LAUNCH BLOG

Metallica logo improved

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:55:00 +0000

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.

Bicicleta Cicloteque

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:53:00 +0000

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.

Meta Serif website

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:53:00 +0000

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.

Lego minifigure turns 30

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:14:00 +0000

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.

Funkyou is back!

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:51:00 +0000

As I was saying, funkyou.ro is now back on track, with a full release of this platform

FunkYou stands for experiments and developing new ideas which I think is interesting, because not many designers publish experimental works, at least not in Romania...

The new website is now live and its got artists and studios features, interviews, a forum, job board and even a shop (with some help from Sunnyday)!
Looking good, looking fresh, designed by Stefan Lucut...

Hope this project will attract the attention of the Romanian design community, because there are some talented designers and artists in Romania that need to come out and show their work to the world.
And the idea of design workshops, plus Funkyou - the book featuring the best in experimental design are most welcome.

Good luck to the team behind Funkyou.ro. I hope this project will do just fine.
So now, funkyou too!

Eight

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:07:00 +0000

Today, 08.08.2008, at 08:08:08PM, someone will check the time on his 8-bit clock:

Check out the ICON WATCH. Koreans - those clever bastards! A classic "why didn't I think of that?!" situation.

Romanian illustrator Livia Coloji

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:14:00 +0000

Recently I've discovered the wonderful works of a very talented Romanian illustrator - Livia Coloji.

This is her selfportrait.

She has a very distinctive style of illustration, using acrylics for her paintings and Xara for digital illustrations, a style that is perfect for children books (she already illustrated a few), postcards, greeting cards and all things handmade.

Visit her portfolio and check on Livia's updates.

Now on Twitter

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:35:00 +0000

I have a Twitter account now.
Will be posting quick updates, links and other stuff I might me involved in or find to be interesting.

Follow me to follow you.

Frutiger Serif

Wed, 14 May 2008 20:04:00 +0000

After FF Meta got a Serif version, now, with the 80th birthday of Adrian Frutiger, Linotype released a Serif version of Frutiger.

Based on an earlier typeface - Meridien - Frutiger Serif is a new typeface family, updated and expanded from Meridien and was produced by Adrian Frutiger and Akira Kobayashi.
Some of the changes include more weights in the family, a condensed version, lining and OSF, small caps, extra characters, some revised characters and more.

For more details and samples, read Linotype's news page about this release.

SweetTalkNYC

Sat, 03 May 2008 11:42:00 +0000

On Veer's website you can view three presentations from SweetTalk NYC.

Speakers: Michael C. Place from Build, Michael Gillette a fine British-pop illustrator and Glen E. Friedman, the famous skateboarding photographer interviewed by another photographer, Aidan Kelly.

The presentations are very interesting and fun to watch. What else can you do on a rainy Saturday afternoon...