September 2009
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“The more news you consume, the less happy you are in life. There have been...”
– jay parkinson + md — from The Future of News discussion at FooCamp 09.
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“Getting an iconic logo or strapline from a pitch process is akin to winning the...”
– Chris Heathcote, lights of London, talking about the branding for London exercise I mentioned earlier.
The whole thing is worth a read, and is a much more coherent take than the one I posted earlier. Of note is the fact that Chris properly conveys that Moving Brands are just one of many...
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Branding London
teflon:
A Brand for London
Moving Brands are pitching for the tender for a new brand for London, and are making their development work an open process via this blog.
Well, it’s a nice site, and none of the suggestions make me reel in horror, but: why does London even need a brand?
The about page has this image:
which apparently means we need a I♥NY style identity. Why, though?...
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IKEA abandons Futura for Verdana
lonelysandwich:
From Typophile:
IKEA abandons ~50 years of Futura and Century Schoolbook for Verdana. In an interview with Swedish design magazine CAP&DESIGN [translation here] the reason for the change is to be able to use the same font in all countries, including Asian countries. Also they want to be able to give the same visual impression both in print and the web.
I’ve never been a fan...
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“One New Change has been a particularly sorry project, because it involved the...”
– Jonathan Glancey: The Carbuncle Charles row is a gift to concrete mixers (previously) 