Printers. They are quite often the bane of our lives. With their endless paper-chewing, ink guzzling and baffling flashing lights you could mistake them for being the most inefficient and useless of our office friends. But hold your horses because major things are happening in the printer world and it might not be long before we are printing out our own shoes, tableware and even body parts…
Archive for the ‘Product Design’ Category
File – Print – New jawbone please. How printers are getting smart.
Wednesday, February 8th, 201210 of the best packaging designs
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
From cool and tasteful to wacky and downright weird, effective product packaging can enable a product to be seen in an entirely new light. Here are ten of my absolute favourites. From spaghetti to headphones, this list covers all and any types of product you can imagine.
One of the good guyz
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
Being born Colin Fulcher in Middlesex, halfway through the Second World War, was a rather inauspicious start for one of the most progressive and impressive graphic designers of the 20th century. Perhaps that’s why he changed his name to Barney Bubbles.
Trained as a retail display designer in the art school of Twickenham College of Technology, Colin began his professional career at Michael Tucker Associates, which he described as ‘very Swiss; very hard; unjustified; very grey’. It wasn’t an insult because he also asserted that it was here he learned ‘everything about typography’. But he had to wait until 1965 for his big leap forward – a position as senior graphic designer at The Conran Group. It’s amusing to note that Colin – who became so associated with the counter culture and new wave – actually created items for the utterly middle class Habitat store and a logo for Strongbow cider, while in this role.
On the ridiculous …
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
As things currently stand, wealthy business men are far more likely to face a mob brandishing flaming torches than the accolade ‘national treasure’. Even Alan Sugar is, at best, a rather grouchy figure of fun. But if there’s one glaring exception, it’s Richard Branson. With his silly mullet and toothy goatee, he’s the capitalist it’s still okay to like.
So how did Ricky B set himself apart from the evil, bonus-guzzling fat cats? What makes him so different?
Perhaps it’s his hippy roots, or his bottle blond roots. Or maybe it’s his ‘jeans in the boardroom’, call-me-Richard, relaxed approach. Yep, our Richard sure is the ‘People’s Tycoon’. Which is quite surprising because his enterprises tend to be … well … a bit rubbish.
The top ten business card designs
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
From the most intricate folding cardboard and metal business cards to contact details printed onto balloons, the humble business card has developed into an art form in itself. With different cards out there trying to stand out and grab your attention more so than ever before, there is a run down of ten of the most must-see business cards today.
QR Codes
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
Little monochrome squares are everywhere now. They are pretty ugly and clunky and it has to be asked how many people are willing to get their smartphone out whilst waiting for the tube or the bus and scan in the nearest advert or poster, I can’t say I ever have and in all honesty, you’d probably look a bit of a goon. But that said, these little gizmos have unleashed an unlimited amount of potential for taking our online lives and making it part of real life.
Postmodernism at the V&A
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Hello dear blog readers. Apologies for posting this so late in the day but I have been out at the V&A Museum all afternoon trying to get my head around just what exactly Postmodernism is. Stupid though this may sound I managed to complete my art degree and 27 years of my life without having any grasp of the concept whatsoever. Thankfully the V&A Museum have now answered that with their new exhibition – Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970 – 1990 which is running from now until the 15th January.
Period drama
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
From the off, I am happy to acknowledge I am male and therefore not necessarily best qualified to judge the merits or flaws in advertisements for ‘sanitary protection’. But, as media planners have yet to find a platform completely invisible to men, I glimpse such campaigns from time to time. Ever the critic, I also tend to form opinions on the work.
Subversive Cross Stitch
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
When you think of cross stitch what probably springs to mind are images of Victorian samplers made by children, elaborate celebratory plaques made by your Nan to celebrate the birth of a baby or an anniversary or even Disney characters shoddily put together by the grubby mits of 10 year olds who get bored halfway through and leave it in a drawer for the next 5 years. But what you may not know is that cross stitch is making a cult comeback along with knitting and crochet and this is all thanks to a Texan who goes by the name of Julie Jackson.
Steve Jobs 1955 – 2011
Thursday, October 6th, 2011This morning, a bouquet and an apple with a bite missing were placed outside the Apple store on Regent Street. It was the first of many tributes to Steve Jobs, who has died aged 56.
Alongside Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne and Mike Markkula, Jobs founded Apple Inc. in 1976. Long before pads, pods and phones, Apple had a mission to develop the first practical and affordable home computer. It was in 1984 that an emotional Jobs announced the birth of the Macintosh – the first commercially successful small computer with a graphic interface.
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