This year’s Christmas card from Ian Rogers
‘Tis the season! I came up with this year’s Christmas cards and sent them to those whose addresses are on my list… for everyone else, here’s a digital version of this year’s card. Happy holidays!
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Virus Fonts presents Olympukes 2012
I’ve always been a fan of Otl Aicher’s designs for the 1972 Munich Olympics, particularly his iconography system. A design system that resonates so strongly is bound to inspire parody, however – enter Virus Fonts, re-examining the set for the 2012…
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The Mystery of the Colonel
My favourite logo design EVER is the 1978 redesign for Kentucky Fried Chicken by the design agency Lippincott and Margulies. Amongst many, many other iconic projects, this agency designed the classic logos for Betty Crocker & Chevron, the classic Campbell’s…
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Sonnenzimmer
I’ve been seeing a lot of Sonnenzimmer around the interwebs, for good reason – their work is really fantastic. The Chicago-based duo, Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi, teamed up in 2006 to create (amongst other things) pleasantly minimalist posters for a…
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From Whence the Ped? The Iconography of Otl Aicher
There are some examples of graphic design so universal that it’s hard to imagine anyone ever had to invent them. Who designed the first checkmark indicating approval? Lost to history. Who designed the red circle with a red line through…
