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The new Warner Bros. logo is an embarrassment of riches

The design, by creative agency Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv(opens in new tab), involves “every division of the studio, from home entertainment to video games, from consumer products to live events.” The tagline for the campaign is “Celebrating every story,” which, based on the amount of different applications of the logo, sounds about right.

Monotype’s Charles Nix on How Typography is the Underdog of the 2022 World Cup

The Latin and Arabic typefaces for the 2022 World Cup were designed simultaneously by the talented team of Dino Santos, Rui Abreu, and Hussein Alazaat. Their collaboration is what makes it work.

Avatar and the Papyrus font

James Cameron on being haunted by Ryan Gosling’s SNL Papyrus sketch

Design as if you care — on colonialism, norms and design

When you design for everyone, you design for no one. Instead, you design for the norm, and the norm is based on power structures many of us question today. Let’s look at colonialism, norm criticism, how that is linked to design, and how we can design better.

General Advice for Designers

No matter what role you end up taking eventually, you’ll be most valued for your craft – because you’d be excellent at creation or even more importantly, curation. I’ve rarely seen a pure manager who can command great respect and admiration from their team without being exceptional at the craft

How Writing Can Help Your Web Design Career

Writing and web design go together quite well. Both require creativity and attention to detail. Importantly, they also serve as a gateway to connecting with others. It’s a combination that has helped me through my journey. With 20+ years in design and another 10+ writing, I feel that each has provided me with a foundation for growth. As one discipline informs the other, there is so much I might have missed…

Top Web Design Trends 2023

Some say trends in web design come and go: there is no point in following them. It is just a waste of precious time, money, and resources. One day big, bold typography makes a considerable impact, whereas another day, small and elegant font face amazes the audience.

Some Twitter profile pics are now square. Here’s why…

The change is part of the new Twitter Blue for Business, which is rolling out now. The first change you’ll notice is that brands and businesses now have a square profile pic instead of a round one. This includes Twitter itself, Apple, Microsoft, and Mashable, for example.

UK’s Banknotes have been redesigned

We unveiled the design of our King Charles III banknotes on 20 December 2022. The King’s portrait will appear on all four of our polymer banknotes (£5, £10, £20 and £50). The rest of the design on the banknotes will remain the same. The King’s image will appear on the front of the banknotes, as well as in the see-through security window.

10 Lessons From Logo Redesigns In 2022

The post-pandemic period has seen a lot of logo activity. Brands, left and right, are going through shifts large and small, and using logo redesigns to communicate the same. Amid this cacophony, there have been rebrand successes and failures. Some have gained global accolades as well as fan adulation, while others have not been that lucky.

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