Design Chatter

I’m starting to realize all my postings are infographics...

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:10:12 -0400

I’m starting to realize all my postings are infographics and typography lately. They are all just so pretty. Here’s another one… Maps of historic journeys (via GOOD)

Back in May in 2007, was announced that advertising agency...

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:35:00 -0500

Back in May in 2007, was announced that advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi had been awarded the I Love New York campaign run by The Empire State Development Corporation with an alloted budget of approximately $17 million — budget that goes into the production and media buys, not into Saatchi’s pocket as some people have misunderstood — to promote tourism for the state of New York. The first set of print ads came earlier this year and the now infamous logo with a squirrel on it has been popping up regularly. (via underconsideration)

A chronicle of logos of the brands and products a designer...

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:29:54 -0500

A chronicle of logos of the brands and products a designer interacts with everyday has been taken and arranged in a 24-hour clock. (via fill/stroke)

Often overlooked, the favicon is a key brand area for a web...

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:59:00 -0500

Often overlooked, the favicon is a key brand area for a web site. It’s a big design challenge for a little space. A 16×16 pixel square that appears next the the web address in your browser. Designing for such a tiny space can be tricky. It can even be controversial. (via designassembly)

Back in June of 2008, Google changed its Favicon after what seemed like years of use of the original uppercase G, and given Google’s sparse branding, this small change was remarkably big, as if it had changed its logo. So it’s quite surprising to see Google change the Favicon once again, less than a year, which in branding time is like one week of building brand equity. It’s also surprising that, well, it’s terrible. The “g” is barely readable, the aliasing (jaggedy eges) on the rounded corners is crude and the overall feel is pretty pedestrian. This is perhaps too harsh a criticism for something as small as 16×16 pixels, but when it comes to Google every detail counts. The new Favicon is also the result of a weird call for entries encouraged boy Google to create a new one, and the design is based on one specific submission (which is better than the final one) and inspired by a few others (which are also better than the final one). (via under consideration)

Web safe Typography: CSSType lets you preview your css text as...

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:54:10 -0500

Web safe Typography: CSSType lets you preview your css text as you modify it, and generates the code for you immediately. (via supbr)

Whether a steadfast Republican, staunch Libertarian, or proud...

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:57:25 -0500

Whether a steadfast Republican, staunch Libertarian, or proud member of the Pirate Party (it’s real!), there’s one thing we can all agree on during this last day of the Bush presidency: Obama-branded merchandise is selling like hotcakes.

The medium is the message at Danziger Projects, where tomorrow’s exhibition launch, Can & Did, will showcase the already iconic design pieces of our president-elect. (via dailycandy)

Type Trumps, a play on Top Trumps, is a game in which different...

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:26:34 -0500

Type Trumps, a play on Top Trumps, is a game in which different typefaces are attributed numerical values. These figures are then used to enable the cards to be won or lost using same of the tried and tested “Top Trumps” rules. I’m really just posting this because I think it would be a great gift for ….. well for me!) (via face37)

Climate change: The carbon atlasNew figures confirm that China...

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:13:48 -0500

Climate change: The carbon atlas
New figures confirm that China has overtaken the US as the largest emitter of CO2. This interactive emissions map shows how the rest of the world compares. Global C02 emissions totalled 29,195m tonnes in 2006 – up 2.4% on 2005 (via guardian.co.uk)

Since my education didn’t seem to help me learn the metric...

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:21:46 -0500

Since my education didn’t seem to help me learn the metric system, I found a handy cheat sheet. (via xkcd)

Pretty Loaded - a preloader museum (via Big Spaceship)

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:18:16 -0500

Pretty Loaded - a preloader museum (via Big Spaceship)

What a fun tshirt, for a designer!!! (hmm… if only I knew...

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:31:00 -0500

What a fun tshirt, for a designer!!! (hmm… if only I knew one…..) (via threadless t-shirts)

A paradoy of 15 corporate logos. It’s so depressing you...

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

A paradoy of 15 corporate logos. It’s so depressing you have to laugh. (via businesspundit.com)

Helvetica is the official typeface of the MTA today, but it was...

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:09:45 -0500

Helvetica is the official typeface of the MTA today, but it was not the typeface specified by Unimark International when it created a new signage system at the end of the 1960s. (via AIGA)

White text on a black background is hard to read… no...

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:31:00 -0500

White text on a black background is hard to read… no matter what the client says. (via iconsans)

The three-trillion-dollar war costs infographic (via good...

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The three-trillion-dollar war costs infographic (via good magazine)

Franklin D. Roosevelt spent his first 100 days enacting a...

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Franklin D. Roosevelt spent his first 100 days enacting a dizzying number of reforms designed to stabilize an economically depressed nation. Since then, a president’s first 100 days have been an indicator of what he is able to accomplish. In January 2009, the clock starts again, see this well designed infographics. (via good magazine)

Nice photography typography collection. That’s a lot of...

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Nice photography typography collection. That’s a lot of Ography! (via flicker)

I love old vintage car logos… maybe it has to do with the...

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

I love old vintage car logos… maybe it has to do with the fact that I grew up with a big old lime green comet growing up… eek. (via flicker)

Ambient Media Premium Advertising Inspiration (via...

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:08:39 -0500

Ambient Media Premium Advertising Inspiration (via knowtebook.com)

An Eye for Anai. This is a very charming video, and the music...

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:09:56 -0500

An Eye for Anai. This is a very charming video, and the music makes it even sweeter. Guaranteed to make you smile. (Created by Jon Klassen + Dan Rodrigues)