Organized by Communication Arts, Typography Competition celebrates the best use of typography as the primary visual element in design and advertising, plus new typeface designs, calligraphy and handlettering. The competition is open to any typographic project first printed or produced from September 2011 through September 2012. Chosen by a jury of...
The Avant/Garde Diaries, a digital interview magazine which documents personal views on the avant-garde, has recently interviewed Dawn Goldworm, the Scent Director of the Paris and NYC-based olfactory branding company 12.29. The company produces delicate and strategic elixirs of scents and places them in new contexts, manipulating environmental experiences, conjuring memories,...
NY-based creative production company Gretel worked with Style’s strategists and executives to craft a new brand image for the network with energy, versatility, personality, and, above all, style. Style has been on the air for over ten years. Though they’ve enjoyed some success building an aspirational, upbeat network that viewers...
The Center for Architecture and Occuprint invite the public to expand the visual language and cultural expression of the conversation on public space and freedom assembly by submitting poster designs that provoke thought and dialogue. Tahrir Square, Pushkin Square, and Zuccotti Park have demonstrated the timeliness of the conversation. Participants...
Material Matters: New Materials in Design discusses the vast range of materials that are available to us today, and highlights the advances predicted to prove seminal in the future. The six chapters are divided by chemical composition – Metals, Glasses, Ceramics, Polymers, Composites and material Futures – and with every...
“Logos are a part of our everyday visual landscape, but few of us take the time to examine the thought and design that went into these symbols. Utilizing a silent vocabulary of colors, shapes, and typography, logo designers give a visual identity to companies, communicating personality and values to the...
BBMG has recently released a new white paper titled “Disrupt & Delight: Five Principles for Sustainable Brand Innovation.” The booklet leverages BBMG’s recent experience helping clients embed sustainability into the branding and marketing functions to create shared value. In addition to sharing best practices, it offers a robust, multi-dimensional framework...
At the HOW Design Live conference, Neenah Paper introduced Neenah Cabinet for Desktop, a first-of-its-kind cross-platform Adobe Air application created for PCs and Macs that provides users with the most effective way to find, specify, compare and test the perfect paper for their projects. Cabinet demystifies, simplifies and advances the...
JOB OPPORTUNITIES FEATURED AT THE HUB: VISTAPRINT – LEXINGTON, MA There’s nothing old-fashioned about our North American location in historic Lexington, Massachusetts. Our bright, open work space and telepresence conference rooms regularly bring cross-functional teams of employees with diverse backgrounds and expertise “face to face.” Together we form a dynamic,...
The metaio Creator is a new software that will enable non-developers to create and deploy Augmented Reality experiences with no coding necessary. The application is the next step in Augmented Reality content production, and was specifically designed for non-developers, designers and people who have the desire to create amazing AR...