DESIGN CHATTER
How Beer and Clever Design Made This Band’s Album Release Pop
Jan 29, 2019
How do you make an album release stand out when so few people buy physical copies anymore? Boston band The Lights Out released their album on Spotify … on a beer can! The crew over at The Dieline wrote about how the band enlisted a local brewery to make a beer inspired by the album. What was ingenious was that they released the album on the packaging right on the can. Consumers could then tweet the hashtag on the can to start the musical journey.
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Logo No-Nos
Jan 25, 2019
If you’re like us, you love reading brand guides. All brand guides have to get across similar information, and it’s really fun when brands figure out a new way to say the “same old, same old.” In this case: Logo Misuse. These examples are completely real, real funny, and from real brands you’ve definitely heard of.
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We’re Loving this Hotel Chain’s New “Barketing” Campaign
Jan 24, 2019
London hotel chain The Hoxton wanted to get the word out that the were going dog-friendly, so they got illustrator Alice Bowsher and Ennismore Design Studio to create an unforgettable “barketing” campaign, according to Digital Arts. It includes a manual with info on the best parks and pet spas in the areas, illustrated dog bowls and sticker packs. Our favorite touch was the tongue-in-cheek website written in woofs and barks for dogs to read.
Photo by James Barker on Unsplash
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Food for Thought
Jan 23, 2019
Artist Vic Moey is speaking our language! The Singaporean illustrator captures her most memorable meals on Instagram, like so many people do. However, she doe sit with a twist: instead of a photo, she preserves her meals with illustrations! Maybe we’re just hungry, but we think these are a feast…at least for the eyes!
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Comedy Central Now Has Its Own Font Design
Jan 22, 2019
Comedy Central got a brand refresh for the first time in eight years, according to It’s Nice That. The laugh factory enlisted the agency loyalkaspar to give the network what it called “a new sonic identity.” The agency even created a custom typeface for the network called, appropriately, Comedy Sans. Check out the newness below!
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Street(sign) Style
Jan 18, 2019
I think we can all agree that street signs are necessary. They get you to where you need to go, and warn you if you’re going where you shouldn’t, like the wrong way down a one-way! French artist Clet Abraham decided that, while useful, traffic signs could use a whole lot more sizzle. The artist upgrades traffic signs all around the world, and the results are really cool!
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