Monthly Archives: June 2008

Visual Rhetoric

Written by anthony. Posted on 30 June, 2008. Filed under Research. Tagged , , , , . No comments.
From ten years of working in communication design (specialising in digital and interactive) and thousands of dollars spent on universities, books and conferences I think one of the main things I’ve learnt and now base my work on is that visual meaning is personal to the reader, based on their previous experiences — whether that [...]

Design power in London

Written by anthony. Posted on 25 June, 2008. Filed under Inspiration, Opinion, Research. Tagged , , , . No comments.
One of the things that inspires me is design being used to improve a situation, rather than sell — just don’t ask me why I work for one of the world’s largest advertising agencies! IDEO has always served as a nice example, and I’ve linked to a few of them previously. The Design Council has [...]

Photoshop CS4 user interface

Written by anthony. Posted on 23 June, 2008. Filed under Research. Tagged , , , . No comments.
Last month Adobe released beta versions of Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Soundbooth CS4. Registered CS3 users could try this software without any time limit. I downloaded Dreamweaver CS4 in the first week it was available but because computer security is so tight at Ogilvy I’ve been unable to install it. That hasn’t stopped me from exploring [...]

Ten best type tshirt shops

Written by anthony. Posted on 18 June, 2008. Filed under Funny, Miscellaneous. Tagged , . No comments.
My name is Anthony and I like to collect typographic tshirts, I own about six and I’m always hovering over that little ‘add to cart’ button to add to my collection. I think it started when I bought a tshirt from a designer I met in Melbourne who devotes his professional life to protesting the [...]