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How the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was designed

Design Week

These were designed by Ryo Taniguchi and chosen from a public competition voted on by the Mascot Selection Panel and Japanese elementary schoolchildren. This year, following governmental requests for the torch not to pass through public roads, an alternative lighting ceremony will take place.

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Designer Yannis Karlopoulos’s Work is a Celebration of Greek History and Culture

Eye on Design

Descending from street level, the first room is an assemblage of shops signs, early 2000s Macs, various bricks, and a vitrine full of supermarket product packaging. Copies of 01 magazine come out, a youth culture publication from the 1990s and one of Karlopoulos’ early projects using digital publishing techniques.

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The History of Logos: Where Branding Started

Inkbot Design

Roger (Author) Multilingual (Publication Language) 432 Pages – 11/08/2015 (Publication Date) – Taschen America Llc (Publisher) −$8.00 $72.00 The rise of mass media, including television, radio, and print publications, has profoundly impacted how brands reach and engage with consumers.

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Is It Art, or Is It Type? What We Learn When Language is Built, Not Written

Eye on Design

In her work Here on Future Earth , she employs her Cree Comic Sans in a series of photographs that show everyday scenes in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, replacing the English on shop signs and town wayfinding with Cree syllabics. How much of life is coping?” and “How much of love is attention?”—in

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How to Name a Company: The Ultimate Guide

Inkbot Design

Your company name is more than just words on a website or shop sign – it’s your brand’s first point of contact with potential customers. By the time we’re done here, you will be a professional brand-name generator armed with plenty of tips and tricks on how to give your enterprise the perfect trading title. Then, let’s get started!

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City Lights Cast an Aura of Anonymous Mystique Over Keita Morimoto’s Streetscapes

Colossal

In Keita Morimoto ’s paintings, soft yellow streetlights, LED shop signs, and clinical beams of a public transit stop expose the discomfiting nature of perpetual surveillance. All images © Keita Morimoto, shared with permission.

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15 Illustration Portfolio Websites That Are Brimming with Talent

High on Design by Wix

New York-based Brian Cronin has illustrated for publications such as The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal and Time, alongside his personal paintings which have been shown in various exhibitions worldwide. Brian Cronin. He’s also illustrated many book covers, and is the author of a children’s seek-and-find book series.