Last week the New York Times noted that Milton Glaser’s iconic “I Love New York” logo had been officially sanctioned for use by a third party for the first time in a Jet Blue campaign, and asked readers to submit their own mashups, or “reinterpretations” of the famous logo. The mark of any great symbol…
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Now that I’m using this site more actively, it’s time for a redesign that can support the site’s expanding role as a hub for my work in marketing strategy, branding, and social media. My post about what screensize to design for helps to frame a lot of the points below. To make sure I get…
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How wide to design for? My data on viewport sizes show the quick answer is 960 pixels, but as you’ll see, you should pay as much attention to the height of your main content as the width. You want the important content on your web pages to be visible to visitors without them having to…
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The newly official Department of Homeland Security may lack a logo, but a sharp-eyed graphic designer at the United States Patent and Trademark Office has come up with this symbol for the agency. George Orwell would love its directness. The logo appeared in the April 2002 issue of the Patent Office’s monthly online magazine, Pulse….
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