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Symbol

29/05/2011
by DJ
Bookshelf / News
Symbol

Pentagram, through Lawrence King Publishing, have released their latest book entitled Symbol. The book features over 1,300 symbols organized into groups and sub-groups according to their visual characteristics. Each category includes a short introduction on who the symbol was designed for, the designer, and in some cases, what the symbol stands for. These sections are interspersed with short case studies on both classic and more recently designed symbols. Much like Pentagram’s previous title – 400 Marks […]

Wembley 2011 Final Logo

20/05/2011
by DJ
News
Football

Radient, based in Richmond just outside of London, have designed the logo for this year’s UEFA Champions League Final to be held at Wembley. The illustration is nice, and in keeping with previous Champions League Final identities (below), though I have to say I’m not a massive fan of the typography. It seems to me they missed a trick here to produce something stunning and, to me, the type seems a bit slap-dash.

Little Chef, Big rebrand

29/04/2011
by DJ
News

VentureThree have done a stunning job at rebranding UK road-side eatery Little Chef. Firmly part of Britain’s roadsides since the late 50’s Little Chef recently had it’s tired old brand a modern facelift by employing services of tele ‘chef-scientist’ Heston Blumenthal to revamp their public gastro image, the new identity follows hot off the heels. The work is vivid, fun, engaging and combines bold slab type with pop colours that are not only modern but […]

These are things

18/04/2011
by STY
News
these are things

Beautifully simple with a splash of vibrant colours… you’ll definitely want one of these maps. These Are Things is Jen Adrion and Omar Noory, two designers from Columbus, Ohio who have a great eye for the world. See more of their creations at These Are Things.

Oiseau

18/04/2011
by STY
News
Oiseau

From the studio of Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, just a lovely piece of French designed desk furniture.

UK Refugee Week

15/04/2011
by DJ
News

BCMH have created an campaign for UK Refugee Week, an annual festival aiming to promote but mostly celebrate the positive contributions of refugees to the UK since 1951. The campaign is simply lovely. It is an original delightfully simple awareness campaign for a topic that few of us areaware of but, as the campaign highlights, deserve to recognise.  

C&G give the V’s up

15/04/2011
by DJ
News
harvard clean

Chermayeff & Geismar have created a comprehensive identity system for Harvard Maintenance, a major provider of cleaning and security services. Harvard Maintenance provides cleaning and security services for major corporate, educational, and industrial facilities across the nation. Chermayeff & Geismar designed a new identity system for the company with a logotype featuring an V extended into a check mark to emphasize reliability, efficiency, and expertise. Whilst the new logotype set in a bold Futura doesn’t […]

#1d4d

14/04/2011
by DJ
News
one day for design

13th April 2011 was a exciting day in the twittersphere. It was a One Day For Design — an open, global dialogue on the meaning and future of design, and on the meaning and future of professional associations in our field. Organised by AIGA, the ‘event’ drew over 30,000 tweets from nearly 3,900 Twitterers. More than 650 hashtags were tweeted and at one point #1d4d ranked as the number-four trending hashtag on Twitter in the […]