The Australian government is spending A$20 million on creating a new Australian brand… well, where to begin such a task?
As New South Wales talk back radio man Leon Delaney says in his blog, it’s close to mission impossible. “Just what is the Australian national “identity”? How is it characterised? We have such a diverse [...]
Even though I can’t define it I still call Australia my brand
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 4 September, 2009 to the design and art subset
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A Chat with the Designer of the Google Logo
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 28 January, 2008 to the design and art subset
A Chat with the Designer of the Google Logo.
Ruth Kedar, designer of what must now be one of the most recognisable logos in the world, possibly rivalling the likes of Coca Cola, Shell, and Ford, speaks about creating Google’s logo.
Google wanted to create a unique logo that would clearly differentiate them from the other search [...]
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The Hardest Working Presidential Candidate Logo
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 8 January, 2008 to the design and art subset
The Hardest Working Presidential Candidate Logo.
Did good logo design play a part in US presidential candidate Barack Obama’s solid performance in the recent Iowa caucus?
I hadn’t visited Obama’s web site in a long time, until last night when a nice designer from Nike e-mailed me pointing out the “ridiculously nice” (as he put it) implementation [...]
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I heart Cleveland?
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 13 December, 2007 to the disassociated subset
There’s two problems I have with the I heart Cleveland blog.
One, I cannot see an email address, or contact form, so that I can communicate directly with the blog owner/s.
Two, I’d like to know more about who designed their logo, because the comparison with disassociated.com’s logo is just a little too close for [...]
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