I co-authored/edited this piece with Bill Gardner for LogoLounge.com, and it was picked up by Fast Company! It’s written in first-person, by Bill. Each year, I write a report on logo trends, and I always look to the past before looking ahead. You can’t tell where something is going if you don’t know where it […]
Category Archives: design books
Fili & Thorn & Charles : Legends, Swans, & Dorks
Spencer Charles was hand-lettering signs at a Whole Foods in Salt Lake City when he heard Louise Fili Ltd was hiring. She invited him to New York for an interview. Fili and Charles clicked. A month later he was living in Brooklyn. It was 2012 when Charles began working for the legendary Louise Fili, whose New York design studio […]
Thinking in Icons
Icons have become such a ubiquitous way of life for most of us, that we don’t often think about them. And the point is, we shouldn’t, unless they misguide us or leave us confused. In Felix Sockwell’s new book, Thinking in Icons, he walks readers through the process of designing icons and the subtle nuances […]
LogoLounge’s Superstar Panel of Judges Announced
It’s on! The competition for LogoLounge 10 is heating up and the judging panel is hotter than ever. The breadth of the work done by this group of international judges encompasses the largest swath of name brand identities under one roof err … website, including Facebook, Apple, WalMart, eBay, The Today Show, Patagonia, Nike, […]
A Duo of Glitschkas
Von Glitschka has been in the logo trenches for more than 20 years. His illustrative logo solutions are as varied as his clientsfrom local brewers, pubs, and mechanics to national artisanal brands, sports monikers, and software companies and no doubt you’ve seen his work right here at LogoLounge over the years. We’re thrilled to […]
Jennifer Sterling Finally Gets the Last Word
Having lived and worked on both coasts, Jennifer Sterling knows a thing or two about cultural and political discourse in design. Her illustrative typographic renderings have produced praise and ignited loathsome critiques from her peers. She experienced a profound backlash in the early 2000s for her design of the now infamous 2001 AIGA 365 Annual. […]
I Love My Hair!
Andrea Pippins’ eclectic, and joyous new coloring book celebrates the natural beauty of the afro. But the book has a more important message: Embrace your own identity. Celebrate who you are. For years, Andrea Pippins’ embrace of her natural locks has demonstrated to her friends and admirers that the natural afro is the way to go. Fun, frilly, […]
Michael Bierut: Design is a Sacred Calling
Michael Bierut’s How to Use Graphic Design to … (Harper Collins) is a compilation of a remarkable 35 year career in graphic design. Bierut has been a partner at Pentagram New York for 25 years, and before that he worked for the famed Massimo and Lella Vignelli, at Vignelli Associates. He is a past president […]
Sketch a Doodle Do
Artist Gemma Correll‘s quirky worldview is captured in the pages of the thousands of sketchbooks she has always kept close at hand. A lifelong doodler, her sketches and musings have led to a successful career as an illustrator and cartoonist. In grammar school, her teachers couldn’t stop her. “In school, teachers would give me old notebooks books to draw in to prevent me […]