logo design’ for example – the results are infested with logo warehouses.
Today Google released a Chrome extension that allows users to block and report sites with shallow or low-quality content from their personal search results.
Will this change the poor state of Google search? I doubt it.
For personal gratification however, it’s a win.… Read more
Reelizer is a website dedicated to the fine art of film posters. Curated by Roger Erik Tinch.
Well worth a look.
Source: Daring Fireball… Read more