Many months ago I wrote my opinion about the London 2012 logo, so I’m not going to rehash that here. What I do want to point out, is a what I heard on an episode of Mock the Week recently. That the logo looks surprisingly like Lisa Simpson performing felacio on a headless man. Now, [...]
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A twittersome bunch
Glasgow NHS Stop Smoking ad Look similar? Twitter – the original Bird in Blue And, the NHS60 has brand guidelines. How quaint. Well, I suppose as long as no one copies /them/. And there are subtle differences, so I guess it’s okay (read as: dripping with sarcasm – and if you didn’t catch that, then [...]
Apple Being Apple
Blake E. Marquis, Designer of GreenNYC logo A company in New York, GreenNYC, has put in a trademark application for their newly designed logo above. Apple has thus since, filed an opposition to said application. Firstly, will apple take it further if they’re denied, let’s hope not. Secondly, are they really similar enough to warrant [...]
Type Test
My thing-a-day 1,2 & probably 3 rolled into 1. Am trying to figure out which font I want to use for a logo I’ve been commissioned to do. Tedious, but entertaining none the less.
London 2012 Logo: Retro Ugly Is In
image from CR Creative Review got it right with The New Ugly. Ugly is back or on its way back really. “Stretched type, day-glo colours and a flagrant disregard for the rules.” One might remember it from the late 80′s and the MC Hammer pants. The London 2012 logo, well, it’s just that. For 2012. [...]
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My, albeit belated, but surprisingly positive opinion on the London 2012 Olympic Logo… Photo courtesy of London2012.com
Love Google?
If you haven’t seen this yet, it’s a must try, Goglogo Just type in whatever suits your fancy and it’ll come out looking like the Google Logo – it’s quite fun. Not as good as the real Google search engine though, so if you make it your home page, you still end up jumping over [...]