App revolution is the CD–ROM revolution revisited
Yes it’s true. I developed a number of CD-ROM titles and experiences in the early nineties for TWEP (Time Warner Electronic Publishing) and Ravensburger AG in Germany. A mixture of games and educational titles that sold terribly due to the ability to sell and promote them. They were great titles and working on the IA and design of them was great fun and an energizing experience.
Mind the GAP
All of the twitters are dying down surrounding the updated logo release for GAP. (www.gap.com) Oh the outrage of it all. Everyone is saying that GAP learned a valuable lesson on crowd sourcing and they should have listened to their faithful brand followers.
10 fonts to start your design career
There are so many typefaces out there today. More than I can conceive. And the reality is that most of these typefaces are either bad knockoffs of well established typefaces, or poorly created typefaces by amateur designers or self proclaimed type designers.
The world of typography truly is a hard place to navigate. And its getting worse, not better.