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the french are proud of their gastronomic heritage and in an effort to combat the growing trend of restaurants (apparently almost in 1 in 3) that re-heat (i.e. microwave) pre-cooked meals the ministry of economy and finance have issued a new logo that aims to show which restaurants make freshly prepared food and thus expose those that don’t…

the plan has come in for much criticism in france

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the final logo is, in itself, a good example of a fairly good idea that hasn’t been executed well (for example compared to the airbnb logo, which i wrote about a few days ago)

m / 18-07-2014 07:45 - tags: , ,  

it sounds green

a fun new app called roy g biv …allows those of us unblessed with synesthesia to get a taste of what colours sound like. It’s a pretty simple idea: just point your iphone or android camera at an object to hear the app play a sound. you can even add your own sound effects (including a pretty disturbing one of a barking dog)…

(via ‘dazed’)

m / 17-07-2014 10:58 - tags: , ,  

dorian gray

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a striking typographic threesome, for classic novel covers from designer maciej ratajski

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m / 17-07-2014 08:51 - tags: , , ,  

triple A rating

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the new airbnb identity revamp is all over the place this week, to read more about the why and how just google it

i think the strategy change, the story and especially the new logo is smart, relevant and really well executed; even the choice of a red-ish pink colour is offbeat and different in a world of facebook blue… nicely done

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the first parodies have already been spotted online…

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m / 17-07-2014 08:40 - tags: , , , , , ,  

spotted around town

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nice poster for ‘de appel arts centre’ from ‘thonik’

m / 16-07-2014 08:23 - tags: ,