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UVA designs new onedotzero ident

UVA designs new onedotzero ident

United Visual Artists have designed the 2011-12 logo for the onedotzero festival. United Visual Artists have designed the 2011-12 logo for the onedotzero festival. The ident will be used as a trailer and introductory film for onedotzero events, and... 

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Book Review: Brand Thinking: And Other Noble Pursuits, by Debbie Millman

Book Review: Brand Thinking: And Other Noble Pursuits, by Debbie Millman

Having read Naomi Klein’s No Logo several years ago and been stirred by her central thesis, we were cautious about Debbie Millman’s Brand Thinking , but it didn’t take long before we realized that the subtitle “and Other Noble... 

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The Guardian iPad App

The Guardian iPad App

The Guardian now has an iPad app . Previously if you wanted to read Guardian content on an iPad you could read the website , use the iPhone app or attempt the Digital Edition . I used to subscribe to the Digital Edition, a downloadable PDF of the paper... 

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Brand New Conference, a Review by IDEO

Brand New Conference, a Review by IDEO

Brand Authenticity: A New Story Branding for Impact by the IDEO Bay Area Communication Design group The 2011 Brand New Conference brought together designers from across the world, for a full day of inspiration and storytelling in San Francisco. The conference... 

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Is that a Human in your Tree, or are you just Happy to see me?

Is that a Human in your Tree, or are you just Happy to see me?

Established in 1982 from the merger of Connecticut General Life Insurance Company (CG) and Insurance Company of North America (INA), Cigna (formerly all caps, CIGNA) is a Fortune 500, global health service company with 30,000 employees around the world... 

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Not another book about Fonts!

Not another book about Fonts!

Just My Type I know what you’re thinking: One more collection of classic typeface examples from your colleagues & contemporaries to throw on the pile, right? Wrong. Chances are, if you’re reading this blog, you are already well-versed in design,... 

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Brand New Conference, Videos Available

Brand New Conference, Videos Available

Videos of the 2011 Brand New Conference are now available for purchase and download . $5 a piece or $30 for all eight. Videos of the 2011 Brand New Conference are now available for purchase and download. $5 a piece or $30 for all eight. Files are... 

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Brand New Conference, Q&A with Paddy Harrington

Brand New Conference, Q&A with Paddy Harrington

One of the things we try to do with the Brand New Conference is to lift the curtain behind some of the more curiosity-piquing design firms. Last year’s talk by Tom Dorresteijn did just that for Studio Dumbar. One of the things we try to do with... 

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TYPO issue 44 is out

TYPO issue 44 is out

I’m a subscriber of TYPO magazine , a quarterly publication from Prague. Surprisingly, TYPO is one of the only regular magazines dedicated to type and typography. Sure, there are several great new-comers on the scene, like 8 Faces or Codex I’m... 

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All sorts of type

All sorts of type

The Week in Type The type-obsessive, thoroughly inspiring Andrew Byrom in this TEDxUCLA talk, If h is a chair : If you haven’t already downloaded it, then get on over to the iTunes store. The iconic FontBook , that yellow, heavy-weight, doorstop, monster... 

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