Contrary to social media and news reports, the new logo from Instagram challenges a core ethos of Flat Design.
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Reinventing an Icon: 3 Lessons Learned from the New Converse Chuck Taylor II
Chuck Taylors are the most iconic shoe that nobody wears. That’s all about to change. Yesterday Converse lit up social media by announcing their first revamp of the original Chuck Taylor shoe since its introduction in 1917. As a fan of the shoe, I spent about 20 minutes studying their website (which is pretty legit) […]
8 Logos that Should Have Been Better
I am obsessed with logos. Most people glide through their day with their eyes skipping around signs, ads, and storefronts and think nothing of the logos. Me? I get really emotional. I want to clap when I see good design. When I see bad logos, a little part of me dies. Through it all, what baffles […]
Internships: Computer Science, Marketing, Graphic and Web Design
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Hello Apple Watch. Goodbye Fossil. Well done Shinola.
Apple releases the most sexy smart watch on the market. Now the wristwatch industry has to rethink itself in a brave new world. Winners. Losers, and what they can do to save themselves. I was chatting with designer Jeff Berghoff in the wake of Apple’s announcement of the iPhone 6 and the Apple watch. Like […]
iWatch – Release the Designers
iTunes and the iPod released the musicians. iPhone released a new generation of software developers and game makers. The iWatch should release the designers: graphic designers, industrial designers, experience designers. In previous blog, I wrote that fundamentally, the iWatch has to solve the social problems that the iPhone has created. In a second blog, I […]