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July 9, 2012

Across the Pond: Olympic Posters - design strikes back!

Last November I wrote a piece for this column entitled "The London 2012 Poster" which was less than complimentary about the fact that the Olympic organizers in their wisdom, had commissioned twelve artists to design official posters for the Games.

Topics: Topics: Branding Identity, Color, Design Reference, Random, Type

May 22, 2012

Across the Pond: The most beautiful playing cards - ever!

I was in the middle of researching something completely different for this piece (along the lines of another grumble about bad design decisions at government level) when purely by chance, I happened across this great project.

Topics: Topics: Color, Design Reference, Self-Promotion

May 8, 2012

Across the Pond: The Enduring Legacy of the Bauhaus

As a graphic design student during the 1980s I still remember one stand-out art history session that radically changed my then naive approach to design and typography.

Topics: Topics: Design Reference, Random

April 23, 2012

Across the Pond: Vive la France!

By way of a (sort of) follow up to my last (sort of) travel related post, I've just come across some travel posters which have been commissioned recently by the French Tourist Board in the UK.

Topics: Topics: Color, Design Reference, Handmade, Random, Type

April 7, 2012

Across the Pond: Is it a bird? Is it a plane?

The media mash-up surrounding the London 2012 Olympics has created another love it / hate it moment this week following the unveiling of the latest publicity event promoting the Games.

Topics: Topics: Branding Identity, Color, Design Reference, Fashion, Random

March 24, 2012

Across the Pond: The Magnificent Max Huber

We all have our favored design movements or designers from past and present that inspire us, and I'm no exception.

Topics: Topics: Color, Design Reference, Layouts, Pattern & Palette, Profiles, Type

February 24, 2012

Across the Pond: Terence Conran: The Way We Live Now

I've shamelessly stolen the title for this post from an exhibition currently running at London's Design Museum.

Topics: Topics: Design Reference, Fashion, Handmade, Product Design, Profiles, Random

February 11, 2012

Across the Pond: The Decline of the Modern Pantomime Poster

Here in the UK the Pantomime season has once again drawn to a close and I've just finished a three month stint directing a production of Alice in Wonderland for a drama group I'm involved in.

Topics: Topics: Color, Design Reference, Handmade, Random, Type