Yes, it’s the first time the software company has refreshed its logo in 25 years. The Microsoft brand is about much more than logos or product names. We are lucky to play a role in the lives of more than a billion people every day. The ways people experience our products are our most important [...]
Consider this the first change of soon to be many for the popular TV streaming service. The new look is a welcome face lift for a service that has grown into a navigational nightmare. As is, you can’t really effortlessly or aimlessly browse for the latest episodes of shows because there’s too much crap stuffed [...]
For six bucks you get three covers — specify the games and the console — that look like old school Penguin paperbacks courtesy of ETSY seller JamesBit. Of course, the covers will be emailed to you in a PDF and you have to print them out yourself, but that’s a small price to pay to [...]
For his Brecce collection, Italian designer Marco Stefanelli removed slight chunks from sawmill scraps, tree branches, and cement pieces, and inserted resin embedded with LEDs into the cavity. The resulting lamps are a beautiful collision of nature and industry casting out subtle hints of light. You can see much more on Stefanelli’s blog. [via colossal]
PBS Off Book‘s latest installment tackles a company’s visual representation. Logos surround us in digital and physical space, but we rarely examine the thought and artistic thinking that goes into the design of these symbols. Utilizing a silent vocabulary of colors, shapes, and typography, logo designers give a visual identity to companies and organizations of [...]
When you think of F1 race cars you don’t often think of the intricacies that go into their design and creation. How millions of tiny parts are expertly arranged into a ballet of mechanics for the sole purpose of going fast. Because, when you think about F1 cars, you think about the powerful engines — [...]
A nice follow-up to the previous look at designing Bond’s sartorial style, is this short essay by The Barbican diving into the Aston Martins, the guns, and all the design things that inhabit Bond’s world, featuring interviews with set designer Sir Ken Adam, Aston Martin’s Head of Design, and the designers of the legendary Golden [...]
GotWood Workshop, who are based in Scotland, created an Adirondack Chair that resembles a Stormtrooper. Paint this thing white and they might as well just take my money. Although it looks like they are also making a Darth Vader chair, so maybe I’ll hold out until then. [via obviouswinner]
Albert Bui created this passively-aggressive “Judgmental Map of Austin“, which he is selling as a print for $10. One probably has to live in Austin to get many of these inside jokes; however, Bui is onto something here and could probably work with designers in other cities to create similar posters. Not sure if I’d want to [...]
