We had a feisty brainstorming lunch today. It was raining out, and as an alternative to our daily trek to the cafe down the street for lunch, a couple of us grabbed a hot meal for the office from Lucky’s. Lucky’s has a way of opening up the creative passages, I find. As such, we [...]

Every now and then a mainstream publication runs an article that does a great disservice to designers. Yesterday BusinessWeek went ahead and published a piece entitled “For Logo Power, Try Helvetica”. Unsurprisingly, this little number was found in the marketing section.
Don’t get me wrong; BusinessWeek has been a strong advocate for design. In the same [...]

Happy Birthday Helvetica! It’s today 50 years ago that Max Miedinger brought this much discussed, and often polarizing, sans-serif into the world.
At age 50 is still dominating page and screen. It is arguably the most well know font in the world. What other typeface has it’s own book, movie, and exhibit? Don’t worry, it [...]