Inkbot Design

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Designer George Bartell designed the original Barbie logo in 1959, just a year after the first Barbie doll hit the market. The logo featured a simple cursive font in blue and was used on packaging, advertising and merchandise. The pink colour is synonymous with the brand and is used extensively in marketing and advertising.

Brand 91

Brand Branding Advertising Advertising 91

UX Collective

JULY 17, 2022

s first major step towards his goal of reinventing IBM with a design focus was to hire Eliot Noyes as the company’s first design consultant. He was a well-respected architect and industrial designer with a distinguished career, including his work as curator of industrial design at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

Arts and Crafts 136

Arts and Crafts Industrial Design Brand Branding 136

Eye on Design

JUNE 9, 2021

I was lucky enough to interview Ken Garland in 2016, portions of which are published here for the first time, at his home office, which was still the same Camden studio from the memorable photo from 1982 which was reproduced on the cover of Unit Editions’ excellent 2012 monograph on Garland ( which is now available for free as a PDF ).

Graphic 131

Graphic Graphic Design Arts and Crafts Client 131

Design Week

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Precious Plastic was first launched by industrial designer Dave Hakkens in 2012, and presents an open source plastic recycling solution. An initiative hailing from Eindhoven in the Netherlands is looking to address this.

Production 81

Production Industrial Design Advertising Advertising 81

UX Collective

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Many users cite bots, AI training models, advertisements, negative interactions, and politics as their main reasons for fleeing or reducing the number of posts on X. Besides marketing and advertising, how can customers feel confident about a good product from a startup or a company without celebrity CEOs?

Production 100

Production Brand Branding Arts and Crafts 100

Shillington

APRIL 18, 2023

David Carson David Carson is an American graphic designer known for his experimental typography and design approach. He was the art director of Ray Gun magazine in the 1990s and his work has been influential in the world of design and advertising.

Graphic Design 52

Graphic Design Graphic Typography Art 52

Design Milk

DECEMBER 17, 2021

After first checking out New York-based designer David Weeks’ studio in 2012, we decided it was time for an update after moving to a new studio in Bed-Stuy. In his Brooklyn studio, he designs and develops a diverse collection, from lighting and furniture, to accessories and his super fun Cubebot® wooden robot toys.

Interior Design 98

Interior Design Architecture Brand Branding 98