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Do typefaces really matter?

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:02:16 +0000

The BBC has just posted an interesting, and somewhat humorous, article regarding type. One part which made me smile read:

“When Avatar, the biggest grossing movie of all time was released, one section of the audience was immediately outraged. Graphic designers hated it. Why? They didn’t like the font that director James Cameron had chosen for the subtitles.”

Worth a read to see Gatwick Airport’s new logo. I prefer the old one.

The Helvetica killer

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:30:28 +0000

Bruno Maag is so enraged by Helvetica that he has designed a typeface aimed specifically at wiping it off the face of the planet. He explains his hatred in the latest of SEA’s Naturalis booklets and also in a recently uploaded interview with Creative Review.

Analysis of the Top20 Private Banking Websites

admin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:16:44 +0000

The Private Banking websites of UBS, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse come out as winners in the benchmarking of the online presence of the world’s top 20 Wealth Managers by MetaBank, an online Swiss banks database. In the study, UBS ranked first, with a total score of 82 out of possible 100 points. The UBS website scored well in particular due to a wide range of interactive tools which clients can use online to analyze investment needs and find the right products. Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse were tied at the second place, with 81 points each. While Credit Suisse offers superior navigation and also a few interactive functions, Deutsche Bank scored especially due to its customer friendly content. No other provider publishes online its wealth management fees in such details as Deutsche Bank.

If you’re working with any of the larger blue chip companies, or even financial institutions, it might prove useful to research how the others are doing it.

swissmiss selected as one of 50 world’s best design blogs

admin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:57:41 +0000

The Times Online has listed the best 50 blogs that are full of inspired home-styling ideas, suggestions of how to support small-scale, affordable designers selling handmade items and vintage and modern homeware, as well as tips for upcycling old furniture.

Well done swissmiss for coming in at #14

I.D. Magazine Folded

admin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:13:29 +0000

After 55 years in International Design journalism and eye candy, I.D. magazine has folded. I haven’t read it for quite some time but I always remember thumbing through its pages looking for design ‘inspiration’ whilst at college. It’s a great shame but there are a lot of other magazines that I read now, anyway: Monocle, Creative Review and Viz – a British Culture & Society Journal

To Readers, Advertisers and Friends of I.D. Magazine:
Since 1954, I.D. Magazine has served as one of America’s leading critical magazines covering the art, business, and culture of design. Today it is with regret that we announce its closure. The January/February issue of I.D. will be its last; subscribers to I.D. will receive Print magazine for the balance of their subscription.

Ceasing publication of an iconic brand like I.D. is never an easy decision, but there are several forces that have worked against its sustainability. Certainly the downturn in print advertising has contributed to this decision, but other factors include the fragmentation and specialized information needs of I.D.’s core readers (product designers) and the plethora of information resources available to them – some for free (online and B2B) and others that are highly specialized and targeted to specific industries served.

F+W Media will continue producing the I.D. Annual Design Review, its flagship international product design competition, in an expanded fashion online. This new web initiative will feature not only 2010’s winners but will catalog thousands of notable entries from past competitions. Going forward, in addition to the I.D. Annual Design Review, F+W Media’s Design Group is comprised of the award-winning HOW and Print brands – magazines, books, events, and competitions serving the information needs of graphic designers in all media.

We thank the entire I.D. community, past and present – staffers, contributors, readers, and advertisers – for their support of the magazine throughout its 55-year history.

Sincerely,
Gary Lynch Publisher & Editorial Director F+W Media Design Community