Style Crush: Princess Margaret

on April 21st, 2011

It so happens that once in a while my world stops in its tracks while I lose myself in admiration for someone’s style. It happens quite a lot, and since I love sharing everything I find beautiful, this new series is what I’ll use to celebrate style and beauty – not only in design, but [...]

Circular logos: fascination and inspiration

on April 20th, 2011

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 [...]

Dionysus – Illustration Logo

on April 16th, 2011

Hand-drawn illustration for an organic Kalamata olive oil brand; more images after the jump. Currently featured in the logopond.com gallery. This is work in progress, so watch this space for more images.

Logo Design Research Finds: Black Figure Attic Pottery

on April 7th, 2011

Been to the State Library of NSW today, doing some research for a new logo project (for a sumptuous Greek Kalamata olive oil, watch this space!) and came across some lovely pottery images, not the ones one can usually find online but some more obscure and quite unusual ones. Images after the jump (and click [...]

Address Stamp: Finally Here!

on April 6th, 2011

Ordered recently from a wonderful stamp manufacturer in the US (and delivered in 7 working days!), the new Limeshot address stamp is here. Gorgeous thing to use on envelopes and mail-outs. Images after the jump.

Brand, sweet brand: logo cakes

on March 21st, 2011

Don’t know what else to put your logo on? Then be inspired by the newest, sweetest fade: logo cakes, as beautifully illustrated by Herson Rodrigues.

Peru rebrands – and what an awesome job!

on March 16th, 2011

Via Under Consideration’s Brand New, my branding crush for this week is Peru’s new identity. From a friendly and beautiful logo, to great application, this is the one exception I’ve seen this year to the disastrous country rebrands trend.

Going viral with Jennifer Aniston

on March 11th, 2011

The best thing since the Make My Logo Bigger cream – and I’m not really a Jennifer Aniston fan. Have a look, it’s a great effort. Jennifer Aniston promoting SmartWater in a video now hovering at more than 5 million views on YouTube.