August 30, 2024

Communication

What's new is old

I like this visual identity program for New York-based digital company Friends From the City. The work, by Holographik®, conjures the unique energy that is NYC by borrowing and upcycling Massimo Vignelli's iconic identity design of the New York subway system. And as Dann DeWitt, my partner in our design firm titanium, and I used to say: "We could use nothing but Helvetica for a year and everything we did would be fresh".

ARTICLE: Branding and Visual Identity: A Case Study on Friends From the City

Communication

Essential tools for architects, artists, designers, developers, engineers and makers

BOOK: Universal Principles Of Design, 200 Ways to Increase Appeal, Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, and Make Better Design Decisions

Communication

Channeling children’s hopes and fears about climate change onto posters

ARTICLE: What Do Children Have To Say About Climate Change? This Collaborative Poster Series Investigates

Communication

Positioning NPR as essential civic infrastructure at a time when public trust and public funding face intense scrutiny.

ARTICLE: NPR’s New Brand Campaign Wants You to Ask Questions

Communication

Blogging for democracy

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