This is actaully kind of funny to have a look at, but it also just goes to show the power of a good brand/logo.
monochrom’s attempt to evaluate the actual power of brands by making Austrian people draw a total of twelve logos (nine international, three typically European) from memory, 25 people per brand. Salut, share of mind!
monochrom Brandmarker
These are some pretty trendy images by McCarty PhotoWorks
That’s definitely a different style. It looks like the characters in the photos are toys. I just really wish they had some wallpapers on thier site…
McCarty PhotoWorks - Toy Photography
This Brazillian guy really has some great work.
See! 
Check out the rest of his crisp vector drawings at his site.
Baptistão - Caricaturas
Recently released from The Logo Factory, for a limited time only, is Logopalooza - Volume One.
It’s well worth taking a look at, especially if you’re in the design business. There’s a short form to fill out (just as if you’re posting a comment) before you get the details on the 22MB download. But remember, it is free!
Free logo book…
this photo is just too good…
funniest thing i’ve seen all day!
have a look at the original picture on Flickr:
A happy snail :-Þ
here’s a comparison of the current theme that Post Pixel is using - K2 beta one, and the new, improved - K2 beta two. but which do you prefer? do you like the little icon thingys?
let me know what you think.
if you also have a few minutes to comment about which elements from each you like or dislike, i’d really appreciate it. 
have your magazine… and eat it too!
Research shows that a diet high in refined sugar and food colouring can add weeks, if not months, to your life. That’s why at Lifelounge we’re developing a new magazine that is choc-a-block full of the sweet white stuff. Each and every page of the Sweet Edition will be specially printed on a unique edible toffee paper*, so you’ll be able to read your magazine and eat it too! Mmmmm delicious. If you’d like to add some sweetness in the form of story ideas, photography, art, design or anything else that would lethally harm a diabetic please email us by 20 January 2006.
*Subject to government health regulations.
that’s really interesting. this first issue is supposed to be out February/March, i’ll be keeping an eye out for this one. let me know if you see any strange toffee paper magazines around the place.
and if you’re an artist and want to be featured in the Sweet Art section of the mag, make sure you email in your submissions before 20th January 2006.
The Sweet Edition
Intel seems to be making alot of changes lately. now they’ve got a brand new logo and tagline as part of a $2.5 billion advertising and marketing blitz. Intel is shifting it’s focus from the PC platform to other hardware and software platforms ranging from consumer electronics to health care.
it looks like they’ve done a good job updating it.
and just so you can compare it up against the preivous logo’s…
here’s the new stickers that will most likely start appearing on computers and other devices…
Adrants doesn’t like the new tagline though:
Intel Launches Boneheaded Boardroom Brand Blather
more info at CreativeBits:
New Intel identity
a bit more info at MacRumors:
Intel’s New Image and Apple’s Role
an interesting article for any designers looking to do some freelance work, or just wondering how to calculate some reasonable rates to charge.
It’s a tough spot. Charge too much and you don’t get the work, charge too little and you end up with a bad taste in your mouth from eating frozen burritos 3 times a day. What I find the most is that most designers don’t charge enough. I’ve heard of people doing entire Web sites for $1,000, brochures for $300 or charging a whopping $25 an hour. This is insane!
Designers - how much to charge
