Tag Archives: logos

Friday Links: More iPhone 4 drama, social media crack, and some stuff about typewriters

• Meet Brian J. Hogan, the dude who stole the iPhone 4 and sold it Gizmodo.
• Also, a handy flow chart of the whole Gizmodo iPhone 4 drama.
• And, finally, because I have to: Steve Jobs’ kiss off letter to Flash.
• Much like crack, students go through withdrawal when they can’t access social media.
• An interview with Threadless’ VP of Marketing on the eve of their 10th Anniversary.
• The worst of sci-fi/fantasy book covers. The best of the worst? I Sing the Body Electric.
• Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the world for 2010. Once again they forgot me. (and Yahoo collects the five people from the list you’ve never heard of).
• Website teaches kids not to get suckered by ads. This reminds me of the girls I nannied for while I was in college. They begged for some Chips Ahoy cookies of some sort because there was supposed to be a party in each bite. “Uh, there’s no party in my mouth,” one of them said upon tasting the regular old cookie. She was crushed.
• Rock it old school: stickers to make your mac look like a typewriter. I wonder if they can make it so you get that delicious clicking sound and a ding when you reach the end of a line.
• Related to the last: beautiful, beautiful advertisements for Olivetti typewriters.
• Leslie Buck, designer of the iconic NY Greek coffee cup, died.
• The saga of forgotten brands and their logos.

Friday Links: iPads, Legos, and April Fools’ pranks

• IPad Out to Prove Itself as Gaming Platform, but Will Users Play Along?
• Also, related a round up of iPad first reviews.
• Geeky Vs Bully Logos.
• The scale of 100 Pixar characters. I think Mater’s the biggest and Dot’s the smallest.
• Activists asking for Ronald McDonald to retire.
• The 10 worst jobs in science.
• Lego: A Love Story.
• If you’re into this kind of thing, a list of the best April Fools’ Day pranks from yesterday.
• Heh heh. Chris Hardwick at The Nerdist got totally taken in by ThinkGeek’s awesome iCade.
• The Internet Explained.
• The life and death of a Gobstopper.

Friday Links: A brief history of the computer

• Photo essay: A Brief History of the Computer.
• Periodic Table of World Internet Facts.
• Also, The Periodic Table of Smellements.
• Logos are dead: “They are a hangover from old-school thinking about branding. There is no desire by the public for a new logo.”
• Google Android Toys. My heart exploded when I saw that little green robot in shirt and tie.
• Read the first interview with Calvin & Hobbes creator Bill Watterson in 20 years.
• Fallon: Promotions emphasize ‘people-centered’ digital approach.
• How the iPad will change the advertising business.
• Why Animals Speak in Super Bowl Ads: How Rating Systems Have Ruined the Creative

Interview with designer of PBS, Xerox & Mobil logos

Over at LogoDesignLove today is a fascinating interview with designer Tom Geismar, who is the man behind those iconic logos for Xerox, National Geographic, PBS, and a bunch more.

In the interview they touch on everything from sketching vs. working on a computer; design influences; selling ideas to clients; and how you choose clients. Consider this your must read for the day.

Logos are funny things. At first they are just designs on paper. Eventually they come to embody all the qualities of the organization they represent, and most people cannot separate the “design” from their full range of opinions about the organization. The hard task the designer faces is trying to help the client see how the logo might eventually be perceived, how it will work for them, not just whether they “like it.”

Friday Links: Nothing but fun, because we all need a break once in awhile

• Here there be spoilers! 50 Best and Worst Twist Endings in Movies
• Beautiful! Keith Haring Art Museum
• The Internet as imagined in 1969. What the wife buys, the husband will pay for. Sweet!
• 10 Beautiful Computers
• Last one out, please turn off the lights, a photo tour of some of London’s few remaining old school darkrooms.
• 25 Logos with hidden messages. If you only click on link, make it this one.