This week is a cool mix of interesting items including “So you think you can design a logo?” Follow along with : * 2011 Trendology: U.S. Graphic Design Services * Tattoo Master, Off the Street, Into the Gallery * Student designs new JC Penney logo, and * The Wonder of Wim Gallery opening…
This week is a cool mix of interesting items including “So you think you can design a logo?” Follow along with : * 2011 Trendology: U.S. Graphic Design Services * Tattoo Master, Off the Street, Into the Gallery * Student designs new JC Penney logo, and * The Wonder of Wim Gallery opening…
2011 Trendology: U.S. Graphic Design Services
The 2011 Trendology report on the U.S. Graphic Design Services industry characterizes the industry in three descriptive methods: qualitative analysis, quantitative data and lists of major industry players.
The written analysis includes financial issues, technology issues, human resources issues, supplier issues, consumer issues, government regulations, global factors, major industry news highlights, major earnings and profit reports, major mergers and acquisitions, and our exclusive industry SWOT analysis (industry internal strengths, internal weaknesses, external opportunities and external threats).
Full story : www.researchandmarkets.com
Tattoo Master, Off the Street, Into the Gallery
When artists come to New York for a show, they often make a trip to Chelsea to check out the competition. But when the Mexican tattoo artist known as Dr. Lakra arrived last month to install his exhibition at the Drawing Center, he headed straight for the …
Full story : New York Times
The Wonder of Wim
The Design Museum often seems nervous about graphics — perhaps it is unconvinced that graphic design can attract the visitor numbers and sponsorship that fashion or furniture can command. Wim Crouwel A Graphic Odyssey takes the first floor room that also housed the Peter Saville and Alan Fletcher shows. But the space has been transformed.
Full story : creativereview.co.uk
Student designs new JC Penney logo
Imagine creating something that will be seen by millions of people. Something that will personify a more than 100-year-old company. Something that is crucial to the success of the business. Now, imagine making this design before you graduate from college.
Full story : BizJournals.com
So you think you can design a logo?
How many logos have you seen today? Perhaps you maintain a lofty disdain for such things, but logos are unavoidable and, in their own way, quite remarkable. With a few lines, a good logo can articulate the aims of a charity or symbolise a city.
Logos today get a pretty bad press: “How much? My 12-year-old could have done that.” Often, that’s true, sort of.
Full story : Patrick Burgoyne — www.guardian.co.uk
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