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Heritage Heresy

Nick — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 20:56:15 +0000

The majority of people worldwide wouldn’t care if 73% of brands disappeared tomorrow.

Is that all?

Read the full thing on trendwatching

John Lewis celebrates London Design week

Nick — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 16:32:39 +0000

How? With an interactive infographic of course …

Brought to you by John Lewis.

You can get a better/friendlier view of the whole thing here, or use your keyboard arrow keys to scroll.

Doing things differently

Nick — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:26:12 +0000

In Dresden VW build (and sell) cars … but rather differently to how you might think.

Shopper-Centric Design eBook

Nick — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:51:48 +0000

Here’s a nice little eBook, courtesy of Elateral.

Just the right thing to get those juices going for your New Year’s to do list. Of particular interest is the four principles and seven imperatives and some good links at the back of the book. Happy reading.

Here’s the download link. (You’ll need to give up your email address).

Symbology

Nick — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:04:39 +0000

For those amongst you that are semiotically inclined, here’s The Noun Project. A great resource for pictograms with a nice old school slant. Some of them are very reminiscent of British Rail pictograms pre their redesign by Lloyd Northover in 1999. And they’re free, and downloadable, definitely worth bookmarking.

Mood board heaven

Nick — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:32:29 +0000

No sooner than we talked about the need to create an online mood board app than along cam Pinterest. A doddle to use and very addictive and of course super useful.

Sign in with twitter, create pin boards, pin images from web pages (unfortunately not from Google Reader) upload images and follow other users.

Still got 4 invites left so add your name to the comments if you want one.

Brands on Twitter

Nick — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:04:00 +0000

Doesn’t seem much real life interaction between customers and brands via Twitter over here (UK). Over there (US) of course it’s done better.

The Mid-Century Modernist

Nick — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:00:17 +0000

We really like this redesign of The Mid-Century Modernist, especially how the gallery is done, pulling in and displaying ebay auctions. All done in WordPress.

Originally spotted (I think) from Erik Spiekermann’s twitter.

New New York Subway Map

Nick — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:57:07 +0000

From the New York Times a look at a new version of the NY Subway map. Interesting to look at the older versions although I have to agree with Erik Spiekermann, “Maps that use diagonal type are designed by amateurs”.

The full thing on the NY Times.

As always there’s an alternative, the Kick Map

Logorama by H5

Nick — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:23:45 +0000

Often there seems a backlash against the quantity, and the quality, of design and brands that encroach into our daily lives. Logorama is a short film by H5, a French designers and filmmakers that takes a looks at this brand overload.

Links:

Logorama essay by Adrian Shaughnessy

Logorama slideshow by Adrian Shaughnessy

Logorama movie site

Stills and interview with Francois Alaux and Hervé de Crécy of H5