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‘That Lady Thing’ Is A Platform For Social Change
Imagine if the Museum of Ice Cream actually served up social change instead of just social media moments. That is the idea behind ‘That Lady Thing’ which had its second showing at the recent International Women’s Day.
Abstract Symbol Eyes Animal Suffering
Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv has designed a new simplified and abstract logo for Mercy For Animals, a non-profit founded by Milo Runkle to protect the rights of animals.
C&G Partners Makes Cool Science Connection
RockEDU provides students and teachers with the opportunity to work side-by-side with Rockefeller University’s world-renowned scientists. The new RockEDU Online from C&G Partners extends the outreach.
Pentagram Rebrands The Knot Wedding Website
Pentagram has collaborated with The Knot to design a new visual identity that is more modern and inclusive. It is being implemented across digital platforms and a quarterly magazine.
Two Recognizable Symbols Combine For Medical Cannabis Mentor
Here Design creates a modern, intelligent and approachable look for medical cannabis online education platform, featuring a logo that combines the cannabis leaf with the medical cross.
Bay Area Brand Design Firms Merge
Two respected brand design services agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area have merged; Affinity Creative Group and Sterling Creativeworks are now one.
Jan Tschichold’s Influence Explored At Bard Graduate Center
Jan Tschichold and the New Typography: Graphic Design Between the World Wars is a Bard Graduate Center Focus Project on view now through July 7.
Laundry Creates Turner Ignite Studio Design System
Design and animation company Laundry partnered with the new Turner Ignite Studios digital entertainment studio for brands to create a logo animation and brand design system.
Lippincott Launches New Rocket Mortgage Logo
Detroit-based Quicken Loans worked with Lippincott on a redesign for their Rocket Mortgage product and its affiliates.
Throwback or Flashback? Ad Inserts Printed On LSD Blotter Paper
Throwback or flashback? Regional advertising inserts in San Francisco area issues of Rolling Stone magazine, for Revive Kombucha, are printed on LSD blotter paper.
Admore Folders Is PIM Corporation of Year
Printing Industries of Michigan (PIM) has named Admore Folders its Corporation of the Year.
Ned Ryerson Helps Woodstock (IL) Celebrate Groundhog Day
Woodstock IL is home to the Groundhog Day movie and One Zero Charlie branding and design firm makes sure that no forgets that fact.
Lippincott Pilots Aer Lingus Brand Refresh
Aer Lingus’ new brand livery reflects the airline’s position as a modern and contemporary Irish brand. The refresh comes more than 20 years after the previous brand change.
Mastercard Drops Name From Brand Mark
With help from Pentagram, Mastercard has dropped its name from the familiar interlocking circles brand mark. The goal is to become a symbol brand like the Nike swoosh, Target bullseye, and Apple apple.
New NEA Logo Exudes Pride and Confidence
The new logo for the National Endowment for the Arts reflects the importance of the agency in giving all Americans the opportunity to participate in the arts.
Sagmeister & Walsh Want To Bring Back Beauty
Acclaimed designers Sagmeister & Walsh explore the essence of beauty and the transformative power of beautiful design.
Burns Group Campaign Anything But Flat
Burns Group develops a witty “Anything But Flat” campaign for Pura Still, a still spiked water, that lauds the lack of bubbles.
Bicoastal Chase Design Appoints Dunphy As NYC ECD
Chase Design Group has tapped industry veteran Steven Dunphy as Executive Creative Director for the New York office.
Custom Typeface Drives Comedy Central Branding
To advance Comedy Central’s new branding mantra, Everything Is Content, loyalkaspar created simplified concise language tailored to platform and user, supported by the Comedy Sans custom typeface.
10 Thousand Design Rebrands Nonprofit Proof Alliance
The Minnesota Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome has been rebranded by 10 Thousand Design as the Proof Alliance so that it can better share its message with a broader audience.
Pentagram Celebrates Scholastic’s Iconic Characters
Pentagram’s environmental graphics for Scholastic’s corporate headquarters celebrate iconic children’s book characters in a series of artworks and installations.
Character Creates Identity For Minimalist Palm Device
Character helps electronics company Palm launch a new smart device that ditches the bells and whistles of smartphones in favor of a minimalist phone that encourages fewer distractions
Bank of America Flies New Flagscape
Bank of America’s Flagscape logo gets its first update since being introduced in 1998, reflecting a more modern brand that delivers both cutting-edge technology and high-touch solutions for clients.
Hitco Logo Promises Chart Topping Music
Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv create the branding for Hitco, a new entertainment label dedicated to producing chart-topping music.
Soulsight Creates Intriguing Environment For Research
Branding agency Soulsight has created Soul-Lab, a non-traditional, lounge style, consumer qualitative research facility for focus-groups, collaborative brand workshops, brainstorms and break-out workspaces.
Emotional Kindertransport Exhibition By C&G Partners
C&G Partners designed this exhibit, which illuminates the story of the effort to bring thousands of Jewish children from Nazi Germany to Great Britain between 1938 and 1939.
Regenerative Farm Harvests Alexander Isley’s Experience
Alexander Isley helps Philo Ridge Farm, a diversified working farm that integrates livestock, orchards, gardens and community events, to develop a brand and identity system that spreads the word about their mission.
Next-Generation Identity for Miami Marlins
The refurbished Marlins identity is energetic and vibrant in ways that uniquely represent the Miami community, with a focus on looking forward toward the future.
Chipmunk Symbolizes Third Party Bid
loyalkaspar invents a political third party complete with logo, branding and a slogan.
Watson Elevates LGBTQ+ Magazine
For it’s third volume, DROME magazine worked with acclaimed creative director William Richmond-Watson on art direction, as well as creative development, strategy, positioning and identity.
Wired Anniversary Cover Bridges Print and Screen
Wired’s 25th anniversary cover balances the tension between past and present with a grid made from past magazine spines. Original designers Plunkett + Kuhr were brought in to create the celebratory one-off cover.
Moving Brands Creative Director Has AI Expertise
San Francisco-based global creative company Moving Brands appoints David Cameron as Creative Director. He is working with AI and mixed reality to enhance media engagement.
New Ballgame For Buffalo Wild Wings
As the dining market has become increasingly competitive, Interbrand is helping Buffalo Wild Wings maintain its position as the sports bar for game day experiences.
New Animal Planet Identity Goes Global
Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv have redesigned the logo for Animal Planet network to make it more appealing globally and more adaptable for digital applications.
Pantone and United Way Create Unignorable Color
United Way of Canada utilizes a special Pantone color to raise awareness about issues of poverty and inequality.
Starfish Builds Bridge For ADL
A new “bridge of hope” brand and positioning by Starfish for ADL clarifies and elevates the organization’s 21st century mission.
Odgis Puts Viewer In The Boardroom
Odgis + Co. designs the 2018 Shearman & Sterling Corporate Governance & Executive Compensation Survey, using infographics and powerful photography to make the complex simple and clear.
Lippincott Modifies Century-Old DuPont Oval
DuPont’s new branding by Lippincott preserves the legacy shape of the DuPont Oval but emphasizes a freer flow of ideas and innovation.
COLLINS Goes Bananas Over Mailchimp Identity
To mark Mailchimp’s new era of growth, COLLINS has doubled down on the spirit of humor and playfulness that marks Freddie the chimp.