Advertising Giants: America’s Amazing Muffler Men
Before Mad Men there were Muffler Men – 20-foot tall fiberglass statues cast in the thousands to advertise roadside businesses from coast to coast. Muffler Men are one of the most ...
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.
Future Fonts: Tracing the Role of Typography in Science Fiction in Films
Whether intentionally retro, as in Stranger Things, or overtly futuristic, as in RoboCop, the role of typography in a movie goes well past the title, subtly but powerfully shaping the world ...
Vape Trails: 12 Hot Vape Shops & E-Cigarette Retailers
E-cigarette and vaping supply shops have sprouted up like mushrooms in recent years but when it comes to branding, this youthful industry is still in a fog. The electronic cigarette ...
Times Lapse: Minute-Long Video Shows Every NYT Cover Printed Since 1852
The times are always changing, but few things bring it home quite so elegantly (and quickly) as an extended look at the front pages of a classic publication, compressing over 150 years of history ...
Out Of Limits: 15 Retro-Futuristic Soviet Town Welcome Signs
In Soviet Russia, town welcome you... with retro-futuristic city limits signs that promised more than the blustery, blustering Cold War-era USSR could deliver. The welcome is, er, radiant ...
Sketch in 3D: Remarkable Drawing App Gives Doodles Depth & Dimension
Programs like Sketchup have allowed amateur artists and architects to sculpt and design in three dimensions for years, but this app facilitates far more informal works that really look like ...
Trumped Up: Stores & Businesses Trading On The Trump Name
An orange by any other name doesn't taste the same, as the owners of these Trump-named but otherwise unaffiliated stores and business can truly attest. Take Trump Tobacco, a Huntington ...
Blood Red: 30 Vintage Soviet Accident Prevention Posters
In Soviet Russia, accident prevent you! That's the message rendered in classic commie-propaganda style via these thirty soviet accident prevention posters. Graphic workplace accident ...
Souped Up: 12 Larger Than Life Campbell’s Soup Cans
The red & white Campbell's Soup can has been a huge pop culture (and occasionally pop art) icon for decades. HOW huge, you might ask? THIS huge... The classic Campbell's Soup ...
Dyslexic Designer Creates Custom Typeface Addressing Disorder
Designed to address the visual processing problems associated with dyslexia, this font uses a set of tailored strategies to make reading easier for those with the disability. Christian ...
