Telenovela-Red is the New Fire-Engine-Red

Launched in 1954, Telemundo , a division of NBCUniversal, is a Spanish-language media company revolving around its television network that features “original productions, theatrical motion pictures, news, and sports events, reaching U.S. Launched... 

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Punk, the Queen and another Jubilee

In Britain, punk music has been strangely but inextricably linked with the monarchy since 1977 saw a Silver Jubilee and the Sex Pistols’ God Save the Queen. 35 years on, this year’s Jubilee sees an exhibition from collector Toby Mott and... 

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Imperialist Tendencies, Part 4: The Real Design Imperialism

I’ll begin my fourth and final installment of my long essay addressing the debate on “design imperialism” by admitting that it doesn’t take much effort to find something about globalization to be incensed about. Starbucks is pricing... 

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Typography by Ben Johnston

Typography by Ben Johnston. Ben is a self-taught designer living in Cape Town, South Africa. More inspirations Start your own Design Contest today and choose from 50-200+ custom design made just for you Typography by Ben Johnston. Ben is a self-taught... 

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Winners Revealed At New-Look D&AD Awards

The D&AD Award winners were announced last night in a new-look ceremony at London’s IMAX cinema. Well, some of them were, we’ll have to wait until September for the Black Pencils It’s D&AD’s 50 th anniversary which means... 

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Snarky greeting cards by Rajeev Basu

I’m an artist and writer from London, currently living in Boulder, Colorado, and this is my latest project: Greeting Cards, as rejected by every major retailer. The cards are made using clip-art and some of my favourite fonts, including Giddyup and... 

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Flotspotting: Brian Begley’s Ready for Brooklyn Ballers

Your correspondent met Core77 founders Stu and Eric while all of us were attending Pratt and living in Brooklyn. While Core77 doesn’t have any official link with Brooklyn, many of us staffers live or haved lived there for many years. That being... 

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Life OK is Okay

Life OK is the new youth-oriented channel that is joining the STAR India network. It replaces the network’s previous youth channel, STAR One, as of December 2011. The new identity was designed by London-based venturethree . Life OK is the new... 

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SOPA: friend or foe to the creative community?

Try to look something up on Wikipedia today and you will be met with a black page. The English language version of the site is down in protest over SOPA and PIPA, two pieces of legislation that it believes will “fatally damage the free and open... 

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Dan Cassaro

Dan Cassaro is a designer, animator, and illustrator living and working in Brooklyn, New York. He puts words on paper so that they might be accountable for themselves. Young Jerks is his one-man design studio specializing in custom type, illustration,... 

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