Infographic: evolution of the airline logo
Cutting a path through the clouds, heading to some far-flung destination; or working through the night to connect national and…
Google to take on Adobe?
The growing dissatisfaction with Adobe’s exodus to the cloud and the accompanying subscription licensing model shows no sign of abating….
How corporate logos evolve
It’s fascinating to watch the evolution of a brand. Companies large and small inevitably change their identity over time. Those…
Enchant, simplify and amaze; the Android way
The Android User Experience Team have published their own design principles for delivering a world-class user experience. Their 17 key…
iOS7 to adopt flat design
The last great bastion of skeuomorphic design, Apple Inc., is rumored to be completely revamping its mobile OS, ahead of…
iOS vs Android
It’s billed as the battle of the century, at least as far as app developers are concerned; which has better…
Facebook redesign
The long, painful and drawn-out death of skeuomorphic design lurched forward another step this week with a redesign by the…
jQuery 2.0 released
Hot on the heels of jQuery Mobile 1.3 comes jQuery 2.0, a brand new, full release version of the popular…
Formal degree vs. self taught
For many web design professionals, there was no option but to be self taught. Years ago, the academic qualifications simply…
Google forks Webkit
Yesterday, anyone old enough to have been working during the browser wars, felt the icy cold fingers of fear creep…
April Fools’ roundup
It’s April 2nd, and news sites have gone back to reporting the news instead of inventing it. Yesterday’s annual festival…
Apple turn to Flash for security
Late on Friday night, Norwegian blogger Ally Tenor posted a number of screen grabs from Firebug that appeared to show…
Beautiful botanical alphabet
Since the very earliest illuminated manuscripts, dating back to the 5th century AD, we’ve associated flora with enlarged type. Perhaps…
ESPNU taps into college loyalty
Sports branding used to be about differentiating two opposing teams on a field; it used to be about an umpire…
Big brand theory: packaging design
For most brands, recognition is everything. Occasionally you’ll encounter a company that seeks to create a air of exclusivity by…