Graphic communication that uses distinct styles and reveals the personality of it’s cultural environment is far more powerful and memorable — look at the rich, vibrant visual language used on the streets of India or Japan. Does the London Olympics logo have anything to do with the strong historic visual culture of London?
the wanderlust.net by Anthony Stonehouse
Oct 2011
Designing outside the rectangle
New UI design opportunities are becoming available as we adopt 3D technologies, augmented reality and gesture based control. Screens will evolve from rectangles that we look through, in to destinations we can move in to. While augmented reality enables the user interface to exist along side the real world.
Oct 2011
Typo London Places 2011 review and summary
I’ve just had three full days at the inaugural Typo London conference. Here are the top 15 insightful and interesting points I got, all based from talks by the follow speakers: Nat Hunter, Kutlu Çanlıoğlu and Titus Nemeth, Jonathan Ellery, Tony Brook, Joachim Sauter, Tom Uglow, and Jeff Faulkner.
Jun 2011
Ampersand Conference 2011
Brighton, Friday June 17, 2011 — one of the first conferences devoted specifically to web typography. I still find it hard to believe we’ve finally reached this era. Designers can now use a wider variety of faces and apply typographic control to HTML using fonts that have been specially designed for screen use. It’s certainly […]
Oct 2010
Brit Insurance Design Awards 2010
Finally I made it to the soon-to-close Brit Insurance Design Awards 2010 at the design museum. There are a lot of great nominations on display; ranging from innovative product design, to ultra-modern fashion, to beautiful communication design. These were the top five pieces I found most inspiring and/or innovative. Pig 05049 This book follows the life of […]
Oct 2010
Eurogamer Expo 2010
This weekend marked the second year I’ve visited the Eurogamer expo to get a chance to view and play upcoming games. Here are my impressions.
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