Leaf A Tip: 10 Bright Green Vegetarian Restaurants
Vegetarian restaurants are becoming more mainstream and, inadvertently or not, distinctive branding and signage helps them stand out from the herd. It Ain't Meat, Babe You can ...
Category: Graphics & Branding
Love logos? Drool over graphic design? These articles are for you, covering everything from creative layouts (both web and print) to double-meaning logo designs and artistic illustrations.
Ugly Gerry Alphabet: Gerrymandered District Shapes Made into Free Font
Gerrymandered districts are perhaps the most visible forms of political corruption, dramatically redrawn into implausible shapes to benefit one political part or another. The idea for this font ...
Dis Dressed: DressBarn Buys The Farm
Unfortunately named women's wear retailer DressBarn is slamming the door on 650 retail stores in 45 states as sales decline and branding loses focus. Barn Storm DressBarn made its debut in ...
Impreached: 10 Bizarrely Named Churches & Chapels
Bizarrely-named churches tend to stand out but someone must've got into the sacramental wine before tagging titles on these 10 hilarious houses of worship. Foursquare Deal Go ahead and ...
Jobs None: 7 Sad Signs From The Financial Crisis
Back in the grim days of The Great Recession, companies large and small laid off workers while discouraging new hires with a wealth of “no hiring” signs. Train In Vain Historic Pullman, ...
Worker Be: 10 “We’re Hiring” Signs of the Times
This eclectic selection of “We're Hiring” signs illustrate some of the unusual ways companies offer jobs in a booming economy with low unemployment. "We're still hiring humans", ...
Fully Cocked: 10 British ‘Cock’ Pubs & Taverns
Call it a Cock & Bull story but a disproportionate number of British pubs, bars and taverns have 'cock' in their name. What's up with that? Ye Olde Cock While we're on the topic, why ...
Box Springs Eternal: 10 Sheet-Kickin’ Mattress Stores
Mattress stores are so omnipresent these days it's become a real struggle for sleep shops to stand out from their stuffed, sprung & padded competition. Mattress stores (along with ...
Signs Friction: 10 Unfortunately Named Businesses
Brand power can go a long way in business but as these 10 unfortunately-named shops and stores so sorrowfully illustrate, it can also go the wrong way. To paraphrase RUSH, if a store ...
Imaginary Movies: Graphic Designer Turns Posted Photos into Film Posters
Inspired by gorgeous photographs posted to a popular social media website, one designer has reversed the normal narrative of movie marketing, creating publicity posters for speculative films, ...
