Tips and News on Logo Design and Tutorials

Via Immortal EphemeraI came across this beautiful collection of vintage movie bus passes that were given in the 1940's in St. Louis. It's an extensive collection of 212 pieces that feature old movie stars and classic illustrations from the early stages of graphic design. Considering the printing techniques of that time, most of the passes are printed in two colours and the use of...

Henry Hargreavesis a Brooklyn based artist and photographer that has some really creative work under his arm. His philosophy is based on a twist of 'classic' subjects that come out as either provocative or just plain entertaining. He has so many great pieces in his portfolio that I just had to go for one that meat and type lovers (I wonder if these 2 go hand by hand?) can actually...

I'm sure all rookie graphic designers have at some point forgotten to embed the correct font and end up with printable files that have been changed to the default font (*gasp). It's a fair mistake, everyone has to learn from them, right? Well this time the folks at UnderConsideration have created a flickr setwith a default font version of famous logos keeping their...

In the current times of globalization, famous brands have expanded their businesses overseas. This represents a particular challenge in countries that don't share the same language as the original and most of the time the logos need a translated version of them in the language they're being presented. It's very interesting to see how the icons we know and recognize by their...

Today we have a new selection of free fonts courtesy of FontXS. These are very interesting fonts since they are very geometric but all have a quirky twist to them. They are beautiful typefaces that will look great in any kind of design, I'm sure they would look awesome on print work for example. Take a look at them and choose your favorite! (Well you can choose more than one of...