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A 5-Year-Old’s Spin on Some of Today’s Most Popular Logos


Listen to 5-year-old Faith Lad walk through some of today’s prominent brands. It’s rather insightful and completely awesome. See the full story hear…

I Met the Walrus - An Animated Interview


No doubt many of you have already seen this. I came across it a few months ago. The audio features a 14 year-old Beatle fan, back in 1969, who managed to sneak into John Lennon’s Toronto hotel room and land himself an interview. I think it’s a fantastic example of illustration, video and design.

Branding Early, Brand Now?

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Startups most commonly bypass branding, initially, to focus on product. Is this the best way to structure a startups priority list? If you look into some of the most current successful startups, then often times you will find they’ve directed a lot of energy and focus into early branding and design. This means much more than solidifying your logo and website UI/UX. In most cases successful startups attack branding before launching a product or service.

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Do Typefaces Really Matter?

Do Typefaces Really Matter
Although I don’t agree with everything in this article, If you’re at all into typography this is worth a read.

Innovative iPad UX Design

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore iPad App Trailer from Moonbot Studios on Vimeo.

Wow! This was sent to me last week - simply breathtaking. Located in Shreveport, LA Moon Bot Studios are pushing the envelope on interactive story-telling via beautiful and innovative iPad app design.

Moving Photos from Facebook to Google Plus

Move Photos from Facebook to Google Plus

Are you an early adopter? Want to move your photos, images, pictures, etc. from Facebook to Google Plus? If so you may have come to the right place. Obviously if you’ve invested a lot of time building your Facebook profile, and you’re thinking about jumping ship to Google Plus you’ll want the move to be as painless as possible. Brian Burgess of Information Week recently posted an in-depth article on how to move your photos from Facebook to Google Plus. I don’t think I’ll be moving anytime soon but this may be one of the first articles I read if and when I do!

Great Website Design, Illustrations and Music

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Gigawatt - The Illuminated Mixtapes. I came across this website last week and I’ve been streaming the “Mixtapes” ever since. Really nice work!

Beautiful Chalk Typography - Watch Dana Tanamachi’s Time-Lapse Creations

Nagging Doubt Viognier from Dana Tanamachi on Vimeo.

The freehand chalk illustrations that Dana Tanamachi creates are truly inspirational. If this doesn’t give you an appreciation for beautiful typography I’m not sure what could! Visit her website to see the rest of her great work.

Does Your Inbox Control Your Life?

Email Charter

Don’t know if you’ve come across this but it would be fantastic if everyone subscribed to this mantra. It would shave hours off of my workweek.

Logo/Brands, A Spectum of Colors

This is a quick yet interesting observation on some of today’s more popular brands. It illustrates the gamut of color across multiple logo types. I’m sure some of the color choices are just happenstance but the color chart is pretty slick! logo color spectrum

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