Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Two Former Pentagram Designers Form Partnership


















































































Two former Pentagram designers have teamed up to join forces, announcing this week that they’ve combined their two independent shops into one international company. John Dowling and Rob Duncan, both formerly of Pentagram’s London office from the late-90s to the mid-2000s (the latter also worked at their San Francisco office), have founded Dowling | Duncan, with the first representing the UK and the second in the Bay Area. 

Monday, August 8, 2011

100+ Incredible Sources for Logo & Identity Inspiration
























 

























Conceptualizing a logo design that not only has an impact but incorporates your vision requires inspiration. There’s logo inspiration everywhere, after all each website you visit usually has one.
More: storecrowd.com

Thursday, August 4, 2011

5 Great New Free Fonts














  


Tondu
A versatile display font that combines classic proportions with modern styling. The precise letter fit makes it perfect for use across signage, book jackets, packaging, posters and t-shirts. Details include an extended European character set, manually edited kerning and Euro symbol.
You can find it here: myfonts.com

Fanwood
Based on work of a famous Czech-American type designer of yesteryear. The package includes roman and italic. The current version is 1.1, which includes a few improvements. It also introduces Fanwood Text roman and italic, which are the same as Fanwood but slightly darker and reduces in contrast; I tailored it to increase readability on my Amazon Kindle 3 e-book reader.
 















Fabrica
Fabrica is a deceptively simple sans serif typeface optimized for screen display on handheld devices. With its optimal quality and legibility, Fabrica proves to be highly efficient for small screens. Its details are drawn from the more systematic constructed Neo-Grotesques, giving it a neutral tone of voice. Above all, Fabrica's beauty is found in its functionality.
Check it here: practicefoundry.com 



















Weston
The main purpose is to provide designers with font, suitable for modification in logos and headlines. Combined wisely, Weston will spice up your design adding the “not-your-usual-font-choice” effect. Inspired by the evergreen Grover & Rockwell, this font would love to find his place in your library.
More here: fontfabric.com




















Matilde
Matilde is friendly thin typeface with extra tall capitals, elegant look combined with decorative elements. This typeface will work well for headings, short paragraphs, magazines, children’s books, posters, logos and any type of graphic design.
You can find it here: www.typedepot.com

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Nice and clean NBC Sports Logo refreshing















Changes include:
- The Peacock is slightly larger.
- The letters “NBC” are still bold but have a new font which puts them in balance with the Peacock.
- “Sports” maintains its scripted feel, but features a new hand-lettered font exclusively created for NBC Sports.
- Previously “Sports” was on an angle, but it has been straightened to allow for “Network” to fit easily beneath it and to accommodate the on-air design of commonly used sports tickers.

“The re-brand effort afforded us the opportunity to modernize the NBC Sports logo,” said John Miller, Chief Marketing Officer, NBCUniversal Television Group and head of the NBC Sports Agency. “The changes are subtle, but signal a big change: a new beginning for the NBC Sports Group.”
Found on: www.underconsideration.com

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

W & Cie's Tribute to Brands


























The W&Cie agency, part of Havas design, has been awarded with a Silver Lion in the design category at Cannes Lions Festival 2011 for its new visual identity and signage of its new Paris-based offices.
More news, images and video at: identitydesigned.com

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

The Big Book of Font Combinations










































The Big Book of Font Combinations is an expansive collection of carefully crafted typeface pair samples. The font pairings in BBOFC will inspire you and give you back time you need for your design projects. Use the font combination examples straight out of the BBOFC in your next project, or use them as a springboard for your own creativity. However you use the BBOFC, it’s bound to inspire and is a trustworthy companion to consult for all kinds of design projects and general study of typography. You can see more here: bonfx.com
The Big Book of Font Combinations is an expansive collection of carefully crafted typeface pair samples. The font pairings in BBOFC will inspire you and give you back time you need for your design projects. Use the font combination examples straight out of the BBOFC in your next project, or use them as a springboard for your own creativity. However you use the BBOFC, it’s bound to inspire and is a trustworthy companion to consult for all kinds of design projects and general study of typography.
The Big Book of Font Combinations is an expansive collection of carefully crafted typeface pair samples. The font pairings in BBOFC will inspire you and give you back time you need for your design projects. Use the font combination examples straight out of the BBOFC in your next project, or use them as a springboard for your own creativity. However you use the BBOFC, it’s bound to inspire and is a trustworthy companion to consult for all kinds of design projects and general study of typography.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

We Love Logos Poster



























Show your beating heart for more than a hundred of the world’s best logos ever designed. The ‘We Love Logo’ poster exclusively designed by Pananna for GoodLogo consists of 82 black, 38 red and 1 black&red colored logos. The logos are positioned on a grid in such a way a red heart is constructed out of the red logos. Price €15.00

Happy 98th birthday, Walter!

If Walter Landor, were alive today, he would be 98 years old on July 9. 
A pioneer in the field of branding and design. Landor.com