Logo Go/No Go features the overlooked craft of logo and cover design of comics.
“More often than not, when comics folk talk about ‘cover design’ they focus on the art, whilst design and graphics are often overlooked or taken for granted.
“Comics are an incredibly creative and versatile medium, yet the majority of books out there treat [...]

I caught this image over on Reddit, showing in “logo terms” how many of those small brands we know and love are owned by a select few corporate giants.

Click the image for a full size version.
We still have choices, but our money tends to go to the same few places.
It reminded me of this video [...]

Have you ever come across a time when your creative juices stop flowing? Yes, I’m referring to that moment when you try so hard but fail to conceive a creative idea. But this doesn’t happen all of a sudden, does it? There is always a reason behind this abrupt dearth of creativity. [...]

There’s something about logo sketches I find much more interesting than the polished, digitised outcome. These are from Moving Brands‘ 2008 project for Swisscom.

Here’s the accompanying promotional video. The design’s still fresh, and although my editing skills aren’t anywhere near as good, the video’s a bit jumpy for my taste.

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Cartoons are a momentous part of everybody’s childhood memories. No matter how old you are, you cannot grow too old for cartoons. Famous animation studios like Walt Disney and Cartoon Network have created some of the most epic and iconic cartoon characters like Mickey Mouse and Cinderella that have etched into [...]

That was the three-word brief for Jonathan Mak’s recent design.
Ogilvy & Mather China tracked Jonathan down, a then-19 year old graphic design student at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, to ask about working on a project for one of its clients.

“I enjoy making visual puns. I don’t want to say it’s my style, but I do [...]

The new logo for One World Trade Center, by London-based Wordsearch.

“According to Wordsearch director William Murray, the consultancy pitched to developers Cushman & Wakefield in December 2009 with a film and strategic presentation, before further pitches to The Durst Organization and The Port Authority.”

Quoted from Design Week.

Under construction, photo courtesy of Huffington Post

Construction inside the [...]

The following tale about how the English National Opera logo came to be is excerpted from Graphic Journey, Mike Dempsey’s blog on graphics and living.
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Our work for London Chamber Orchestra (LCO) had caught the attention of English National Opera. I went to see them knowing that they had already seen five other consultancies. I got [...]

Before you jump to any conclusions, let me make it clear that my intentions are not to shatter your dreams of starting your very own graphic design business. On the contrary, I wish to explore the downsides of being an independent graphic designer by launching your personalized business. Many designers, in pursuit [...]

I rarely double-post between blogs, but I know a lot of you don’t keep tabs on Identity Designed, and this Zebra-inspired mark is worth another share.

The pattern adaptation is very well done given that it’s not a simple repetition, and I’m glad to see the ‘ears’ (from the second image) were left off the final [...]