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The ramblings of a creative logo designer. |
I just wanted to take a second (sorry I haven't posted in a while) and draw attention to a post Steve Douglas made over at his blog about a growing outrage in the design community against StockArt.com.
It seems a designer has accused StockArt.com of stealing his artwork from LogoPond and then turning around trying to sue him for using it. The internet vigilantes (mainly twitterites) jumped on the bandwagon in retaliation against the big bad stock art company. Hundreds of "tweets" have flooded Twitter supporting "Jon" (the designer) and denouncing StockArt.com. A fund has even been set up to supply Jon with cash to fight "the man". The little guy fights back.
As usual, however, all is not as it seems, and Steve has written a (very long, but well worth the read) blog post that seemingly uncovers a completely different story, a story that, if true, is reason for "Jon" to hide his face in shame and give up his career as a "designer".
Check it out here: http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/index.php/stock-logos-copyright-twitter/
Apparently the agency that created the new Pepsi logo didn't feel that their new creation was powerful to speak for itself: a user over on Reddit has posted a leaked pdf with their design process outlined within. The pdf contains examples that compare the Pepsi brand to the Mona Lisa, the Earth's Gravitational field, and the Universe, among others.
Seriously? The Galaxy? I mean, I'm all for brand power, but when you get down to the bottom of it it really is just "sugar water"!
Below are a few pages of the PDF. Read more at BrandNew.
I've been seeing a lot of awesome "best of 2008" posts by some of my favorite design bloggers, so I thought I would make a list of them all here, I highly recommend that you take a few minutes and go through them, there are some pretty awesome reads.
First we have Steve Douglas over at The Logo Factory, he has made a plethora of posts on the subject, from selecting what he feels is the best logo design company of 2008 (LogoWorks?) to the worst logo redesign of 2008, he has also posted about the dumbest logo , the best logo design blog , the worst logo, and the best logo, all well worth reading.
Next we have David Airey's "25 Fantastic Design Articles of 2008 ", which is the result of him asking his readers to tell him what they considered their favorite post they had made on their blog or website in 2008. A nice list and a great gesture by David.
Jacob Cass just made a post about 9 Up And Coming Design Blogs , most of which were started in 2008, some nice blogs listed there, a few I hand't heard of. Expand your horizons! Read!
If you somehow missed Brand New's Best and Worst Logos of 2008 then you need to head over there right away! From the Pepsi redesign to the new Lifetime logo, they've got it covered!
Bill Gardner at LogoLounge has written a very insightful article about the 2008 Design Trends, in his words:
This year, it seems as though there has been a change in the nature of trends themselves. Instead of a hub-to-spoke relationship in which trends fan out from a central source, prevailing tendencies in logo design now seem to send out long underground runners that poke through the dirt in unrelated, unexpected places, anywhere in the world. It's harder and harder to trace the rhizomatous spread of ideas anymore - which truly is a good thing.
Make sure to read the entire article!
And last but not least is an article from over on GraphicDesignBlog about 25 Exciting Redesigned Logos of 2008, some are more exciting then others but it's still a decent wrap up.
And that's all! There are other posts out there,but these were the ones that I found the most entertaining. Let me know if you enjoyed them or think I should have included another one (yours?) by leaving a comment!
I also want to wish a successful and productive 2009 for all my fellow logo designers and bloggers! May good fortune follow you and inspiration guide your pen!
Hope you people are are having a wonderful Christmas Day! We have had massive amounts of snow here in NY throughout the past week so we're certainly enjoying a "White Christmas"!
Happy Holidays!
