Graphic Design

Need To Want Less.

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Photographer and Designer Erin Hanson has come up with some great illustrations, and even greater advice and thoughts, in this clever series called Need To Want Less. These are rules we should all strive to live by. Something tells me it would make the world a better place.

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8th Continent Soymilk

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

I was perusing the aisles of my local supermarket when I happened across 8th Continent Soymilk. Their branding is amazing. Simple, whimsical illustrations with great type. Definitely caught me eye and made me want to buy. Then I happened on their website which, although it’s Flash-based, carries the fun of the branding over brilliantly. You [...]

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Karel Martens.

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

The fine folks at Dwell have a slideshow retrospective up of influential Dutch graphic designer Karel Martens. Definitely worth a look.

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New logo/branding for Sears?

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

I’ve noticed this on a few commercials here and there but I can’t find any official word on it, but is Sears slowly incorporating a new logo and branding into their advertisements. I’ve only seen it on clothing commercials. The current logo is being used on the optical and, of course, hardware commercials but this [...]

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Illustrator Matt Taylor.

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Here is a great series from illustrator Matt Taylor featuring two of my passions: bicycles and tattoos. Check them out here.

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Sad But True.

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Coming from a vegetarian, this is really sad. But it makes for a cool looking poster. Does anyone else see something wrong with this? Read more here.

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Vancouver 2010 Graphic Identity.

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Well the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics are underway amidst tragedy and malfunctioning cauldrons. It has been great watching the biathlons and skiing thus far. I am not a figure skating fan so I’ll be skipping most of that. While sport is the name of the game (pardon the pun) for the Olympics, my eye has [...]

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In The Spirit Of The Games.

Friday, February 5th, 2010

In the spirit of the Winter Olympics starting next week (and I do love me some Olympics) I did a search for past Winter Olympics logos. My curiosity took me to a post from early last year showing all the logos from 1924 to 2010. It’s amazing the trends that are displayed throughout. They go [...]

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