United Dots of America

Established in 1776, the United States is, like, a big country. With stuff. Lots of stuff Established in 1776, the United States is, like, a big country. With stuff. Lots of stuff. And the Corporation for Travel Promotion — now doing business... 

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Welcome to Brand USA

Forget the old Red, White and Blue: America is to sell itself to the world via a multicoloured, ‘percolating’ logo by The Brand Union, launched yesterday Back in 2001, the Bush Administration famously brought in JWT’s Charlotte Beers... 

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Typography illustrations by Am I Collective

Advertise here with BSA I am a creative studio that offers a multi-faceted, collaborative service to advertising agencies around the world. This includes benchmark animation, illustration and typography. Advertise here with BSA I am a creative... 

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Taking the Comedy out of Comedy

Launched in 1997 in Canada, The Comedy Network is, as its name implies, a channel devoted to all things funny. Launched in 1997 in Canada, The Comedy Network is, as its name implies, a channel devoted to all things funny. Its programming consists... 

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Rand v Jobs: when egos collide

Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs is full of examples of the latter’s ‘challenging’ behaviour. But when Jobs asked Paul Rand to create the identity for his Next business, he finally met his match Isaacson’s book... 

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Mill Co and Monotype’s type-tastic art show

Creative agency Mill Co teamed up with Monotype Imaging and tasked a selection of image makers to create artworks using one are all of three Monotype fonts – Akko, Neue Haas Grotesk, and Rotis II. The resulting exhibition runs at the Mill Co Project... 

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Infinite Mountain

First opened in 1987 in New Zealand, Kathmandu is a specialty retailer and manufacturer of clothing and equipment for the adventuresome, outdoorsy audience. Kathmandu has 116 stores across New Zealand, Australia, and the UK. Their sales are 95% of Kathmandu-branded... 

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Typo London: see you next year?

Chip Kidd and Neville Brody at Typo London. Photo:Thorsten Wulff Three days of top speakers from around the world playing to a (largely full) venue: in Typo London does the UK capital finally have the design conference it deserves? Late on Saturday night,... 

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Redefining Sharp

Founded in 1939, Gerber is a “global supplier of personal outdoor, tactical and industrial gear”. Founded in 1939, Gerber is a “global supplier of personal outdoor, tactical and industrial gear”. What that means is that they... 

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More nice publications

Following this week’s Man Booker Prize news (congratulations to Julian Barnes), I thought I’d post up another round up of very nice books that have landed on my desk in the last week or so. It’s a mixed bag that includes self-published... 

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