me studio

… because it was probably full of school kids all gossiping about each other…

last week i received an e-mail complimenting me and my work, from ‘david quay’: well known & respected british typographer which was nice…

turns out david also lives in amsterdam, so we are meeting for a beer tomorrow, the image above shows david’s redesign of the masthead for the dutch newspaper ‘de volkskrant’, there aren’t many people i know who are talented at crafting a logo down to the minute details like this so i’m looking forward to sharing his thoughts…

just wanted to say hello to my latest visitor this morning… it’s amazing to see where site visitors come from sometimes, it would be great to read a blog from someone there too actually

the left-hand can has been lying around in my studio for approximately ten years, it’s the old pepsi, which i bought when i heard that they were changing to a new blue design (the middle can) which was introduced with a lot of noise at the time… of course the new can was a disappointment because they did the marketing thing; add lots of fluff and unnecessary shiny bits… so yesterday i went out and bought the latest can, out of curiosity… just look at what they have done! what a horrible piece of crap… nothing is legible or well designed and just in case you were unsure they have added the text ‘great taste’ to remind you what is missing… i suppose it’s easy to be nostalgic about old design but this really is a case of ‘a change for the worse in ten years time’ in my opinion…

large brands that have run out of ideas can always come up with a competition and ask the general public to design it for them of course… oh look: they have great taste…