Herb Lubalin

An American Graphic Designer born in 1918, died in 1981.

He designed a typeface, ITC Avant Garde. This distinctive font could be described as a post-modern interpretation of art deco, and its influence can be seen in logos created in the 1990s and 2000s.

Herb’s 'Families' logo was designed in 1980, and I really think that this is a fantastic example of branding / logo design. It's simple but effective, but also clever the way that he has used the word to convey a message. It's the sort of logo which you would want to design yourself... but wouldn't want to copy.

Desktopography

I was viewing Holly's Blog and she suggested taking a look at this website... and on entering the site... I saw this little beauty. Creative typography... something which really interests me. The use of art/design makes typography more interesting.

http://www.desktopography.net/

Big Brother Logo's

Following a few links through other's blogs... I came across a site which James & Joe suggested to take a look at.

I'm a great follower of BB... and as bad as it is... it is giving people a chance to design which is never a bad thing!

I found this logo which somebody has created which I think is brilliant! It's an eye created out of water bubbles and in a fish bowl. The idea of the eye is that Big Brother is always watching... and the concept of looking into a fish bowl... sort of ironic.

A-Style Logo

I came across an article about this photo and one comment was "I love Logo's that make me smile".

Being blonde... I didn't get it at first, which is why I think that this is fantastic! I looked and I looked, and then it clicked!

As the other person said.. It made me smile! It's great when companies aren't so stuck up and can have a laugh with design and bring a few smiles to people's faces!


http://www.astyle.it/ - The website is pretty cool as well. Different to anything I have seen before. It's interactive and a juxtaposition of illustration and photography. Don't quite understand it but the story is... interesting!!!