Is Shepard Fairey a deserved Design of the Year winner?

In an article posted on designweek.co.uk it seems that some are questioning whether the designer of the iconic Obama poster is a deserving winner of “Design of the Year.” According to the article: Jonathan Ellery of Browns Design finds it ‘ridiculous’ that the posters won last week’s design accolade. While praising the awards exhibition currently [...]

Handwriting Font

I have yet to try this (I’m too cheap to shell out the $9) but it looks cool. This site generates a font based on your own handwriting. Check it out!

And I thought I had hard times…

Everyone is sick to death of hearing about the economic crisis but this takes the cake. Twitter, ranked 64th in popularity of websites reportedly paid the designer of it’s “birdie” graphic $6 or less. I was shocked and horrified until I read that Twitter bought it from a stock company. Hmmmm. I buy from stock [...]

Because I am a type geek…

I looooovvvveee typography. I really do. My cousin, Tracy, sent me this cool Periodic Table of Typefaces and I’m seriously going to print and frame it. I wonder if geeky scientists do the same with the Perdiodic Table of Elements. Thank you, Tracy!

Top Ten Typography Sins

This original article, by Stephen D. refers to web typography, but I keep seeing the same mistakes over and over in print as well. Using dumb quotes is a particular hate of mine and I see it in national campaigns all the time. The following are common among non-graphic designers, but if you ARE a [...]

The Good, The Bad and The UGLY

One of my favorite projects is logo re-design. It’s fun to go with something you know the client does not like and find a way to make it better. Sometimes, big companies feel it’s time for a change and the changes aren’t always good. I found this article online but I don’t necessarily agree with [...]

Abe Lincoln did smileys? :-o

Emoticons, according to the New York Times, are “no longer simply the province of the generation that has no memory of record albums, $25 jeans or a world without Nicole Richie. These Starburst-sweet hieroglyphs, arguably as dignified as dotting one’s I’s with kitten faces, have conquered new landscape in the lives of adults, as more [...]

Kinetic Typography

Hey everyone. I’ve recently posted on facebook about kinetic typography (a.k.a. animated typography) and how I think it’s just great. Not sure I’d ever have a use for it in what I do but I think the designers that come up with this are just brilliant. Check out this snippet from Lock, Stock and Two [...]