Back to the future style technology at last. Thanks to Elliot Scott for the link.

HOVERBOARD – NILS GUADAGNIN from nils guadagnin on Vimeo.

Brand design isn’t always interpreted by consumers in the way you envisioned

Recent set of documentaries on the BBC that follow eight individuals as they try to launch new products. Jo Malone and Nick Leslau help them develop the products.
Especially interesting to see some of the well known design agencies pitching different branding/packaging ideas to them. Worth a watch.

The packaging produced for the food in the first program (food and drink)

Probably just for today and sorry it’s so late. The google logo has turned into a good old playable Pac-Man game.

New design for the old route-master London bus. More here.

Here’s another sign I walked past the other day. I quite like it. It has a certain naff charm. It kind of invites me in to browse. I might find something interesting in there.

I also strolled past this one. Could you make a place sound any less appealing? Kill me now.

Qlocktwo, a beautiful piece of digital design. A matrix with symmetrically arranged characters forms an additional square on the inside. Some of these characters glow in pure white, thus forming words that describe the time.

Here we feature a few images from ‘Graphic Design – with special reference to Lettering, Typography & illustration’ First published in 1954 by Routledge & Kegan Paul – London.

Decorative Alphabet for Baynardn Press – Barnett Freedman

Book Jacket for Faber & Faber – Barnett Freedman

Wood Engraving – Eric Gill

Shell Petrolium Company – Eric Gill

Catalogue Cover for The Paris exhibition of 1939 – Eric Ravilious

Decorative engravings for The Double Crown Company – Eric Ravilious

Poster for London Passenger Transport Board – Edward Bawden

As summer arrives this shop in Preston reminds us of our priorities.

On April 1, 1977 the British newspaper The Guardian published a seven-page “special report” about San Serriffe, a small republic located in the Indian Ocean consisting of several semi-colon-shaped islands. A series of articles described the geography and culture of this obscure nation.