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The new Firefox icon – a logo refresh we could have done without

limeshot — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:43:23 +0000

Last week Alex Faaborg, Principal Designer at Firefox, in charge of its interactive design, visual design, and overall vision posted the most recent in a long series of articles on the refresh of the Firefox icon. Firefox has finally settled on a final version of the updated icon, originally rendered by Jon Hicks based on initial [...] Related posts:

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Logo design: Very cool logos from Los Logos 4

limeshot — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:22:33 +0000

It’s finally here: my new Amazon-ordered, eagerly-awaited Los Logos 4. 519 pages of really cool logos, selected and published by Gestalten in September 2008. Logo trends in Los Logos Type: classical logos, type-centric, with touches of Arabic calligraphy, heavy-metal type angular typefaces and an element of grunge to break the sometimes blocky typography. Graffiti fonts used on [...] Related posts:

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The truth in advertising

limeshot — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:56:09 +0000

Very funny (and irreverent, and a bit foul-mouthed) look at the advertising industry and the way an award-winning ad gets done. Rather long, 12 minutes, but hilarious. No related posts.

The truth about the Alexa rank updates

limeshot — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:48:51 +0000

After no updates for weeks, the Alexa ranking has now been updated in the Sparky toolbar, but not on the Alexa website, and only for the main domain, not for secondary pages. Meanwhile, Compete.com picks up the game and pitches itself as a more reliable alternative. Bizarre and inconsistent updates For my website, it [...] Related posts:

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Logo design: beautiful black & white logos

limeshot — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:27:11 +0000

I know this has been done before (see the references at the end of this article), but I really feel like talking about monochromatic, in particular black&white logos and symbols and how beautifully and meaningfully they can create an instantly recognisable identity for brands, companies and concepts. Starting with some well known and successful examples. [...] Related posts:

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Logo design review: Logica and Ethical Strategies

limeshot — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 11:08:08 +0000

I always find it interesting to examine logos – and sometimes I come across some interesting ones. The first one I want to talk about in this post is a logo I actually quite liked. It looks good, it’s clean, scalable and distinct. So I got mildly curious about the company it belongs too (I [...] Related posts:

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Oh dear. The Macquarie University logo disaster. Gotta love
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Illustration experiment: Dawn over Mount Fuji

limeshot — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:33:08 +0000

This is what happens when one reads too many books about Hokusai an Hiroshige. One gets in the mood for drawing Mount Fuji. So here you go, a couple hour’s work, my Dawn over Mount Fuji illustration. Click on the thumbnail to see the large version. Dawn over Mount Fuji wallpaper You can download the free [...] Related posts:

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Oh dear. The Macquarie University logo disaster.

limeshot — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:36:32 +0000

Gotta love this one. I was just reading David Airey’s “Is your logo design phallic” article yesterday; and what do I come across today? Yep, obviously, another brilliant – and high-profile – example. Macquarie University, one of the largest and most respected universities in Australia had an absolutely hilarious logo. Thankfully they changed it in [...] Related posts:

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Free vector symbols: earth graphics

limeshot — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:33:15 +0000

Just a couple of square earth images you can use for illustrating growth, or ecology, or environment-related concepts. The file is a fully editable eps vector. As usual, a link back to this page would be much appreciated, and if you use it drop a line, I’d love to see your creations. The licence for [...] Related posts:

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SuperBowl ads 2009 – See them all here

limeshot — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:41:22 +0000

These are this year’s SuperBowl ads – with emphasis on a few of my favourites. The Pepsi Max ad: a man can take anything, but the taste of diet cola (wink, wink) Pedigree’s Man’s best friend ad: The CareerBuilder awesome It may be time ad: And here are all of them, for your viewing pleasure – comment and let [...] No related posts.