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06/15/2012

good friday.

Security cameras get a bad rap, especially in the age of Google Earth, when satellite-powered privacy invasion is a legitimate concern. Sometimes, however, the omnipresence of surveillance in our lives unwittingly captures what makes them worth living.In a new ad from Coke Latin America and producti...

10/13/2011

Encouraged to come!

Adam Lowry is the cofounder and chief "greenskeeper" of the home-care product company Method. Lowry believes that design is the most confusing word in the English language, and that business is our greatest vehicle for positive social and environmental change. It is at the intersection of these beli...

09/16/2011

Coming up soon!

Join Andy Payne, Interbrand Chief Global Creative Officer, and get an in-depth look at a strong brand and how creativity plays important role in brand creation and management.

08/24/2011

Gotta love blog spam. "Comment:
With all these silly websites, such a great page keeps my inteernt hope alive."

07/06/2011

Great article on crowdsourcing your next logo- and why you might want to think twice...

The logo design process should provide value far beyond the delivery of a symbol.

04/16/2011

Surveys are in: Portland's Sustainable Branding Collaborative shares business perspectives around sustainability and your brand. See the top five take-aways in their report...

01/24/2011

Worth checking out, and start donating today!

Philanthroper is a great idea for donations, one even a cheap person like me can appreciate. The base concept is this: You donate $1, they make sure 99% of that gets to the charity, not into their pockets.

12/21/2010

awesome.

Product packages are often the design equivalent of having a hammer driven into your eyeballs. Buzzword-y text everywhere, disgusting cover overload, and corny cartoon mascots. So why not strip it all away and let the thing's name speak for itself?

12/04/2010

Great insight into the importance of strong user interface...

Google Maps & Label Readability Why Do Google Maps’s City Labels Seem Much More “Readable” Than Those of Its Competitors? For months, I’ve been trying to figure out why Google Maps’s city labels seem...

12/01/2010

Now this is a job...

They are unknown, but their works of art are seen by hundreds of millions of people across the globe. They were art nerds in school - teased by peers or called to the principal's office for doodling in class - but are...

11/30/2010

A great point of view: ways to strategize for growth by focusing on caring...

Video description: Wine Library TV's Gary Vaynerchuk gives his no-holds-barred take on how modern businesses must adapt to thrive in a social media-driven culture. Viewer advisory: This program contains explicit language.

11/29/2010

This is a great time to share success by donating to a favorite charity- but how to choose? Popular Charity Navigator is evolving to give you better information...

Charity Navigator, a Web site and organization, is overhauling itself and how it evaluates charitable organizations.