‘Evolution, not revolution’ is one of the most annoying and overused phrases in client branding briefs. More
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Posted in Branding, Iconography
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When to leave the logo alone
Posted by Kate Nielsen
Posted: 03/09/2010
Culture shuffle
Posted by Ian Moore
Posted: 03/05/2010
In our small privileged corner of the world, we live in a culture of abundant choice; music, film, TV, reading material, fashion and endless things to see and do. The old established filters of newspapers, magazines and the handful of TV and radio stations are now lost amongst the noise of tweets, blogs and youtube critics. More
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Posted in Culture, Magazine Design, Music
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Deutsche Börse Photography Prize
Posted by James Greenfield
Posted: 29/04/2010
With its move to a much needed new larger space in the new Photographers Gallery, the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize should begin to gain the reputation it deserves. This years prize has four very different photographers on show across the two gallery spaces. The previous years have always impressed and it is a real cultural highlight for me as someone who is keenly interested in contemporary photography. More
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Posted in Photography
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Political infographics
Posted by Jon Hewitt
Posted: 28/04/2010
At the end of last year, Creative Review wrote that 2009 had been the year of graphic stats. Well, 2010’s four months complete and it’s showing no sign of letting up.
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Posted in Information Design
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Design publishing future — print or pixel?
Posted by Matt Judge
Posted: 07/04/2010
The internet and technological advancements in our experience of the web are redefining the way we consume information. While demand for design publishing hasn’t changed, distribution has (radically).
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He’s got the whole wide world…
Posted by Neil Cummings
Posted: 23/03/2010
This summer sees the emergence of a ‘jolly, self-confident, adventurous, spontaneous, and actually quite shrewd little’ South African leopard called Zakumi. Complete with hair dyed green to help him camouflage against the pitch he is the friendly face of the 12th World Cup Finals. But in this multi billion pound entertainment business dominated by player personalities is there really any relevance to a mascot?
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Posted in Branding, Culture, Iconography, Social responsibility
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The Death of Books and Bookstores
Posted by Michael Dyer
Posted: 16/03/2010
In the summer of 2007, after over a half century in existence, Franz Bader bookstore in Washington DC closed. I had spent many hours in this specialty shop which focused on art, architecture, and design books; first as a student in the mid 1990s, later as a practicing local designer and, finally, as a visitor after moving to New York. More
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Posted by James Greenfield
Posted: 02/03/2010
I first sat down to write this article in the wake of a project I had worked on, with the online shop Blanka, getting a sour reaction on the Creative Review blog. I have taken my time over it as I didn’t want it to be axe grinding about some of the negativity, but as a discussion point building on the article recently published on this blog by Paul M Fuog. More
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