In the beginning there were three of the most ubiquitous and most famous graphic signs used by men today. They were originally made to symbolise a bunch of values and concepts, among which, a certain universality and uniqueness. A star, a cross, a crescent. Classic yet not plain: you got to appreciate the obviousness of [...]

Alphabet Truck 2, in the making Eric Tabuchi takes — among others — photos of trailer trucks on empty highways, each one displaying one large letter of the alphabet. His book, Alphabet Truck, published in 2008, took four years in the making, and is about to be joined by a sequel: Alphabet Truck 2. With [...]

“I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter.” — Blaise Pascal “Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.” — Henry David Thoreau “If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.” [...]

Wolda, the Worldwide Logo Design Annual, is the innovative graphic design awards scheme that rewards the best logos and trademarks designed throughout the world. This year, WOLDA has added a Facebook group into their marketing mix and are offering a 10% on entry fees and purchase of any of WOLDA annuals. Check the rules & [...]

Old Pepsi double-dot logo coaster, on sale for $11.99 on Vintage Depot Direct An interesting thing happened last October, and even though it’s kind of old news already, I keep hearing about it. And every time I see that new Pepsi logo, I think to myself “something’s wrong with this weird shape”. On the other [...]

International Time Recording Company (1889-1914) The International Time Recording Company (ITR) began as the Bundy Manufacturing Company in Auburn, New York. ITR’s main product line were mechanical time recorders invented and patented by Willard L. Bundy in 1888. An ITR time recorder from about 1918. ITR was later merged into the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company — the [...]

It’s funny how Wikipedia has categories for pretty much everything, such as “1925 births”, “1990 deaths”, “Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)”, “Cancer deaths in California”, “Converts to Judaism”, and “Vaudeville performers” for example (I took these from Sammy Davis, Jr.‘s page. But the other day I realised Paul Rand (the designer behind the [...]

When it comes to stand out from the others, branding your identity goes all the way to the smallest spot it can fit. One such example is the favicon. A favicon (short for “favorites icon”), a.k.a. “website icon”, “shortcut icon”, “url icon”, or “bookmark icon” is an little logo associated with a particular website or [...]

If you think instant soup and instant coffee tastes just like the real thing, and don’t mind settling for something not original to save a few bucks, LogoInstant.com may be for you. They (claim to) crank out new logos everyday, which can be downloaded and used for free, for personal and commercial use, and come [...]