November 2009
34 posts
Logo Design
clientsfromhell:
“We have decided not to use any of the concepts you have proposed. Instead, we farmed this out to our creative network, and have decided to use a rotating set of 50 different clip-art images as our logo.”
I wonder if this if from the recent AOL rebrand?
Logo with Flare
clientsfromhell:
Client: I already know what I want for the logo. It’s a house, with a face, and it’s on wheels with an exhaust pipe coming out of the back which is shooting out smoke in the shape of dollar signs.
I wish this logo existed, just so that we could all see it. And make fun of it.
“I like lists for the same reason other people like football or pedophilia.”
– SPIEGEL Interview with Umberto Eco
Prospective client: $400 for a logo?! Why are you so expensive? My nephew has Photoshop—I can just get him to do it.
Me: Does your nephew have Microsoft Word?
Prospective client: Yes.
Me: Then have him write you a novel while he’s at it.
WatchIs the Monome the Twitter of controller interfaces? It seems limited and simple on the surface but this seems to be what allows people to use it for so many different applications.
Look Ma, No Loops!
Identity in the Browser →
Interesting thoughts from Aza Raskin on identity. He’s right that current identity on the web sucks, as do attempts to simplify it. Open ID may have overcome many of the technical hurdles but currently is too much for any user to understand, let alone use.
Can I trust my browser more than I trust the rest of the internet? I guess I probably already do.
FontFont library now on Typekit →
Great news. Waiting for others to follow, and to show the same forward thinking in the EULAs with regards to app embedding.
WatchSome astute observations from Erik Spiekermann - particularly pointing out the parallel between how the print process used to work and how web fonts are being used with services like Typekit.
Webfonts Week: An Interview with Erik Spiekermann | The FontFeed
“Denying gays the right to marry is denying a group of people the right to...”
– the Mattsmith (via britticisms) (via dadsandmice)
“I’ve always been pro-choice and all of a sudden I’m here not...”
– Not from anything recent but a classic quote nevertheless
Curator Forced to Kill Out-of-Control Bio-Art Exhibit
