Steve Douglas on September 22nd, 2009

In an announcement that took some in the design industry by surprise, iStockphoto today announced that they were planning to roll out some sort of stock logo service, presumably after the New Year. Shortly after the news hit Twitter (and after receiving an e-mail from David Airey about the plan) I received this e-mail from [...]

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Steve Douglas on September 2nd, 2009

Update: Ruh-oh. According to AdFreak it looks like the ad was approved by WWF Brazil and DID run (just once) in a Brazilian newspaper.
“WWF Brasil and DDB Brasil would like to jointly express their regret for the unfortunate incident involving the ‘Tsunami’ ad for World Wildlife Fund Brasil. The ad does not convey either the [...]

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Steve Douglas on January 22nd, 2009

Had to happen sometime I suppose – a reality show based around graphic designers, more specifically the selection of America’s top graphic designer. No word on a CMYK broadcast date, but the setup is your typical contest show – seven graphic designers will be selected via tryouts across the USA and the show judges will [...]

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Steve Douglas on January 17th, 2009

Don’t usually like to get into political stuff on the blog, but as a wonk, I found this pretty interesting. According to a newly launched website, lots of folks are trying to recruit economic commentator, author and stock broker Peter Schiff to run for a Connecticut Senate seat in 2010. On the Libertarian ticket as [...]

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Steve Douglas on January 16th, 2009

Is the AIGA softening its position on spec work and design contests? Up until now, the AIGA has taken the position that spec work, crowdsourcing and design contests devalue the design industry. That position seems to be softening.

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