“We’ve had to stop and think ‘where are we going?’”: Mucho’s Marc Català on creating one of the world’s most exciting design agencies
Creative Bloq
JUNE 15, 2024
Mucho’s creative director on how the agency has grown since 2002.
Studiographica, a digital archive of work by design studios that sadly no longer exist
Creative Boom
JUNE 11, 2023
Paul Bailey and Mike Sullivan explain how and why they're archiving the work of some of our most-missed graphic design agencies. The inspiration for Studiographica came from an afternoon in the Halo studio, talking to the designers here about an old agency called Attik," Paul explains. None of them had heard of Attik.
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Mucho rebrand breathes new life into 92-year-old free festival in San Francisco
Creative Boom
OCTOBER 17, 2023
So the organisers approached global design agency Mucho for a brand refresh that would help appeal to a younger audience, be flexible enough to work with any genre of music, and establish the festival as a world-class event. But it needed to bring its image into line with the modern day. But there was a danger of becoming dated.
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Burger King Rebrand — Unused Burger King Logo Ideas
Logo Smith
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
A series of less successful advertising campaigns created by a procession of advertising agencies continued for the next two decades. In late 2010, 3G Capital of Brazil acquired a majority stake in the company, in a deal valued at US$3.26 The new owners promptly initiated a restructuring of the company to reverse its fortunes.
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Playtype resurrects Publish Gothic, a custom typeface for a Danish newspaper that survived just 41 days
Creative Boom
MARCH 3, 2022
Within its first month of production in 2002, it amassed 13,000 subscribers and 20,000 buyers, who were all happily paying to access the publication that broke existing norms of style, form and journalism. "I We were inspired by old newspapers, which were set with wood types," says Jonas, reminiscing the process.
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Wavemaker’s rebrand is designed to “provoke positively”
Design Week
JULY 22, 2020
NB Studio has rebranded media agency Wavemaker in a move that aims to create greater consistency across the company and embody its brand position of “positive provocation” The design work includes a new logo, animations and brand strategy, as well as a range of collateral with the updated branding. Designing disruption.
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Adidas Logo Evolution and History: The Epic Stripe Game
Techxide
AUGUST 9, 2024
The Dynamic Neo’s Flicker [2002] In 2002, Adidas introduced the new brand “NEO” to elevate daily fashion routines and youth styling vibes with sporty looks. In that case, you can hit Techxide (a digital branding agency) to have glorious and ultra-modern logos of any type, anytime, anywhere.
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Amazing Photographs Capture Everyday Life in Spanish Harlem in the Mid-1980s
Design You Trust
OCTOBER 23, 2021
Rodriguez went on to work for Black Star photo agency, and print and online news organizations like National Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, Mother Jones, Newsweek, Esquire, Stern, and New America Media. In 1985 he graduated with a Photojournalism and Documentary diploma from the International Center of Photography in New York.
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Dan Wilson meets Nick Scott, Art Director at Secretly Group
Shillington
OCTOBER 5, 2022
He first met Nick when they were both studying in Leeds in 2002 and has been following his career ever since. Designing for clubs & bands led to me being approached to work for a local ad agency on their work for Umbro and the England football team kit launch in 2008, and for the next decade that was the balancing act of my workload.
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20 Years Since Shillington Sydney: Jeremy Somers, Founder and Creative Director of We Are Handsome
Shillington
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
From working in one of the first digital agencies in Australia after graduation, he now works as the Creative Director and Founder of fashion label We Are Handsome —worn by the likes of Beyoncé and Rihanna. Back in 2002(ish?) I started off freelancing in Sydney and ended up working in some of the first digital agencies in Australia.
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Critical Info: The Story Behind Building a Government COVID-19 Website
Speckyboy Design Magazine
APRIL 11, 2021
Imagine the excitement of landing a web design job at a government agency. I built my first website as a bored teenager in 1998 and learned Dreamweaver in college in 2002. My role was to be the lead front-end developer for the Government Information Center, Delaware’s internal marketing agency located in the Department of State.
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The mechanics of non-human personas
UX Collective
JUNE 5, 2022
The persona representation for Beans the possum based on secondary data collated from reports / Photo via Wikimedia Throughout the design process, the personas then served as a representation to amplify the agency of the non-human stakeholders, who would not be able to make themselves heard in the participatory design process [11].
Adidas Logo Evolution and History: The Epic Stripe Game
Techxide
AUGUST 27, 2021
The Dynamic Neo’s Flicker [2002]. In 2002, Adidas introduced the new brand “NEO” to elevate daily fashion routines and youth styling vibes with sporty looks. In that case, you can hit Techxide (a digital branding agency) to have glorious and ultra-modern logos of any type, anytime, anywhere.
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F5: Jeff Staple Loves the Classics + the Contemporary Alike
Design Milk
MAY 5, 2023
2023 marks the 25th anniversary of Jeff founding STAPLE, the New York-based pioneering streetwear brand, with the now infamous “Pigeon” logo, and later experiential lifestyle boutique, REED SPACE in 2002. Champion Craft Series One of my favorite projects the agency has worked on is the Champion Craft Series.
Why soft skills help you thrive as a designer
Design Week
MARCH 18, 2021
Davenport earned his chops in the creative education space, having previously co-founded Escape Studios in 2002 to deliver focussed training in the fields of VFX and 3D animation. Projects are either based on a live job that an agency has completed or closely simulate their working practices. They’re essential human skills.”
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25+ Best Tagline Examples: The Power of a Punchy Tagline
Inkbot Design
APRIL 22, 2024
Good.” — Verizon (2002) This conversational tagline perfectly dramatised their positioning as a leader in network coverage. Agencies can charge big $$$ for elite tagline excavation. “A Diamond is Forever” — De Beers (1948) What could be a better brand/product match-up than that classic tagline? Can You Hear Me Now?
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How storytelling is at the heart of the Nike brand
Creative Review
JANUARY 27, 2021
In the 2002 book The Brand Gap, author Marty Neumeier explains that the idea of a brand is little more than a collective amalgam of people’s gut feelings about a product, service, or company. For the televised campaign, the company turned to now long-time agency partners Wieden + Kennedy, based in Portland, Oregon.
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To rebrand or not to rebrand?
UX Collective
MARCH 28, 2023
Fashion brands’ logos becoming “bland” | Source: Business of Fashion When I was a fledging designer in my early twenties, I happened to encounter Mr. Bierut in a meeting for a shared client between Pentagram and R/GA, an agency that I was working for at the time. Uniqlo [Disclaimer on this one: Uniqlo has been a long-time client of ours.
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Assembly Curated: Bringing Fine Art Photography Into the NFT Space
Feature Shoot
APRIL 20, 2022
. “Alec Soth’s Dog Days, Bogotá may not be his most famous project, but it’s one of the most honest and true to him as an artist,” Shane Lavalette and Ashlyn Davis Burns, the co-founders of the gallery, creative studio, and agency Assembly Curated , tell me.
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10 Principles of Design: The Pocket Guide (+ Examples)
Graphic Mama
OCTOBER 4, 2021
This way, they are perceived as a group: Agency Landing Page by Kawsar Ahmmed. Here are some more examples of the proximity design principle in action: Architectural Agency – Design by Daniel Papizh. Literally, the white space is missing in this example: HavenWorks in 2002, Web Design Museum. Food delivery by Lime Agency.
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39 Must-Have Creative Assets in this Month’s Drop
Creative Market
FEBRUARY 4, 2023
Skillet Serif Typeface Emil (the designer behind Fenotype ) has created over 200 font families since 2002, and Skillet Serif Typeface is a doozy! A perfect portfolio for individual or agency/studio artists, designers, architects, fashion, videographers, cinematographers, stylists, photographers, and other professionals.
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Martin Lambie-Nairn and the power of TV branding
Creative Review
JANUARY 5, 2021
The logo was designed by Martin Lambie-Nairn, who by the time of the C4 launch had worked in broadcast design for almost two decades, both as an individual and via the agency Robinson Lambie-Nairn, which he founded with Colin Robinson in 1976 (which later expanded and was renamed Lambie-Nairn & Company).
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Dan Perri: the designer behind your favourite film
Design Week
JANUARY 28, 2021
His early career was spent in several places, mostly advertising agencies and smaller studios, including his own, working on low-budget television features and documentaries. There was even a stint in the US Navy.
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The discovery paradox
UX Collective
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
Sophie shortlists various agencies she’s been keen to work with, and gets in touch. the ones we don’t know we don’t know.” — Donald Rumsfeld, 2002 Meet Emma. Emma works at one of the agencies Sophie shortlisted. Emma works at one of the agencies Sophie shortlisted. there are known knowns; there are things we know we know.
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Accelerating Teams with Design Program Management
UX Collective
SEPTEMBER 4, 2021
Godfellas” God Entity, Futurama 2002 I’ve been a design operations leader at Adobe Design for the last four years and in the business of program management for over a decade, and I wanted to take a moment to shine a light on the day-to-day and strengths of this sometimes unnoticed role.
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Looking backward to look forward
UX Collective
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
I decided to use this approach to investigating a common complaint, that IT systems within a government agency—in this case, the Department for Work and Pensions—don’t talk to each other. James Wilsons point out in his book On Bureaucracy , that most established ‘bureaus’ (government agencies) turn into snowballs that absorb smaller agencies.
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How to Enhance Your Website User Experience
Inkbot Design
MAY 9, 2024
Norman (Author) English (Publication Language) 288 Pages – 09/19/2002 (Publication Date) – Basic Books (Publisher) $19.99 Nonetheless, salaries can range from $60K-$130K+ based on location, experience level and whether you work in-house or at an agency. Advertising agencies have them as well.
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12 universal design principles
UX Collective
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Antonio Scarponi: Design agency: Conceptual devices: Zürich. Retrieved November 30, 2022, from [link] Allan Chochinov. 1000 words: A manifesto for sustainability in Design. Retrieved November 30, 2022, from [link] Scarponni, A. Conceptual Devices. Retrieved November 30, 2022, from [link] Techfest. In “The Copenhagen letter”.
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(Almost) Never Demolish: Reviving Social Housing Through Preservation
Azure Magazine
AUGUST 26, 2021
Combining condo blocks with ample public amenities, the ongoing development — initiated in 2002 — is knitting a once-isolated neighbourhood back into the city. Informed by a rigorous tenant consultation process led by Montreal’s housing agency, SBTA got to work. “We In 2018, Toronto Community Housing reported a repair backlog of $2.6
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Tips for Pitching with Confidence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Inkbot Design
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Winning Over a Design Skeptic For a pitch to redesign the website of a sceptical luxury hotel chain, the agency came prepared to persuade. By balancing data with visuals, Wolff Olins convinced USA Today leadership to approve the ambitious redesign.
Rare and Ancient Creatures Revealed in Underwater Photography
Feature Shoot
MAY 11, 2023
“I attended Colorado State University from 2002-2007 and studied Wildlife and Fishery Biology. When working directly with Federally protected species, I rely on the guidance and regulations of agency partners and biologists to minimize the stress that might incur on the subject or sensitive habitats.
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The Complete History of Rebranding in Basketball
Canny
MAY 18, 2021
Year: 1999 Agency: N/A. Year: 2001 Agency: N/A. Year: 2003 Agency: Gameplan Creative / Year: 2014 Agency: Rare Design. In 2002 they relocated to New Orleans, taking the hornets name with them. The new Charlotte Hornets brand was a modern update from the old brand from 2002. Year: 2008 Agency: N/A.
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Top 10 Negative Space Logos that Redefine Creativity
Inkbot Design
AUGUST 4, 2023
In 2005, the ice cream giant looked to showcase its 31 flavours in a new logo designed by the renowned advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather. 7 – The Tour de France Logo The iconic Tour de France logo, unveiled in 2002, showcases the power of negative space in logo design.
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Mail-Order Ice Cream Is Trying to Be More Sustainable. But It Still Doesn’t Make Much Sense
Eye on Design
JUNE 15, 2022
This is what happened with Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams ( which opened as a stand in Columbus Ohio’s North Market in 2002 ), Van Leeuwen ( which began as a truck in Brooklyn in 2008) , and Salt & Straw ( started as a cart in Portland, Oregon in 2011 ). . This was one of the goals of its recent rebrand by San Francisco agency Hatch Design ).
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Direct tax filing: is this the end of Intuit’s lobbying?
UX Collective
OCTOBER 21, 2023
This bought Intuit some relief for a few years but by 2002, the company faced another challenge. A company that is built on friction that exists in a government process successfully convinced a federal agency to keep the friction so that the company’s business is not hurt. If your first reaction is “wait this didn’t exist before?”,
The Creative Boom 2023 Christmas gift guide for creatives
Creative Boom
NOVEMBER 5, 2023
Loop Crew by Folk This classic fit knitted crew neck in a textured, loop effect yarn is brought to you by Folk, an independent clothing store in London, founded by Cathal McAteer in 2002. This limited-edition screen print featured in the Agency exhibition at Manchester's Hilton House, and is based on the notion that: "Your power is infinite.
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WipEout Logo History 1995-2017, Making of the Wipeout Logo Design Plus Various In-game Graphics by Designers Republic and Fans
Logo Smith
MAY 17, 2021
The Typeface Agency. The Typeface Agency has a great article: “On how the Designers Republic sculpted childhoods” which looks at the impact the branding and audio aspects of Wipeout had on making this game such a phenomenal success; it’s well worth a read. Wipeout Fusion – 2002. This font costs £10.00
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13 Scarily Good Brand Marketing Campaigns To Remember
Canny
OCTOBER 31, 2019
Think Different from Apple was an advertising slogan that was used from 1997 to 2002. The five-piece cinema add went as follows: First was KFC’s brand ad, created by Mother (a creative agency), which sees Colonel Sanders cruising past the familiar range of fried chicken pretenders. This goes to show how effective this campaign was.
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100 Amazing One Letter Logos: Monogram Logo Design
Inkbot Design
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
As a branding agency , you might find Forge Global's visual identity interesting. Established in 2002, the company has emerged as a global leader in providing innovative solutions for genetic research, drug discovery, and biomanufacturing. Established in 2002, the company has its headquarters in Leeds, UK.
Top 20 Web Research Services for Outsourcing
Inkbot Design
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
As a result, several web research agencies have sprung up to cater to this demand. 3 – Diligence Agency. Diligence agency started as a project from a residential flat in Maryland, USA, and has grown to become a full-fledged company in NY, providing many web, IT, and other business outsourcing services. Founding Year: 2002.
WipEout Logo History 1995-2017, Making of the Wipeout Logo Design Plus Various In-game Graphics by Designers Republic and Fans
Logo Smith
JANUARY 18, 2023
The Typeface Agency. The Typeface Agency has a great article: “On how the Designers Republic sculpted childhoods” which looks at the impact the branding and audio aspects of Wipeout had on making this game such a phenomenal success; it’s well worth a read. Wipeout Fusion – 2002. This font costs £10.00
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40 Fabulous Photos of Kim Basinger in the 1970s
Design You Trust
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
Born 1953 in Athens, Georgia, Kim Basinger was offered a modeling contract with the Ford Modeling Agency, but turned it down in favor of singing and acting, and enrolled at the University of Georgia. She soon reconsidered and went to New York to become a Ford model. h/t: vintag.es.
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F5: Alda Ly Revels in Reeded Glass, Icelandic Baths + More
Design Milk
MARCH 15, 2024
Alda Ly Photo: Christine Han Living in New York City since 2002, Ly has long nurtured a curiosity in the evolution of work and cultural spaces, as well as in leading project teams guided by empathy. Their can designs, by the agency I Want Design, are just stunning. It’s beer without frat-bro vibes, and it tastes amazing.
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The 37 Best Design Books to Level Up Your Skills
Inkbot Design
JANUARY 9, 2024
Norman (Author) English (Publication Language) 288 Pages – 09/19/2002 (Publication Date) – Basic Books (Publisher) −$14.98 $1.97 Both agency and in-house designers can apply these branding fundamentals immediately. The Design of Everyday Things remains a must-read for new designers.
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