The new becomes old quickly, especially in Los Angeles. It has been only twenty-six years since the City of Angels hosted the 1984 Olympics, but the celebrated and successful event is now just a memory. However, the famous Stars in Motion logo, by the late designer Robert Miles Runyan, can… Read more »
Graffiti is awful and usually degrades any environment. But here is an interesting New York public art installation using the medium, technology and even the letterforms of graffiti.
We get a lot of professional design magazines – graphics, architecture, product design, exhibit design, but one of our favorites is the consumer publication Metropolis. This architecture and design-centric publication is always interesting, topical, well edited and makes design accessible not only to the public, but to us professionals as… Read more »
We don’t have an Eiffel Tower or a Golden Gate Bridge, but Los Angeles does have one of the most famous signs in the world. First deployed in 1923 by a real estate developer as HOLLYWOOD LAND, the remaining sign of nine 45’ high letters is recognizable around the world… Read more »
Successful wayfinding (self-guiding) is hard enough on a single floor plate, but even more difficult when you add one or more floors to the route. Vertical movement is not as ‘built in’ to our evolutionary wayfinding skills as is getting around on the ground plane. It is necessary to reestablish… Read more »
When it comes to office morale, you can’t beat celebrating on a Monday. Our office manager coined the term for our first annual Lundi Gras or Fat Monday! As the morning opened up, cookies and chocolate and treats of all sizes streamed in and covered our counter space. Some baked,… Read more »
We try too hard in the US to design temporary signage solutions. Why not just cover it up with a big paper printout or use a dry erase marker? It’s comforting to know that we all have the same problems on either side of the “pond!” Temporary messaging is a… Read more »
Here we find the marker for Anthony Wilson, the founder of Factory Records and such bands as New Order, Joy Division and The Fall. I may not be planning on a burial once I’ve departed this world but if I had a choice for the typography of my marker, Rotis would… Read more »
New mobile phone apps may soon make mall directory maps a thing of the past. Companies such as PointInside, FastMall and Micello have developed iPhone apps that allow users to have an interactive map in the palm of their hands. They can locate the user on the map, show all… Read more »