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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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When is ok to be a little bit crap?
When you’re bloody marvellous at lots of other stuff.

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Posted in Advertising, Branding, Design Economy, Design future, Information Design
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In late 2006 I went to see Alan Fletcher’s retrospective at the Design Museum in London. It’s the only exhibition, before or since, where I’ve read every word on every caption for every piece of work. It was a masterclass in design. The piece of work that struck me most, more than the witty collage work or the posters written in Fletcher’s trademark handwriting, was a rub down sheet of Reuters logos. More

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Posted in Branding, Information Design, Typography
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You’d have to have been living in a hole not to have heard of Twitter. With lots of exposure from celebrities such as Britney Spears, Shaquille O’Neil, Stephen Fry and Barack Obama it really has entered the mainstream. However, most users’ experience of Twitter is via the twitter.com web site. But there is an altogether more pleasant way to engage with Twitter. More

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Posted in Information Design, Interactive
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Often overlooked, the favicon is a key brand area for a web site. It’s a big design challenge for a little space. A 16×16 pixel square that appears next the web address in your browser. Designing for such a tiny space can be tricky. It can even be controversial. More

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Posted in Branding, Iconography, Information Design, Interactive
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The origin of our daily dose of graphic design inspiration has a common cultural and geographic background. The presence of graphic design from Japan in book shelves and blogs doesn’t do it’s qualities justice — perhaps much is simply lost in translation? More

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Posted in Architecture, Exhibition, Iconography, Information Design, Inspiration, Print, Uncategorized
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The world wide web is an integral platform for any business, new or old, and our dependence on it as a marketing tool has seen its priority in design briefs grow more and more. More

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Posted in Art Direction, Branding, Information Design, Interactive, Print
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As recently discussed on this very site, the London 2012 logo, along with the brand in general, has been courting controversy ever since its unveiling. So why does the London 2012 web site feel staid and ever-so-slightly uninspiring in comparison? More

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Posted in Branding, Information Design, Interactive
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