Author: Margarit Ralev
james-dean-cd-retro-logo James Dean is an American film actor.He is a cultural icon, best embodied in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as troubled Los Angeles teenager Jim Stark. You can read more in Wikipedia 🙂 The thing is that the designers of this retro advertisement have used in a clever way the “D” for Dean to form a round CD-like shape. Just some retro treasure I wanted to share with you. Click on the picture to zoom in.
Before & After (B&A) beer label This illustration can hardly be called a logo, but still – it deserves some attention. Then I tried to track the label’s origin. Here are a few things I’ve found : B&A label version 02 Another version of the label B&A the label Here’s the clean label Chuck alahniuk : Invisible Monsters And this is a book which I found with the drawing on the cover. Here’s where the beer logo appears to come from. Invisible Monsters, written by Chuck Palahniuk. Pay attention that the title is written upside down so that you have…
pdf-trash.png.scaled500  Have you ever tried to count how many people have an impact on the corporate identity of your company?By their work, by making small decisions, but also by their unawareness of the context? Each member of the “branding team” brings their own perspective to every project. Behind every piece of marketing or expression of the brand — whether it’s a business card, a shop assistant, or an advertising campaign — I see hundreds of people working together in the name of the brand.Brand manuals are created to predict the future, they define what the letterhead must look like,…
Apfelkind-logo-Apple Coincidence or not, but Apple goes insane after the death of the CEO & co-founder Steve Jobs. Above you can see the present Apple logo and in red – the company they are suing. You can check in the video bellow the real place in Germany – a cafe called “Apple Kid” ( direct translation ). It’s interesting why a big American corporation will make problems to a small European cafe… about a trademark that’s not even close. The owner said she got inspired by the apple trees in the garden. It is a cafe for mothers and their…
chevi-volt-logo To be honest – I’ve paid attention to this logo just today. The campaign of the “Volt” is at its peak, so I clicked on one of the banners ( by the way – it was a nice banner ). Then I’ve clicked on the video to see a car that pretty much looked like some kind of Honda. After the videos was over I was… like “wait a minute – what was that crappy logo there at the end ?!”. So this is a print-screen of the logo from the video. As far as I can see –…
ideas-about-your-site You’ve found the best web host, incorporated sound web design principles, and it’s fully functional. Your links click through, visitors can read the type, and the tabs are easy to find. It presents your message. But it’s boring, you say? Well, jazz it up! A blog is one of the best ways to get people to your site. Readers love to read opinions about events. Interviews make great blog posts. How-to articles are guaranteed to get readers. Add social media icons. Let your visitors tweet, like, digg, and otherwise share what they enjoyed and found thought-provoking . Use photos…
keep-your-business-professional 1. Integrity If you want your business to be looked at in a positive light, it would be in your best interest to be as consistent as possible. For example, if you advocate recycling, but do not enforce the policy in your own office building, customers will become confused. If you are not doing what you encourage the public to do, how will they know that you can be trusted? If you want to be professional, this is a step you cannot ignore. 2. A Strong Logo Using a symbol or logo to unite the various departments of your…
Print Johny Wan sent a link to this peace yesterday. First thought – okey, I’ve seen this type of style before… it’s catchy, but where’s the logo story ? After that I saw the logos in the illustration and start thinking that this is actually something not very common. Probably Johny just wanted to showcase his art, but what I’m interested is the aspect of integrating the brand into an image in an organic way. Usually in all kind of advertisements the logo / brand mark is isolated and this is not very beneficial for the whole art itself. Yeah, we…
It’s a speeded up logo design screencast for a new startup called “NomadJob.com” . Basically I did not want something too fancy and experimental. First I bet on few ready-made fonts…, but then I thought – what the heck – I’m gonna give myself a 30 minute frame.. and what I design is going to be what I’ll use. Sometimes some people are more productive in a tight schedule. I guess I’m one of those people… 🙂
It’s one great small movie about how you can improve your calligraphy. The whole process from the sketch to the placing in photoshop. Thank you Mr. Ortmann Screens: calligraphy-lesson-screen-01 calligraphy-lesson-screen-02 calligraphy-lesson-screen-03 calligraphy-lesson-screen-04 calligraphy-lesson-screen-05 calligraphy-lesson-screen-06 calligraphy-lesson-screen-07