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Laura Stein on the Five Books that shaped her approach to design, branding, and sustainability

Creative Boom

Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by architect William McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart I'm unsure what prompted me to pick up this book in 2002. I was out of art school and inching my way to a life in graphic design. But I did, and it truly blew my mind. What if we completely rethought our physical world?

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Super Logo Design

Logo Design Love

Super Logo Design , edited by Taki Ono , is a two-volume set of paperbacks published in 2001 and 2002 by Graphic-sha in Japan. These spreads are from volume two, available to digitally borrow on archive.org.

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How the Adobe Logo Reflects the Evolution of Digital Creativity

Inkbot Design

Apple had just gone public, Microsoft was still a tiny player, and graphic design software barely existed. The logo was red (PMS 485)a deliberate choice that shouted confidence in a sea of blue corporate identities dominating tech at the time. Context matters here: 1982 was the Wild West of personal computing.

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Fantasy Island shows Ireland from 70 photographers’ alternative perspectives

Its Nice That

Attempting to encapsulate this sprawling project, Belfast-based Joel Seawright, fine artist and founder of Rotten Books, and graphic designer Lucy Jackson, lift the lid on how the book came together. Chloe Gaillard imbues typography with historical easter eggs 9 days ago Work Graphic Design.

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Warning: This nausea-inducing optical illusion is not what it seems

Creative Bloq

Its one of the best optical illusions around, and actually dates back to 2002 – but more on that, and how it works, in a moment. Im dangerously obsessed with this Japanese graphic design book Take my Super Mario quiz and find out if youre a Super Star Attention tennis fans! Image credit: Pinna & Gregory) Ouch, right?

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The latest Unreal Engine 5 fan remake brings back memories for early noughties gamers

Creative Bloq

"Scuttling the U-529" | Medal of Honor Reimagined with Unreal Engine 5 - YouTube Watch On The latest project to grab our attention is an Unreal Engine 5 remake of part of Medal of Honor: Allied Assault from 2002. This looks exactly how id imagine that scene would look like with current day graphics." "Oh Oh my heart.

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Mucho rebrand breathes new life into 92-year-old free festival in San Francisco

Creative Boom

And so Mucho – a global strategy, branding, packaging and graphic design studio founded in 2002 with offices in San Francisco, Barcelona, Melbourne and Paris – was approached to create a more modern, fresher, globally appealing identity for the festival that would attract younger audiences. "In