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Editor's Corner |
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You Better Shop Around
Every few months, I use this space in the CreativeProse weekly newsletter to share logo redesigns and invite you to debate their merits. I usually withhold my opinions, but this time I can't be quiet.
Here's the original logo of ShoppersChoice.com, an online seller of high-end grills, patio furniture, and the like:
And here's the redesign, introduced last week:
While the redesign has plenty of problems, it's not exactly sick-making. What does make me queasy is the way ShoppersChoice.com got this logo: Through a one-week "contest" on a crowd-sourcing website. The "winning" design cost the retailer exactly $220.
To discuss the new logo, read the design brief, and find out what crowd-sourcing website produced this monument to blandness, go to "You Get What You Pay For".
Terri Stone - Editor in Chief
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Features |
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The Typographic Style Bible, 75 Years Later
To better understand today's typographic trends and practices, just look at the 1937 Manual of Style. James Felici says that spacing and ellipses like these were once the norm:
Related Reading: Now go back 100 years in typographic history.
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Best of the Blogs: August 1, 2011
Pamela Pfiffner reads all the blogs, then shares the best tidbits with you. Find out about Bodoni love, InDesign crashes, Illustrator annoyances, Photoshop freakouts, how to make Polaroid film and illustrated manuscripts, and these cute--and free!--camera illustrations:
Related Reading: Browse this archive for hours of amusement. Bonus: Many items are somewhat work-related, so you don't have to feel guilty!
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Scanning Around With Gene: Civics Lessons Corporate Style
Large corporations once supplied materials to help educate Americans on the country's past and to foster patriotism. For your viewing pleasure, Gene Gable has scanned images from John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company booklets.
Related Reading: Patriotic colors.
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News From The Past Week |
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>> How to Build Your Business on Facebook
>> Make Websites from Photoshop Files
>> Pump More Power Into InDesign Styles
>> Extensis Font Managers Support Latest OS, Creative Software
>> Fire Up FontDropper 1000 and Test Typefaces Online
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Cool Stuff! |
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Au Courant Aquarium Last week's Cool Stuff was a recycled cardboard deer head. For those of you who liked its whimsy but not the rusticity, behold: A very modern aquarium. One of them measures just 7.5"x 7.5"x 8",and you can even stack units to build contemporary fish condos.
Swim swim swimmy.
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Wacky Web Site of the Week |
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This site delivers a new hand-drawn "swear word" every day. Some days are decidedly not safe for work viewing; in fact, the more sheltered of you may learn some new vocabulary. Don't say we didn't warn you.
www.creativepro.com/article/creativeprose-wacky-web-site-week-archive
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