Category: Design

  • skate

    The leaves are almost gone I’d say they don’t make signs like they used to, but I’m waiting, guardedly, for LEDs to tacky up the landscape in a retro-Vegas-kinda way.

  • Elder Beerman logo(rot)

    On the main drag in Hamilton, OH I forgot all about Elder Beerman for the most part. The department store from my youth closed their doors in the Cincinnati area a good while ago and that was just par for the course—these places were always changing names. But I was wrong. Elder Beerman is still…

  • pink soup cans

    the chicken noodle is coming in handy for the cold Not to compare red iPod apples to tomatoes, but these pink cans for Breast Cancer Awareness Month from Campbell’s Soup are quite lovely.

  • cisco logo a gogo

    not filed in logorot I read about this new identity over at the The Inquirer (via Manmade notebook). I like the simplification, and glad they killed the small caps. update: Speakup has an excellent interview with the designers of the new identity

  • Captain D’s

    Always nice to see a logo get better I’m starting to have faith that some logos and identities can indeed improve. I’ve not stepped foot in a Captain D’s, but this blend of whimsy, color, type, and illustration would entice me to give em a shot. Link: Corporate speak about the new identity.

  • day-glo

    Not helping the headaches Back in October of 2003, I lamented the changing palette of road signs. Seems this idea caught on to the makers of those roadside advertisements that used to be made with pop in letters (aka readerboards). These new ones employ day-glo magnetic letters and graphics clip art, protected from vandals by…

  • interior

    knobs and buttons I went car shopping with friends today and the usual desire to take bits from different vehicles was present. This interior with that exterior sorta stuff. My bud saw a version of his old car on the lot and. for giggles, he took it out for a spin. The cough of the…

  • more logorot

    I can’t say I loved where it was… I just noticed the new Baskin Robbins identity. Digging up facts I found the culprit (I think). The nod to Emigre’s Variex isn’t something I’d have considered, but squeezing the 31 in there is… admirable. I can’t articulate my distress enough, but more googling provided this fine…

  • vvvvrooom

    The wheels on the bus go round and round… I’m super looking forward to the (Cincinnati) Auto Show next week. Though not necessarily in the market for a new ride, I love fiddling with knobs and finding out which vehicles fit tall people. I’m sad I didn’t make it out to the 2001 show to…

  • dog eared

    Northgate Mall While sitting outside a JCPenney this afternoon, I was regarding the lovely Helvetica and thinking about the Christmas catalogs I would dog ear when I was a kid. Things I never saw on the shelves when the family would make a special trip to the department and discount stores… Places in these parts…