March 2010
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Google to produce internet guide leaflet... →
Reblogged techspotlight:
Google, one of the world’s most prominent evangelists for all things digital, has turned to one of the most traditional of old media routes to try to persuade more British people to go online: it is printing a leaflet. The Simple Guide to the Internet is part of the search engine group’s commitment to Race Online 2012, an initiative started by the UK government’s digital...
Wolff Olins Blog: Good brand, bad brand →
Yo, pretty packages of frosted delights Look, it comes with a toy hehe, I like that. I wanna number 4, a number 6, and throw in a plastic doughnut Just enjoy the gritty crunch, it tastes just like chicken. Wrappers of many bit sizes Man, are you freakin blind? That’s a rock. All mixed in…
Nicely put. [DD]
“Chapter One. He adored New York City. He idolised it all out of proportion. Uh,...”
– Woody Allen, Manhattan (via ckck)
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“With everyone tossing around the term ‘branding’, it’s time for us to work...”
– Errol Sandanha
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“2010 landmark year as online ad spending overtakes print..”
– From BizReport.com (via designersocial) Believe!
“If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed.”
– Stanley Kubrick (via bonjoursophie)
DesignerSocial Blog: Richemont Luxury Group to... →
LONDON (Reuters) - Swiss luxury goods group Richemont (CFR.VX) has bid to acquire Net-a-Porter in a deal which values the UK online fashion retailer at about 350 million pounds ($531 million), newspapers said on Sunday.
Richemont already owns a 29 percent stake in Net-a-Porter and is looking to…
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"Values Visionary Sparking Integral Change in CEOs... →
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Article: "In Translation" by Eugenia Bell, design...
A Dutch–Arabic typography project shows increasing compatibility between strikingly different languages and cultures
In the mid-18th century, King Carlos III of Spain appointed Eudald Pradell as the Royal Printer and commissioned him to set up a foundry at the Imprenta Real in Madrid. Pradell, the father of Spanish modern type, was a Catalan gunsmith-turned-punchcutter; he was also illiterate....
Watchtechspotlight:
Tim Berners-Lee: The year open data went worldwide
At TED2009, Tim Berners-Lee called for “raw data now” — for governments, scientists and institutions to make their data openly available on the web. At TED University in 2010, he shows a few of the interesting results when the data gets linked up.
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Paula Scher: Type is Image by Hillman Curtis
Source: stendhalgallery.com
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“In the end, all management can be reduced to three words: People, product and...”
– Lee Iacocca
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Friday. 8:20pm: Telephone call number three from,...
Agent: Mr. Dan. I'm calling regarding your request to activate Blackberry Enterprise Service. As an individual, you currently have Blackberry Internet Service. So you need to speak to another department. Can I give you their number?
Me: As an individual, can I activate or convert from the service I have to Blackberry Enterprise Service?
Agent: No.
Me: Then why do you want me to call someone else?
Agent: For more information on the service you can't have.
Me: :-|
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What they don’t teach you about identity design in... →
“I’m in favor of designers doubling as strategists, or at least working extensively with them. I think the designer needs to be involved every stage of the complicated negotiation between the clients, their expectations, tastes, aspirations, marketplace concerns etc.”
Thanks, Paula – I couldn’t agree more. An appreciation for the importance of ’both sides of the brain’ is no doubt fundamental to...
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We're pleased to welcome Pentagram's Paula Scher...
To most within the global design community, Paula Scher needs little by way of introduction. But here is an excerpt taken from her bio on the Forum:
“For over three decades Paula Scher has been at the forefront of graphic design. Iconic, smart and unabashedly populist, her images have entered into the American vernacular.
Scher has been a principal in the New York office of the...