December 2009
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Reblogged: "A Decade in Design" by www.good.is
Ten years of Apple, starchitects, and design for change.
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No Logo, Naomi Klein’s treatise on anti-globalization, sets the tone for the decade’s debates about consumerism and branding.
Tech stocks plummet, signaling the official burst of the dot-com bubble. Thousands of newly-minted web designers are laid off. San Francisco’s cafes swell with unemployed creatives paying inflated...
Brands of the Future
Reblogged: wolffolinsblog
Many brands today are not equipped to live online. There is a discrepancy in how they are presented and how they work in the real world.
Steve Rubel’s summary of the Le Web conference accounts for this change:
“One of the great untold stories is just how much Facebook and Twitter are growing off-site. Facebook announced they reach 60 million through Facebook...
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“Wolff Olins + Wallpaper* Forty for 2010”
– Forty for 2010: - Wallpaper.com - International Design Interiors Fashion Travel
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Change is good. But if the pace of change leaves us no time to stand and stare, it’s easy to lose any sense of perspective and start muttering aloud in public about the efficacy of the freemium...
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“If You Don’t Think Names Matter, Yours May Be Forgotten”
– Al Ries, AdAge.com
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nomenclature: fonts vs. typefaces →
Reblogged: nikography
mad respect for the typesetting days of steel and typecases, but when those terms were defined, i doubt anyone was able to see the future of how type would be utilized. that said, this was my comment on the post:
Nomenclature can change just as language does. These words have taken on new meanings, and that should be addressed. Digitally speaking, I have always been...
“All righty, my sudden burst of ‘visual referencing’ has come to a...”
– Me
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10 Web trends to watch in 2010 →
Reblogged: cyan1975
As 2009 draws to a close, the Web’s attention turns to the year ahead. What can we expect of the online realm in 2010? While Web innovation is unpredictable, some clear trends are becoming apparent. Expect the following 10 themes to define the Web next year:
Real-time ramps up
Location, location, location
Augmented reality
Content ‘curation’
Cloud computing
Internet TV...
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The Sochi 2014 Logo. For Your Eyes Only.
Originally posted on: breathebranding
Earlier this week, the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games identity was revealed to the world… sporadically, if I’m not mistaken.
Anyway, picking up the story, post-UAE National Day, on LogoDesignLove (thanks David Airey), whilst I do find myself agreeing with many of the sentiments expressed by Fred Burt, MD of Siegel+Gale in London, reaffirmed by David - on...
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