My Favorite Design Magazine

My favorite design magazine, hands down, is a slick, glossy-paged, paper one... For a couple of years now, I've subscribed to Communication Arts. They entertain me with their fresh ideas (or rather, the fresh ideas of contributors). My precious mag is delivered but only once every two weeks... perfect for me, as I have trouble focussing on the more than one task at a time in my otherwise busy life. Heaven forbid that I should have to eat up more incoming content than I'm able to digest! I love the faint smell of the ink on the pages, when I first open the package (yes, it arrives packaged, like a gift), and relish the time I spend with it on my couch.

Fodder for later.

For the Love of Logos

What's in a name? or better yet, what's in the image, behind a name? Well, a good logo should provide you with all the necessary clues to figure out the brand promise. Some of these clues are easier to decipher than others.

Well, if you care to peruse logo designs, here's the site for you: logopond.com. At first glance, the raison d'etre for their web site is not all that clear... they have a large cache of business logos. I'm not even sure that I really care what their site's purpose is because they have a lovely, inspirational collection of beautifully-presented logos to browse and comment on. Nice.