From Around the Design-o-Sphere III
Seattle Times article on the money and time Microsoft poured into the design of its next game system, Xbox 360. A great read on the design challenges and the process they went through to overcome them. A quote from the article about the final design:
"When people there were asked what company might have made the console, they guessed Sony or Apple. That thrilled Microsoft executives." I'm sure it did.
In conjuction with LogoLounge.com's Third Annual Visual Trends Report, GD USA reports on 15 trends in logo design for 2005. Do any of your logos contain these "trendy" elements?
Film or Digital? Well, for some it's not an either/or proposition. The New York Times features photojournalism veteran David Burnett who explains the desire for both.
GDF member Chris Gee and other graphic designers believe that the title "graphic designer" short changes and devalues the profession. What titles can you come up with that more accurately describes what you do?
I really appreciate your link aggregation, especially to articles like the XBox design that I would have missed. They all seem relevant to each other in one way or another and that's much appreciated--compared to other blogs where they kind of link whatever intrests them. The links betwen the pantone fashions, the colors inside logos this year, and that color was a major factor in the new Xbox really seemed relevant. There was a point in the logo design essay that said we are moving toward more full colors in our designs due to more available technology which really suprises me because I was trained to use limited color in a design for maximum impact, but it makes sense especially on a corporate level. Maybe we'll get to see companies like AT&T or IBM move toward multicolor logos, just like the XBox has a gradiated green & white for its new identity.