desidioms

a post about posters

grain edit posted a post about another poster (person) who posted about the travel posters (wall art) of daphne padden, a british illustrator and designer. in the 50's and 60's, padden created posters for  Royal Blue Coach Services (a UK bus company) which make up the majority of the collection shown. the rest of padden's posters are just as whimsical.

and you can see the collection here.

green design

we pick paper. we pick the best (or at least advise the best) number of pages, where to print, inks, varnishes, and sometimes say - "hey, you know, you should just do this online."

and considering that we have that much control over even just one little brochure - some say, designers have more influence in environmental impact than your average politician.

if you're one of those that doesn't believe it (still fuming over the whole bush vs kerry, bush vs gore, bush vs common sense debaucle?)
design can change will not only give you a better outlook or some environmental optimism - it will give you plenty of clues as how to use your design powers for the good of the earth.

you can sign the pledge, find resources and refer your clients to this site if they want green design that you just can't give to them. it might not be instant change, but it's a very well kerned step in the green direction.

boom. there goes your work day.

so why these logo blogs, why designboom, and why suddenly three posts in one day? well - it was a search for some fine logo inspiration and google was super nice to me. or - google wanted to sabotage my productivity for the day.

nonetheless. awesomeness abounds on designboom. from designer aerobics (for designers to learn a lesson or two...) to design history articles (or three...) to interviews and of course, pretty pictures to goo and gah over...  it's another bookmark for your toolbar when you need some inspiration or a kick in the pants.

logo love

here's a nice site dedicated to, wait for it...

wait for it...

...logos.

it's a blog called logo design love. the name pretty much speaks for itself.

i wonder if they have a sister site, like "logo design hate". because though design love can be pretty inspirational, i'm sure "design hate" could make you feel a lot better about yourself as a designer on those days you feel your creative is a little "not so fresh".

logo worship

everyone wants to do a logo - but even though, to the world, it seems like the simplest piece of a company's visual system - it's probably the most complicated of undertakings. there's no illustrator button or key command that you can push to "create a mark that will identify the company's entire persona, stand out and last forever and look equally as good on a letterhead as it would on a website."

there are many sucky logos and many great designers that have done them. you see them all around. that's why we worship the designers that have mastered them. david airey writes a nice post on some of the best notable logo designers. not like we didn't know who they were anyway - but getting a refresher on what's really awesome can't do anything but inspire us to do better.