Cheetah Mobile recently held its annual Global Designer Meetup in Beijing to honor top designers on CM Design, an open platform for earning money creating downloadable themes for CM Launcher and Cheetah Keyboard.
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GRAMMY Logo Adapts To Sound and Rhythm Via Algorithm
Siegel+Gale creates a new visual identity for the GRAMMY master brand that adds color, movement and dynamism.
TIME Cover Sets Trump Hair On Fire
Love him or hate him, everyone will instantly understand the reference in this upcoming Time Magazine cover, illustrated by Edel Rodriguez, of President Donald Trump with his hair on fire.
This American Life Logo Raises The Flag
This American Life, the popular public radio show and podcast, has a new flag-themed speech-bubble logo and a more easily browsed website.
Rule29 Transforms Make-A-Wish Brand
Rule29 has created a new logo and overall rebrand for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Beachside Restaurant Graphics Brings The Outside In
IdeaWork Studios completes the naming, brand identity, and web presence a new beachside restaurant using design elements from sand, sea and sky.
IKEA Wants You to Pee on Their Ad, Really!
Ikea’s new print ad for the Sundvik Crib, from the Akestam Holst agency, invites readers to pee on it to find out if they are pregnant
HOW Design Live Embraces Convergence of Design and Marketing
Register now using Promo Code GDUSAWEB for $100 off HOW Design Live. And learn more about the related HOW Marketing Live conference.
Stop Playing ‘Dress Up’ Urges Acclaimed Brand Strategist
Brand strategist Fabian Geyrhalter’s new book — Bigger Than This — features fresh advice about how commodity brands can connect more powerfully with consumers.
Redmond Shares Branding Insights With Business Students
Veteran designer Patrick Redmond, who coined the term “designer as entrepreneur“ 40 years ago, recently spoke on branding to students at the University of Minnesota’s Labovitz School of Business and Economics
AIGA Seeks To Double Women in Leadership Roles
Lynda Decker and Heather Stern are co-chairs of AIGA’s Women Lead Initiative (WLI) and hope to double the number of female designers in leadership positions over the next two years.
Peopledesign Celebrates 20 Years
Peopledesign is celebrating its 20th anniversary; co-founders and owners are Yang Kim and Kevin Budelmann
MINI Logo Makes Minimalist Move
MINI, the car company owned by BMW, has a new logo that is flatter and minimalistic, for clearer recognition and reproduction.
Beijing Olympic Logo Is Winter Dream
The Beijing 2022 Olympics has a new logo by designer Lin Cunzhen which the host country has dubbed Winter Dreams.
Landor Steers Spinoff To Mobility Positioning
Landor creates an identity for Delphi Automotive’s Aptiv spinoff and then helps Delphi with its own new brand positioning.
AMPL!FY Partners Designers With Social Justice Non-Profits
Worldstudio and Make Art with Purpose have launched AMPL!FY, a public art and design initiative that partners designers with social justice organizations to create thought-provoking posters.
Brigade Takes Curtain Call For Studio School Branding
BRIGADE helps the Studio School introduce its new name and identity with a text-based design and Hollywood lingo.
2018 Pantone Color of Year Is A Mystical Ultra Violet
The 2018 Pantone Color of the Year is a complex Ultra Violet, forecast to resonate with graphic designers and package designers seeking nuance and sophistication.
Young & Rubicam Forges New Navy Identity Aimed At Centennials
Young & Rubicam is the lead agency for a refreshed identity, series of commercials and a digital media strategy for the U.S. Navy.
Wieden + Kennedy Drives Sleek Formula 1 Logo
Wieden + Kennedy has developed a new logo for the organization that repositions challenge was “to reposition Formula 1 as a forward-facing entertainment brand.
Stefan Bucher Brings Alphabet To Playful Life
Stefan Bucher has created LetterHeads, a creative book where letters come to life as characters to create a playful, emotional alphabet via 3D modeling.
Napa Valley Lifestyle Destination Hosts Modern Rebrand
Korn Design of Boston MA has helped turn two related Napa Valley hotels into a modern lifestyle destination with help from fashion Illustrator Manuel Santelices.
FIFA 2018 World Cup Poster Evokes Soviet Era
FIFA has released the official poster for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, which pays homage to a legendary goalkeeper and the Soviet Union.
Pioneering Graphic Designer Ivan Chermayeff Dies At 85
Ivan Chermayeff, legendary graphic, brand and logo designer, has died. His work is among the most memorable of all 20th century designers.
New Name and Optimistic Yellow For Coach Inc.
Carbone Smolan Agency helped create a new name and identity for Coach Inc. that will help it evolve into a house of brands.
Armani Exchange Logo and Monogram Typographically Unified
Anagrama has refreshed the logo for Armani Exchange, the production and distribution arm of the famous retail brand.
New Kickstarter Wordmark Balloons
Kickstarter has a new identity designed by Order and the inhouse Kickstarter team that features a chunkier wordmark and more editorially focused website.
Pink Pussyhat Is SVA Masters First Annual Brand of the Year
The pink, cat-eared “pussyhat” icon of the Women’s March in January is the first ever “Brand of the Year” as selected by the SVA Masters in Branding faculty and announced by chair Debbie Millman.
Now You Can Really Eat Breakfast At Tiffany’s
Tiffany & Co. has opened the Blue Box Café at its Fifth Avenue, Manhattan flagship, making Breakfast At Tiffany’s a reality.
Noting Apple Music’s New Identity
Apple has introduced an updated identity for Apple Music that is centered on an image of two notes in endless variations.
Next Wave of Creative Women In Advertising Honored
The 3% Movement and The One Club honor women in advertising as Next Creative Leaders.
Chen Is More Than Guest At Wydown Hotel
Far from limiting the design firm’s expertise to a prescribed set of printed or digital collateral, the Wydown Hotel has welcomed Chen Design Associates’ input on all aspects of the brand.
Designers Deal Advice on Reaching Visual and Hearing Impaired
Studio Analogous has created “Designing for Everyone” cards advise designers on how to create communications that effectively reach the sizable percent of vision or hearing impaired customers.
Persuasion Retools Lowe’s Owned Hardware Retailer
To help Orchard Supply Hardware stand out from the competition, the Persuasion agency created a platform that is part motto, part promise, and part product description
Metrocard Is Canvas For Barbara Kruger’s Latest Questions
Barbara Kruger’s unique style will be featured in November on a limited-edition of NYC subway’s Metrocard.
New Book Asks ‘Can Graphic Design Save Your Life?’
Can Graphic Design Save Your Life? explores the essential role graphic design can play in health and healthcare and related matters of life and death.
Phenomenon Gets Personal With Home Loan Provider
Phenomenon has create a brand for a major home loan provider to be more approachable and personal at every touch-point.
AIGA/NY Invites You To Meet The Moderns
Tom Geismar, George Lois and Rudi Wolff will address the impact of Modernism on American Graphic Design and usher in a new book on the subject by Steven Heller and Greg D’Onofrio.
BAC Credomatic Overhauls Brand
BAC Credomatic overhauls brand to connect with a new generation of financial services customers.
Strathmore Exhibit Tracks Evolution of American Graphic Design
A new exhibit of Strathmore Archive, sponsored by Mohawk, tracks the role of paper in the evolution of American graphic design.