Vintage Type for Ace Hotel – Dana Tanamachi at Work
Kitsch and Cool Restaurant Branding
Lactobar Retro-Bistro is a new and very popular restaurant in Oradea, Romania (Lactobar means milk bar, in Romanian). Obviously, the drink of choice is not milk, but bear, however what’s interesting about this joint is the outlandish, crazy, cool and perfectly kitsch decor. From an old Romanian car embedded into the wall to doilies, old [...]
50+ Photos of Lions in European Art and Heraldry
Markets For Change social ad banned for damaging large retailer Harvey Norman sales
I woke up this morning to an interesting story: Markets for Change and GetUp have put together a controversial ad about Harvey Norman (Australian furniture retailer) contributing to Australian deforestation by their timber sourcing policies. The ad was subsequently banned, and an irate George Harvey came on television to say he’s getting aggressive emails from [...]
Save the Bees Campaign in London
Eggshell art, ephemeral beauty
Circular logos: fascination and inspiration
It seems to me, of late, that everyone is attracted to circular logos more than any other type. I have started avoiding providing a circular option – unless I am very happy with it, for fear my clients will choose that over stronger, non-circular concepts. And yet what is it about circular logos that attracts [...]