microsoft have updated the icons for ‘office’ to mark the release of a new version = 2011 (nope i jus’t can’t get excited about that, even if i try really hard…) but i do quite like the new icons personally, an improvement to my mind…
me news
back to the future
a really nice set of modernist nostalgia from the aptly-named retrofuturs
(via ‘mc de waal’ once again, thank you!)
the toilet people
this article provides a pretty good illustration of the sense or nonsense of graphic design: a typology of toilet signs, i’m surprised i haven’t come across this as a subject for study before, it is a fascinating and incredibly diverse area of styles and ideologies… (via ‘move your teeth’ blog)
heart & mind
nice new outdoor campaign for (green) bank ‘triodos’ from my friends from dawn (together with illustrator ‘christian borstlap’) in the daytime one part of the new tagline is visible, the second part appears after dark by using the back-lit effect, it reads: ‘follow your heart, use your head’ (and vice versa) we’ll no doubt be seeing more of this new campaign around amsterdam in the coming months…
keyboard calendar
i have seen more practical calendars than this typographical one, but that isn’t really the point in this case i guess
update: harald the designer, contacted me this morning (wow somebody is keeping a sharp eye on their visitor stats) he is looking for cash pledges to produce the 2011 version of the poster/calendar via kickstarter, go on you know you want one…