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on track

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…when you think of railways, you think of parallel lines: up this way, down that way.” Sketched onto the back of an envelope (as all the best ideas inimitably are) on his commute to the studio, Barney’s solution was one of fifty symbols developed and presented to British Railways’ board representatives before being narrowed down to six…

an analysis of the british rail logo and its creator gerry barney

m / 26-02-2015 08:45 - tags: , ,  

satellite

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i really love this tripod chair created by dutch designer richard hutten with a 360 degree rotating table for offecct

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via toon lauwen

m / 25-02-2015 11:02 - tags: , ,  

known pleasures

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interesting article (dutch only) on the (until now) uncredited artwork, used by peter saville for the cover of the most iconic joy division album: a pulsar frequency chart

m / 25-02-2015 10:11 - tags: , ,  

brand deck

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…the cards should describe how you want to be perceived by your audience. Once all the cards have been placed in the piles, focus on the ‘You are’ pile and narrow it down to 1 – 6 cards – these will be your brand’s characteristics…

interesting project which i recently backed on kickstarter: branding cards

m / 24-02-2015 11:28 - tags: , ,  

cooper hewitt space

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the recently renovated and reopened cooper hewitt museum in new york has a playful, ‘dimensional’ identity created by pentagram

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m / 24-02-2015 11:24 - tags: , ,