Interstate System? Europe laughs at your petty Interstate System, America. In 1975, the United Nations Economic and Social Council’s Economic Commission for Europe ratified a document outlining international traffic arteries through Europe and beyond. Commonly known as E-Roads, these highways criss-cross Europe in much the same way that the Interstate system does the United States, but with even more roads and even longer routes.
New Moscow Metro Diagram
Oct 22, ’10
9:35 AM
Words cannot express how much I love this redesign of the Moscow Metro diagram. And this is the real thing, not a self-made project like my humble little offerings. It’s clean, stylish, informational and gorgeous. The repetition of the famous Circle Line at interchange stations is particularly nice.
Do yourself a favour and visit the design studio’s site for a closer look. The “Process” tab is especially worthwhile, as they run through the decisions that led to the final version in great detail. Also note that this took four years of work to get to this stage!
Logo for Lindsey
Sep 28, ’10
7:30 PM
A while ago, I posted a simple logo that I had created for the impending birth of my first child to Facebook. One of my friends, Lindsey, remarked – tongue in cheek – how cool it would be if I was her parent and made her an awesome logo. Just a little throw away remark that didn’t mean anything. Except my little designer brain kept playing with this one visual idea based on her surname: Watts.
It’s An Apostrophe, Dammit!
Aug 26, ’10
3:24 PM
Pop quiz for you: which of the above is typographically correct?
An Open Letter to Guy Kawasaki on Spec Work
Aug 17, ’10
12:19 AM
Or, sometimes 140 characters simply isn’t enough to express views properly.
Before we begin, let me unequivocably apologize for expressing the opinion in an earlier tweet to Guy that one of the final covers in his design contest was plagiarized from another source. This is not true, as the icon in question is in fact released under an open source license. However, whether it was ethical or proper of the designer to use this icon in said contest is something I’ll address later.
So, Guy Kawasaki has held his cover design competition and in a few days, the one lucky winner will be awarded $1000.
Weet-Bix Collector Card Album
Mar 2, ’10
8:50 PM
Client: Sanitarium Health Foods, Australia
Type of Work: Promotional collector’s card album
Software: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop
Weet-Bix Cricket Cards
Mar 1, ’10
10:14 PM
Client: Sanitarium Health Foods, Australia
Type of Work: Promotional cricket trading cards
Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
New Orleans Tile Co. identity
Feb 7, ’10
12:17 PM
Client: New Orleans Tile Company
Type of Work: Logo, identity
Software: Adobe Illustrator CS3