Just when I thought it was hard enough for a design graduate to get a foothold into the industry, it just got harder. “In an effort to find a new generation of British design talent, Philippe Starck, one of the world’s best known product designers, invites 12 hopefuls to a school of design [...] until [...]
Two of the “core fonts for the web” are to be updated! What impact will this have on website design? After the earthshattering announcement last month that IKEA will use Verdana both on the web and in print (I spat coffee out reading that), today we hear that Verdana and Georgia are getting a face [...]
On accountability in design, and have you ever wondered why you’ve never seen half of those adverts that win the design and advertising awards? That’s because agencies create them specifically to win awards. They get run once in obscure magazines or TV channels at 5am and they qualify as “real” advertisements. Some of them aren’t [...]
Creative Review unleashes some experimental packaging for their latest magazine. More exciting than a brown envelope. “CR subscribers will notice something unusual about their CR package this month when it arrives on their doormats” I certainly did, it arrived in several pieces on my doormat. Apparently this is Creative Review’s attempt to provide a filing [...]
Lorem Ipsum has been traditionally used as placeholder text in graphic design. It’s a series of random words similar to Latin. Is it better to design websites with this, or relevant English? The Big Advantage I’ve been designing with Lorem Ipsum for most of my graphics career but lately I’ve been wondering if I’m doing [...]
Over the past few years I’ve been continually developing my own “brand” – a consistent look and feel for my portfolio, CV, letterhead (never sent one), business cards (499 gathering dust), websites, mugs, t-shirts… Update 30th August 09 – New blog design online! From the beginning I’ve gone for the whole minimalist green/silver style. I [...]
New Designers is an intriguing exhibition that incorporates a wide array of design practices over the two weeks it runs at the Business Design Centre, London. Nowhere else is it possible to see such creativity across every major design discipline from architecture to animation, furniture to fashion, graphics to glass. It takes place in the [...]