I just read something on markbixby.com that gave a good laugh this morning. Client: “We really like Apple’s branding. Can you do something like that for us?†Designer: “I love what Apple is doing too, but your company’s a Mortuary?†If you’re a graphic designer you’ll completely identify with the hilarity of the scenario above […]
Creative Thinking
Official 2012 logo controversy
London England, a place many will argue is one of if not the centre of design excellence worldwide, also the winner of the bid to host the 2012 Olymic games. The Olympic Games brings with it to those cities which bid and host it a refreshment of design practices, a burst of local expression and […]
Getting Things Done – Black Belt Productivity
As usual amongst knowledge workers, there’s no shortage of buzzwords and jargon flying around out there. A few months ago, after researching design thinking methods, I came across something called G.T.D.(getting things done). Usually these type of self-help approaches turn me off due to the large volume of overly complicated methodologies and hours of reading […]
Aerosol Arabic – Islam through Graffiti
I met Mohammed Ali (the graffiti artist not the boxer) like many others via the internet on a search for Islamic Art. I had never heard of someone doing the type of art he does within the bounds of Islam and soon started a dialogue with him about what he does and what inspired him […]