Tips and News on Logo Design and Tutorials

With the omnipresent use of digitally manipulated images and general digital design for advertising, going back to the roots of graphic design is always a nice reminder of where we come from. Here are two videos, although from very different latitudes, that remind us how beautiful a perfectly made hand drawn sign can be. Enjoy!

Dusty Signs from Hunter Johnson on Vimeo.

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This time, the city of Leon, (in the Guanajuato district, Mexico) is using one of our logos for their official website! Logo templates proving once again to be a viable solution for branding.

Greg Koenig has placed a miniature Steve Jobs in Carbonite, thus creating the most awesome iPhone case ever. And, if you need this image everywhere you look, you can also get it on a hoodie, on a print, or on a skin for your Mac. Steve Jobs isn't exactly a scruffy-looking nerfherder, but he's definitely in it all for the reward.

Artist Scott Weaver really wanted to build a miniature model of San Francisco out of toothpicks. So much so that he spent 35 years designing and assembling his 9 feet tall, 7 feet wide and 2 feet deep masterwork, titled "Rolling Through the Bay."

Scott Weaver's Rolling through the Bay from Learning Studio on Vimeo.

Weaver wanted to give movement to his breathtaking, 1,000,000...

Godrej and Boyce, a company in India, was the last company on the planet that was still manufacturing typewriters. They've announced recently that they will be closing up shop, and with that, the last typewriter ever made - has been made.

"We are not getting many orders now," Milind Dukle, the company's manager, told The Daily Mail. "From the early 2000s onwards, computers started dominating. All the manufacturers of office typewriters stopped production, except us. 'Till 2009, we used to produce 10,000 to 12,000 machines a year. But this might be the last chance for typewriter lovers. Now, our primary market is among the defense agencies, courts and government offices."