Logorama, an animated short by H5, has won the 2010 Oscars in the short film category. In a world made up entirely of trademarks and brand names, Michelin Man cops pursue a criminal Ronald McDonald.
“Spectacular car chases, an intense hostage crisis, wild animals rampaging through the city… and even more in LOGORAMA!” Definetely worth a watch! Movie site
A tripod may not seem like the most high-tech photo accessory when compared to the fancy lenses, flash systems, and other electronic gizmos that you can add to your camera bag. But no matter how much you’ve spent on gear, it’s often a tripod that can make the difference between a successful shot and a blurry useless smear. If you’re gadget-happy, don’t worry—the modern high-end tripod is still a marvel of high-tech materials and engineering technology. Read More
The deadline for Print's Regional Design Annual has been extended to April 1, 2010. All winning work will be featured in the December 2010 issue of Print the exclusive Regional Design Annual. Dont wait to enter. Click here to submit your work online
One of the most often repeated refrains on design blogs, in the critique of a new logo, is “Any design student could do a better job.” This ubiquitous comment is especially amusing to me because, well, it’s mostly true. If you judge virtually every new logo designed today by classical design school standards, the kids in school are doing a better job. Read more »
When it comes to the Olympics, each game's logo tends to get the lion's share of the attention, good or bad. Yet there's a much broader visual identity for each game, and one element that's often overlooked is the official typeface. For the 2010 Olympics, that is Neo Sans:
When Sebastian Lester designed the Neo Sans family for Monotype in 2004, he aimed for something that had a "slightly futuristic feel to it, but was still useful for general design purposes." Read more »
Now that the Apple iPad is here, you’ll learn how to create portable EPUB files that can be read on a computer, smartphone, or dedicated eBook reader. It’s been talked about for years: a paperless book that can be downloaded from a Web site and read on an electronic reading device. And now that thousands of eBooks are being downloaded every day, the eBook revolution is finally upon us. Read Part 1 of this 2-part series
The new iPad from Apple, presented in typical Steve Jobs fashion as game-changing, will, in fact, revolutionize the way we read magazines. Read more »
So the long-anticipated Apple iPad is finally here. It's a device that's supposed to take on netbooks at their own game and win, prevent working on the train or plane from being an ergonomic nightmare, and make Apple fanatics feel special again for owning one now the world has an iPhone. But it's also a useful tool for designers, illustrators, and digital artists looking to get creative on the move. Read More
Miniaturization
Every business process will go through intense compression and digitalization so when it comes out on the other side of the tunnel, it will have already considerably reduced its operational costs. This will enable the process to function effectively, more powerfully, and be highly replicatable, with a lower cost structure like a proverbial silver bullet. Will this now shrink entire office floors into cubicles, and cubicles into little icons on websites? Read more »
Is it just us, or did 2009 seem shorter than usual? Those 365 days went by in a flash! Was it due to the time spent networking online? The MyFonts team has been tweeting and blogging and Facebooking on a daily basis; but it certainly hasn’t been a waste of time. We’ve felt a more direct connection to our users than ever before, and many of our readers have been active friends and followers. Read more
