I’ve been out of the design loop, uh, had to take care of some obsessive pop fan stuff but I’m back now. The new Erykah Badu album came out on Tuesday and I like it quite a bit. Very mellow, very low-key, very Badu. I was a bit disappointed that the fallopian tubes were not the cover, don’t know what happened there. However there is quite a bit going on up in that ‘fro. Possibly they’ll be on volumes 2-4 since it is a multi-volume album.
Also released was her new video which is a total throw-back to old-school vinyl and videos. I even like the type — gasp!
Filed under: Misc. Crap
Sorry for the delay… The post has been updated.
This new term from Ironic Sans is oh so witty, and oh how I love it. And now you can wear it proudly on a t-shirt from Cafe Press.
Stolen from some design nerd on Reddit
Interesting analysis of the evolution of automobile logos throughout the years. Lots of shiny web 2.0 in there.
Taken from Reddit
Superbad is probably one of my favorite films of 2007. Scoff all you want but sometimes the inner 13 year old boy in me just needs some pre-pubescent humor to make it through life – evidenced by my love of Sorority Boys, White Chicks, and Jackass. Yeah, but I can do the documentaries and indies too so there.
One of the things I enjoyed the most about Superbad, aside from the crude humor, was the opening sequence with Michael Cera and Jonah Hill dancing their way through Too Hot to Stop. If you haven’t watched the dvd there is a special feature that has the making of the title sequence which is equally brilliant.
The sequence was created by Greg Mottola and Yard VFX.
Also jumping on the nostalgia bandwagon is Snoop and by now you’ve probably seen the video for Sensual Seduction.
A completely different video altogether but it is somewhat reminiscent of Superbad (in a strange sort of way) but probably more akin to MJ’s Don’t Stop. I like the video quite a bit, though I don’t really understand when Snoop became a soul singer, I’m sure there’s a perfectly reasonable explanation but personally I like my Snoop sippin’ on gin & juice, laid back. One exception is Beautiful with Pharrell, circa 2003, which is still one of my jams. That was some smooth Snoop.
In honor of the 25th Anniversary of Thriller it seems as though everyone is trying to cash in. Jessica pointed out that Egg Beaters has a new logo, shown here.
Old
New
Doesn’t anyone know what letterforms look like? What’s up with those tiny little descenders on the “g”. The incorporation of an italic face definitely shows the movement and progression of Egg Beaters.
Thanks be to Jessica
Filed under: It's all about the BRAND, Logos-a-go-go, Photoshop 101, Stuff that moves
I doubt when William Golden designed the CBS eye in 1951 he ever imagined it would have such a pretty pretty metallic finish applied to it. I’d rather not comment on the type they’ve combined with it – who am I kidding, what a bunch of crap that is. Is it just me or are the “B” and “S” upside down? Since when has an “S” been larger at the top than at the bottom? Actually it kind of looks like C85. Maybe that’s a better move for them. Sexy.
I’m not sure when they redid this crap but good for them. Why don’t they just go ahead and give the eye a drop-shadow and some gradients. Oh wait, they already did. Viva the 2000s.
New crap
Golden masterpiece
I feel really bad for dropping this post on Grace so I’m stepping up and writing a review of the Sagmeister & Gondry exhibitions. On Saturday, February 16 we headed down to Deitch to check out Sagmeister’s show.
Spotted this chair on the way to Gondry tonight in Soho. It’s probably equal to 3 months of my rent in NYC. So in normal money that’s like 8 months worth of mortgage payments. Still pretty cool though.
Not since Baby Bob of Quiznos fame have I hated a mascot as much as this little piece of crap guy for the New York Lottery. I just don’t get it at all. What does he have to do with the Lottery? I know the game is called “Take Five” and I think his name is “Little Bit of Luck” or something like that, and so he is a little guy. He’s got three chins in some of the posters and a bad receding hairline, and really that’s the least of his worries.
I don’t really understand why ad agencies feel like advertising has to be annoying to be effective. What is it about annoying ads that they feel intrigue people and make them want to be consumers of their products? Obviously people are buying these tickets because they have a 1 in 5 chance of winning, pretty good odds. Not because of this stupid character who might I add is wearing white socks with black shoes and highwater khakis? Once again that’s the least of his worries. So help me God, if I ever see this guy on the train I might punch him in the face. I know he’s a struggling actor and really this is the only part he’s had since that rendition of Cats he did in high school but still I think he deserves it. Being on a train with all of these signs makes me so damn angry every morning!!!!!!!
