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Illustration for the article How to Choose the Right Type for Your Logo
Portrait of Luciano Cassisi Luciano Cassisi

How to Choose the Right Type for Your Logo

Understanding the strengths, limitations, and characteristics of brand mark types helps determine which one—or ones—best fit each logo design project.

Illustration for the article Healthy Food has Changed Packaging Design
Portrait of Guillermo Dufranc Guillermo Dufranc

Healthy Food has Changed Packaging Design

Since nutritional information became important and popular concern about it grew dramatically, many food brands have foreseen this as an opportunity to build their identity.

Illustration for the article Some Ideas are Too Big
Portrait of Fernando Del Vecchio Fernando Del Vecchio

Some Ideas are Too Big

We all have ideas. Some have great ideas. What is the difference between an idea and a big idea?

Illustration for the article What graphic design awards can't see
Portrait of Pau De Riba Pau De Riba

What graphic design awards can't see

This article analyzes the lack of information available to the design awards jury, and how that compromises their ability to actually evaluate the value of a project.

Illustration for the article Birth and Evolution of the Brand in 7 Steps
Portrait of Joan Costa Joan Costa

Birth and Evolution of the Brand in 7 Steps

The commercial brand was born 3500 years ago.First it was a sign, then a meaning, later a TV story in 30 seconds. Today, it is a complex social and transmedial phenomenon.

Illustration for the article A “Graphic Houdini”
Portrait of Norberto Chaves Norberto Chaves

A “Graphic Houdini”

The combined role of programmatic restrictions and creativity in the accomplishment of message effectiveness.

Illustration for the article And Where are the Opportunities?
Portrait of Fernando Del Vecchio Fernando Del Vecchio

And Where are the Opportunities?

Somebody has a problem and somebody has the answer to that problem, but... ¿How can we do to meet this couple?

Illustration for the article Invisible Design
Portrait of Pau De Riba Pau De Riba

Invisible Design

After the “premium” stage where design acts as quality mark, good design should become a “commodity”, a component of the welfare society we take for granted.

Illustration for the article Ambiguity & Truth
Portrait of Milton Glaser Milton Glaser

Ambiguity & Truth

“Make it clear.” This fundamental assumption of communication would seem to be an attainable goal. Objectify the audience, understand their desires—appeal to their interests, eliminate the extraneous and presto “effective communication.” Well, maybe not.

Illustration for the article Minimalist Packaging
Portrait of Guillermo Dufranc Guillermo Dufranc

Minimalist Packaging

Minimalism requires to decide on what is really necessary from what is not.

Illustration for the article The Rise of Craft Beer
Portrait of Guillermo Dufranc Guillermo Dufranc

The Rise of Craft Beer

Craft beers are opting for innovative designs, focusing more on communicating their quality and craftsmanship than denote European tradition.

Illustration for the article Logos to Go
Portrait of Erik Spiekermann Erik Spiekermann

Logos to Go

Corporate identity design is changing. There are designers for whom quantity matters more than quality.

Illustration for the article Zero Waste Packaging: Possible or Not?
Portrait of Guillermo Dufranc Guillermo Dufranc

Zero Waste Packaging: Possible or Not?

Although to eradicate packaging waste may sound impossible to achieve, sustainability is a path to take and make improvements over time to reduce environmental impact.

Illustration for the article What Does My Design Communicate?
Portrait of Jorge Del Toro Jorge Del Toro

What Does My Design Communicate?

Bad communication is a problem that we experience every day. Design plays an important role in communication and should be congruent.

Illustration for the article A Passion for Design
Portrait of Fernando Del Vecchio Fernando Del Vecchio

A Passion for Design

Who doesn't want to feel passion for what he or she likes, and loves?

Illustration for the article Designing for Restaurants
Portrait of Eric Barajas (Snok Daffy) Eric Barajas (Snok Daffy)

Designing for Restaurants

If you ever have the fortune of working for a restaurant, you will have to think in a different way.

Illustration for the article About Effectiveness
Portrait of Fernando Del Vecchio Fernando Del Vecchio

About Effectiveness

Being efficacious entails doing the right things; being efficient, doing them correctly. Being effective means being efficacious and efficient.

Illustration for the article Usage and Brand
Portrait of Alfredo Gutiérrez Borrero Alfredo Gutiérrez Borrero

Usage and Brand

Can we design to unbrand instead of branding? It'd be convenient to «self-design» ourselves through our own ways of using, without others marking us with their ways of design.

Illustration for the article I Am a Designer Anthropologist
Portrait of Sebastian Guerrini Sebastian Guerrini

I Am a Designer Anthropologist

My job, designing brands for clients with global reach, involves a different approach from that of a traditional designer.

Illustration for the article Finding Your Perfect Brand Name
Portrait of Silvina Rodriguez Picaro Silvina Rodriguez Picaro

Finding Your Perfect Brand Name

Every company needs names for their business, for their products, for their services, for their procedures, and even for their mascots (if they have them)!

Illustration for the article Branding Types
Portrait of Daniela Del Pino Daniela Del Pino

Branding Types

Branding is connected with brand image, positioning and reputation. It is the result of an endless list of marketing and design strategies.

Illustration for the article We Must Learn to Play the Game
Portrait of Fernando Del Vecchio Fernando Del Vecchio

We Must Learn to Play the Game

In the market there are good and bad designers, good and bad clients, all sort of competition and prices. All of them are some of the components of the game to play.

Illustration for the article Ambient Design and New Technologies
Portrait of Mariane Garcia Unanue Mariane Garcia Unanue

Ambient Design and New Technologies

New ambients and spaces go along with habit and behavior changes in people. In this scenario: what is the role of technology?

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