Chermayeff
Thursday, 18 June 2009
Friday, 5 June 2009
Thursday, 28 May 2009
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Thursday, 16 October 2008
The Value of Classic
Even though I've drastically cut down on drinking fizzy drinks (for dental reasons) in the past year, my first choice of cola has always been Pepsi. I've bored many people in recent years about my wish to see them revert to their 80's/early 90's branding on their cans (pictured above) and then I read this crap. The one good, strong and instantly recognisable bit of their brand and they get rid of it (or rather bastardize it).
For years Pepsi have tried to disassociate themselves from Coca-Cola; making themselves blue, big-money celebrity endorsements and the like, when all along all they had to do was realise that they had something valuable in the look of their old cans. On a separate note, they really should also sell it in glass bottles (call me fickle but even though I much prefer the taste of Pepsi - I will go for a glass bottle of Coca-Cola over a can of Pepsi any day. Drinks are much more refreshing and seem to stay cooler in glass than aluminium).
So, taking this on board and compromising on colour (I prefer the original red, but can understand why Pepsi would want to be blue), why couldn't they embrace their original style? (see below). 
There's money in classic and more often than not, it never goes out of fashion.
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
Monday, 8 September 2008
Monday, 11 August 2008
Friday, 1 August 2008
Thursday, 10 July 2008
Friday, 27 June 2008
Lady Peugeot; are you trying to seduce me?
I bought a bike. Now I cycle to work. It's mega.
Peugeot PY 10/P. circa 1988.
Monday, 28 April 2008
V&A Friday Late: Blood on Paper
Read it. Thought it was good. Wanted to pass it on.
(Correct postage as well)
Wednesday, 16 April 2008
Tuesday, 4 March 2008
Rolling Bridge
I completely forgot about this bridge by Heatherwick studio that curls
up when a boat needs to pass. It's ridiculously brilliant.
Friday, 22 February 2008
Wednesday, 6 February 2008
Paul-Rand.com
I've been looking for a concise collection of Rand's work online for some time now and, surprisingly, one never existed. Until now. Paul-rand.com (which to the best of my knowledge is a new site) does exactly that. And it's brilliant. 
Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Tuesday, 29 January 2008
Friday, 11 January 2008
Thursday, 13 December 2007
Visions of the future.
The Atomium. Beautiful building I recently visited in Brussels.
What makes it more incredible for me is that it was built in 1958
(for a World Expo.). André Waterkeyn
There was also some really really gorgeous furniture displayed
inside by Willy van der Meeren.
Thursday, 15 November 2007
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Monday, 29 October 2007
Promax 07/Beyond
(I probably looked a bit of an idiot taking this photo, but it sure did turn out nice
- even though half of it doesn't actually exist...)
Thursday, 4 October 2007
Que?
I think this is one of my all-time favourite identities - it's certainly 'up there' anyway.
Browns.
Wednesday, 19 September 2007
Friday, 14 September 2007
Friday, 7 September 2007
Clock in, clock out, numbers by 12
Kodak Instamatic sad pictures
Link – To be honest I don't really know what this site is.
Monday, 3 September 2007
Wednesday, 29 August 2007
Tuesday, 28 August 2007
Wednesday, 22 August 2007
Wednesday, 15 August 2007
Thursday, 9 August 2007
Google Analytics
After seeing it on other sites, I decided to set up Google Analytics on Supergraphic the other day, just out of interest really, to see how many people were visiting. My favourite bit has got to be the map overlay though, which tracks the places that people are logging on from.
So, in no particular order: Hello Sunnyvale, hello Beaverton, hello Seattle (always wanted to go there), hello Vancouver, hello Atlanta, hello Rocky Mount, hello Herndon, hello New York, hello Boston, hello Toronto, hello Belo Horizonte, hello Buenos Aires, hello Madrid, hello Marseille, hello St Helier, hello Malakoff, hello Stevenage, hello Poplar, hello Croydon, hello London, hello Birmingham, hello Manchester, hello Bradford, hello Edinburgh, hello Neuchatel, hello Zurich, hello Mannheim, hello Bielefeld, hello Bremen, hello Odense, hello Grenaa, hello Zagreb, hello Warsaw, hello Tallinn, hello Melbourne, hello Sydney.
Crazy non?
Tuesday, 7 August 2007
Monday, 30 July 2007
My Haus.
Would you buy one of these if I made more of them??
(these 'prototypes' are blatantly just for me)
Printed very kindly and expertly by Mika Nash.
©Jon Rowlandson 2007.
Blackle search: "save the world"
"If Google swapped their white background for black, it's claimed, 750 mega
watts/hour per year could be saved..."
Completely functional, eco-friendlier alternative.
http://www.blackle.com/
Update: Apparently the energy-saving capabilities of "Blackle" are false,
according to something I read that I can't be arsed linking to.
French Graphic Design
The Story of Graphic Design in France by Michel Wlassikoff.
From Things To Look At.
Thursday, 19 July 2007
Very true (sometimes)
"Don’t over-think a problem"...
"One time when I was in graduate school, the late, great Steven Izenour said to me, after only a week or so into a ten-week problem, “OK, you solved it. Now draw it up.” Every other critic I ever had always tried to complicate and prolong a problem when, in fact, it had already been solved. Designers are obsessive by nature. This was a revelation. Sometimes you just hit it. The thing is done. Move on."
Michael McDonough
Tuesday, 17 July 2007
G-Wiz!
I saw about four of these on my way to work today and I can safely say that I would never be caught dead in one of them. Idea = brilliant. Execution = pathetic. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for pushing technology to be environmentally friendly, but when will companies realise that to make people truly "go green", they will have to embrace design and make people really want/lust after these things. Obviously, it has been produced cheaply - but a limited budget can be one of the catalysts for brilliant, groundbreaking design.
This could've quite easily been the new mini - but it isn't - at all.
Update: Actually, by the looks of this video - I would be caught dead in one.
Monday, 16 July 2007
Monday, 9 July 2007
Wednesday, 4 July 2007
Tuesday, 26 June 2007
Eatock olympics reponse.
I don't hate this, in fact I think it's alright. I know it's only a logo and there's no clue to how/if the brand would work, but as a mark (maybe with a change to the type) I like it. And without slurring the official one too much, I think Wolff Olins have forgotten that no matter how well an identity can be applied to various media, it's also our job to make it look nice. Relevant, robust and beautiful. That's what makes our job so hard. Eatock.
Monday, 25 June 2007
Friday, 15 June 2007
Wednesday, 13 June 2007
Tuesday, 12 June 2007
Friday, 8 June 2007
Thursday, 7 June 2007
Wednesday, 6 June 2007
Tuesday, 5 June 2007
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