after some hiccups in the past months, the design event which the ‘designpolitie’ have been planning in amsterdam is finally going ahead, the two day conference is taking place in the ‘stadsschouwburg’ on the 26th and 27th of may
confirmed speakers on the subject of ‘what design can do’ so far include: ‘oliviero toscani’, ‘daniel eatock’ ‘michael wolff’ and ‘deyan sudjic’, updates and info on tickets should be published in the following months on the event website
…type-only logos have ruled for well over a decade as the harsh economics of designing for the limited ‘real estate’ available online has forced a concentration on the words. Perhaps the pressure of tiny web icons, phone buttons and favicons will make us all consider ‘pictures’ again. If Shell and Apple have become synonymous with pictures, not words, maybe it’s possible. It’s been a while…
interesting piece from michael johnson on the the way ahead for corporate identity design
…tight times and tight budgets mean that clients tend to err on the side of safety. So innovative design has to prove its worth and prove its contribution to the bottom line – tough to do but a pre-requisite if we’re not going to get sunk in a sea of mediocre, ‘safe’ design for two years. ‘I just preferred it like that’ is not a viable piece of boardroom rationale anymore…
just because i like it…
i spent the day yesterday in good company of fellow designers
(+ office neighbours) frank (21bis) and erik (jihaa) making our very first collaborative silkscreen poster, we made mistakes and learnt a lot which was fortunately the idea
for me the idea is to experiment, collaborate, try new (old) things and get away from the pixels for a while, i’m already looking forward to next time, the main thing i learnt is not to let those two mix colours when i’m not looking… thanks guys it was fun, its been a long time since i’ve had inky hands and worn such a ridculous apron…
the museum of communication in the hague have commissioned ‘fabrique’ to design a new archive site documenting more than 100 years of postage stamp design in the netherlands; complete with a timeline, searchable designer database and several special theme pages… (thanks to ‘antoine achten’ for the link)