Discovered a great ad for VW Golf created by Nothing Amsterdam some time ago.

Great idea, simple execution - the recipe for success.
Watch it on metacafe. You will surely smile :)

After a long period of time without any updates, we get all of a sudden a new issue of Candy Magazine - the best in online design magazines.

Introducing some great talent, like Philip Toledano, Chris Doyle, Jen Starck, Alex Trouchet, Kim Holtermand, Chris Ro, Makeitwork, Aidan Kelly, V. Maser, Mos Def, Hvass & Hanibal, Matt W. Moore, Alex Gross, Samantha ZaZa, Kiersten Essenpreis.

Click on the image for direct download of the magazine.

Oh and by the way, the magazine was also re-designed by Jamie Delaney.

Corbis, the second largest seller of stock photography in the world, released recently a new logotype.

A simple solution, more friendly and open.

The design process was led by Sheldon Popiel, C.D. of Global Brands for Corbis, which decided not to change the logo, but instead refine it into a more geometric logotype.

What can I say, mission accomplished!

The logotype is still custom, it resembles quite a lot the old one designed by Segura, Inc. in 2004, but the design is inspired by the Gotham typeface
a little bit.

Anyways, a fine example of inspired in-house design.

And by the way, Corbis has some nice catalogs online, you can check them out on their website.

Un blog dragut si util - stiupecineva.ro - cere ajutorul pentru creatia unui logo la fel de dragut si util.

Si cum sunt intotdeauna deschis la colaborari si proiecte interesante, m-am gandit ca ar fi bine sa-i ajut. Asa ca am creat un logo dragut, fancy chiar, cum zicea o colega.

Sper sa le placa si sper sa fie ales. Votarea a inceput asa ca, daca si voua va place, votati propunerea cu nr. 18.

p.s. Ideea era ceva de genul "telefonul fara fir", de aici si ilustratia - totul intr-un stil fancy-retroish.

I think the best ad I've seen this week so far, is Discovery's "Dirty Jobs".

Contracted by Discovery Communications and photographed by Roger Hagadone with help from Jane Choi, special effects artist. Art directed by Scott McDonald and Alison Medland.

On Roger's blog you can watch the dirty making of.

Andreas Kalpakidis released a final version of his display/sans typeface - advent pro.

Hello, i have just finished two years of work with advent font and i would like you to grab your copy. It is free, as always advent was.

You can download it from Andreas' dedicated deviantART page.

Turner Duckworth designed the new logotype, album and supporting identity materials for the release of Metallica's new album - Death Magnetic.

Turner Duckworth, the same design consultancy who also designed the new Coca-Cola packaging and won a Cannes Lions Design award for it.

The new logo is not really new, just a refined version of the old one, but it looks way better.

From the press release:
Turner Duckworth re-worked the classic Metallica logo, created a signature typographic style and designed key promotional materials including a flag, a coffin shaped special edition and a vinyl boxed set. A design kit including logos, imagery and graphics was distributed to the band's record companies to produce a vast array of promotional materials around the world.

Update:
On CR Blog you can read an interview with David Turner and Bruce Duckworth about the rebranding of Metallica and you can see more images of the artwork.

Saptamana trecuta, pentru "doar" trei zile, am avut placerea de a ma plimba cu o bicicleta Cicloteque primita din partea maimultverde in cadrul proiectului "Turul blogurilor", unde mai multi bloggeri si-au dat leapsa cu bicicleta.

Eu am primit leapsa de la Cosmin, el s-a tinut de mine pana am acceptat.
Si a meritat!

Dus intors am facut drumul catre agentie, plus iesiri nocturne prin centrul Bucurestiului, aproape gol dupa ora 12.

Viteza, libertate, amintirea placuta a plimbarilor cu "bicla" din copilarie,
de toate acestea m-am bucurat nespus.

Bicicleta m-a tinut, eu am avut grija de ea si cred ca ne-am imprietenit.

Saptamana aceasta sunt slabe sanse sa mai ies cu bicicleta insa, din cauza vremii de toamna, dar sper sa mai prind niste zile cu soare ca sa mai fac cateva ture.

Le multumesc Mirunei de la maimultverde, lui Cosmin care m-a convins sa incerc si celor de la Cicloteque care au oferit cu drag bicicleta.

FontShop released a mini website for the new and wonderful Meta Serif.

There, you can read the story of this new typeface, see how people already used this typeface, some examples how Meta Sans and Meta Serif work together and you can even download the Glyph poster composed from all 709 glyphs of FF Meta Serif Pro.

This year, the famous Lego minifigure will be 30 years old.
Three decades in the making, since 1978 and still
these toys are very popular today.