Steve Shanabruch loves design and his home of Chicago. Bringing together these two passions, he’s launched The Chicago Neighbourhoods – One designers take on Chicago.
Steve plans to design a few logos a week until he has covered all 77 community areas of Chicago.
I’m looking forward to seeing how this project progresses. You can track The Chicago Neighbourhoods on both Twitter and Facebook.
If you dig this project, you may also be interested in checking out Branding 10,000 Lakes.… Read more
If you don’t live in London, will never visit London, and/or you have no interest in burgers or iPhone apps, you may want to tune out now.
Two months have past since we released our first iPhone app, Best Sandwiches London. Almost immediately after launch sales of the app took off, initially boosted by an article on The Next Web, then propelled forward by the app getting featured in both the New and Noteworthy and What’s Hot categories of the… Read more
This is Google employee, Boris Smus’ attempt to create the most minimal business card design possible. The concept uses his email address to uncover his first name, last name, website and twitter account.
I’m not convinced this method would be effective for everybody, but I admire his approach in fitting as much information as possible within a constrained space.
What do you think?
(Via Kottke)
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If you don’t live in London, will never visit London, and/or you have no interest in sandwiches or iPhone apps, you may want to tune out now.
Admittedly, things on the blogging front have been a bit quieter than usual recently. The main reason being that behind the scenes we’ve never been busier. Whilst juggling a couple of branding projects, we have also been designing our very first iPhone app. The app is called Best Sandwiches London and is now… Read more
Brand guidelines don’t get much more geek-cool than this.
Via Blair Thomson.… Read more
By now, you probably know that I’ve got a bit of a ‘thing’ for vintage logos and branding. As you can see here, here, and here.
Just when I thought I’d seen every possible collection available on the web, I stumbled across this lovely Flickr set, featuring logos from a mid-70’s edition of the World Book of Logotypes.
Lovely.
Thanks Coudal.… Read more
This stunning collection of vintage logos (1950s to 1960s) came to my attention via the always interesting, Aqua Velvet.
These vintage Japanese logos really really caught my eye.
Expo ’70 Osaka Logo
Kokusai International Travel Logo
There are plenty more where they came from, so be sure to check out the complete Flickr set.
Also, if you are a fan of vintage logos, Retro Logo Goodness and Scandinavian Logos from the 60s and 70s may be of interest to you.… Read more
Just stumbled across this outstanding Flickr set titled, Retro Logo Goodness — a study in retro/vintage logos.
Nothing like a bit of logo porn to cap off a busy week. Enjoy!
See the full Flickr set here.
Source: Coudal… Read more
Every now and then I like to throw an opinion out there on Facebook or Twitter, and gauge the reaction from my followers.
Sometimes they agree, sometimes they disagree, but it always helps me to achieve some perspective on a particular issue.
A few weeks ago, I sent out this Facebook post:
While I admit the post was a tad melodramatic, I stand by it. In my opinion, Google AdSense has no place on a design blog. It’s spammy, kills… Read more
Whether you are doing it solo as a freelance designer, or run your own design studio, your chances of success are pretty slim unless you learn to manage client relationships properly.
I have been running my own design business for around 2.5 years now, and while I don’t pretend I know everything, there are a few tricks I have picked up along the way.
In this post, I will be sharing 15 rapid-fire bits of advice on how to manage… Read more