Tips and News on Logo Design and Tutorials — Design & Style

Stefan Kanchev (1915-2001) was a Bulgarian graphic artist with a very prolific career that can be seen in his numerous graphic pieces that vary from logos to stamps and other diverse mediae. He has been referred to as the "father of Bulgarian graphic design" and the "master of the trademark" and his work has a very particular style, based on symmetry and the use of...

Letterpress printing process has become very popular in the recent time due to the huge retro trend going on. This time I'd like to refer to this particular trend in somewhat-related stationary design: greeting cards. These cards can be used for any kind of occasion, most usually for weddings, holidays, baby births and so on, but what I'm loving right now are the unconventional...

CityMapsis a social mapping website that has come up with a clever and easier way to explore your neighbourhood (that is if you live in NY, San Francisco or Austin for the moment) making the search of different criteria (eating, shopping, entertainment, among others) more intuitive and purely visual. This is how Logo Maps works, instead of filling the urban map with type they chose to put...

We've already seen various examples of hand-drawn or manually modified type, and Tien-Min Liao's handmade type is clearly a brilliant take on this subject. The concept is fairly simple and its execution is very interesting, it's sort of an abstract interpretation of letters translated into hand gestures as you will see. As she states in her portfolio, this is a typographic experiment...

Hipsters are taking over the design world. We've seen their style overtake the design trends with their retro looks, mostly vintage lettering, use of western inspired ornaments and diverse 'dorky' elements such as nerd glasses or old school moustaches (probably the most recognizable feature of a hipster). Taking this into mind, swiss designer Dave Spengelerhas re-designed some...