Little bit of a dustup going up Kelowna way in British Columbia, thanks to the city’s newly unveiled logo. The design, part of an $80,000 rebranding project, was warmly received by city council members until it was suggested that the supposedly pine-cone inspired logo looked awfully similar to a logo designed a few years back [...]
Looks like Apple has a new QuickTime logo. The shiny, chrome 3D design is to replace the gel version that’s been kicking around for a few years, and will represent Apple’s movie player with the QuickTime X (as in ten) release. I suppose this is timed to coincide with the rollout of Apple’s new operating [...]
When taking a look at the Stock Art hullabaloo from last week, I think the immediate lesson to be learned is that in today’s Web 2.0 world, with its instant internet echo chamber, mob mentality can be a very dangerous thing. An equally important lesson involves our old buggaboos – logo design contests, spec work [...]
Continue reading about The Jon Engle vs. Stockart.com story – an anti-spec work parable?
Ahm, okay. Apparently over the next few months, the NBC owned Sci Fi TV channel will be morphing into the SyFy TV channel, complete with the new tubular 3D logo design shown above. No, I’m not kidding. The proposed change is taking quite a drubbing on both graphic design and science fiction forums, with most [...]
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