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Walter Landor On Design, Branding & Landor 1977 [Video]

Graham Smith — Tue, 08 May 2012 21:33:46 +0000

Prepare yourself for a dazzling hair style by the leather jacket clad scarf wearing presenter—I would love to know what this presenter does now, and would love to see if he still has any hair. This video shows the way of a creative agency before pretty much everything we take for granted in our professional lives now.

From YouTube: Walter Landor, founder of Landor Associates, was interviewed by a journalist from KPIX (CBS) for the television show Evening Magazine. Sitting on the deck of the Klamath ferryboat (former headquarters of Landor Associates), with the San Francisco Bay in the background, Walter talks about the art of branding, working with clients, and even a little about himself. This historic video captures the magic of the man and provides a glimpse inside one of the most unusual office settings around.

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Evolution Of The Batman Logo 1941-2007 by Rodrigo Rojas

Graham Smith — Thu, 03 May 2012 11:39:35 +0000

Evolution Of The Batman Logo by Rodrigo Rojas—I can’t locate any kind of website that belongs to Rodrigo to link back to—charts the evolution of the this iconic logo from 1941 through to 2007. The video above was uploaded by Antupainamku in 2007 and has seen a huge number of reposts and reblogs, yet yesterday was the first time I recall seeing it.

I really had no idea there were so many amazing iterations throughout the decades.

From the cool video by Rodrigo Rojas I have picked out each of of the Batman logos (below) as there is something neat about seeing a visual linear progression of evolution.

My favorite has to be the Batman logo used in Batman Begins, a film by Christopher Nolan, 2005.

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I have also pinned all the Batman logos to a Pinterest board: http://pinterest.com/imjustcreative/batman-logo-evolution/

Evolution Of The Batman Logo 1941-2007

Batman with Robin, The Boy Wonder. Detective Comics, 1941.

Batman cover image. DC Comics, 1965.

Batman TV Series. Featuring with Adam West and Burt Ward, 1966.

The New Adventures of Batman. Filmation, 1977.

Batman and the Outsiders. DC Comics cover logo, 1983.

Batman, The Dark Knight Returns. Frank Miller, 1989.

Batman by Tim Burton. Warner Brothers, 1989.

Legends of the Dark Knight. DC Comics, 1989.

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Nadine Roßa Talks About The Lowercase Sharp S (ß)

Graham Smith — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:07:59 +0000

Creative Morning Berlin #8: Nadine Roßa from Berlin/CreativeMornings on Vimeo.

Wasn’t totally sure what to expect when I started watching this video by Nadine Roßa, but it is actually a wonderful look at how one lady finds the lowercase Sharp S (ß) one of the most delightful letters in the alphabet. It would be fairer to say that Nadine as absolutely passionate about the (ß) as can be seen from the wooden stamps above.

After watching this video I can now see the attraction to it and it comes close to the Ampersand in terms of it’s quite unique form and structure.

After recently working on a logo project that involved Arabic translation—my fascination for more intriguing typography is at an all time high—I would jump at a chance to work on a logo that has the lowercase Sharp S (ß).

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Batman “Kick-Ass” Kinetic Type Showreel by Ryan Perera

Graham Smith — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:13:36 +0000

“Kick-Ass” Kinetic Type from Ryan Perera on Vimeo.

This kinetic animation is based around a scene from the movie Kick-Ass. I [Ryan Perera] used a hand-drawn esthetic to capture both the intensity and emotional value in the scene.

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John Cleese – a lecture on Creativity [video]

Graham Smith — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:57:19 +0000

John Cleese – a lecture on Creativity from janalleman on Vimeo.

John Cleese tries to explain creativity and how to become more creative. The background of his lecture is scientific, the guide based on his own experience. This is really spot on and any creative professional will agree. Plus, it is really funny at the same time!

Enjoy and be inspired!

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Video: “John Cleese – A Lecture on Creativity”i-0.us/time-and-timeBest presentation about creativity. Ever, ever.[via @danforthfrance]

— Merlin Mann (@hotdogsladies) April 9, 2012

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imjustcreative does Cinemagr.am

Graham Smith — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:53:20 +0000

Only managed to do a few half-decent Cinemagr.am‘s but I am totally loving it. Takes a few goes to get the hang of the iOS app as well as taking still (non panning/shaking) video which seems to be the key to half decent animated GIF’s.

Took these two down the beach this morning. Put the iPhone down on the table and set to record then just masked out the the bits I wanted to loop.

Few limitations at the moment: such as very short 2 second or so loop, somewhat unreliable sharing, web site unreliability, but hopefully, and these are mostly minor niggles, will be improved in future updates. It is free so nothing to loose.

Couple of other attempts with the wonderful Miss Charley as my test subject (apologies for the flickering black bit on the one below).

Have an iPhone and are particularly keen on Instagram? I would pretty much guarantee then that you will love Cinemgr.am It feels like something Instagram could have done, so be interesting to see how it all works out as this seems like a natural progression from static photographs.

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The Gentlemen’s Press – Letterpress In Singapore

Graham Smith — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:20:05 +0000

The Gentlemen’s Press from Hitoshi Lee on Vimeo.

A particularly beautiful video/promo teaser for The Gentlemen’s Press: a new letterpress company in Singapore.

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Herb Lubalin on his PBS Logo

Graham Smith — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:30:35 +0000

I thoroughly enjoy watching these golden oldie videos as much wisdom can be soaked up. Enjoy watching Herb Lubalin discuss his PBS logo.

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Feedly Logo Animated

Graham Smith — Tue, 03 May 2011 21:22:30 +0000

Feel particularly chuffed this evening after seeing the above video. At the time of designing the logo for Feedly I had no idea that it may eventually be animated so seeing it unfold at the beginning of this video has left me with quite a smile on my face.

If someone had asked me how it I would have liked to have seen it animated, and if I was able to imagine it being animated, then this exact video sequence would have been how I would have liked it to have panned out.

It is brief but the smooth laying down of the white strips on the green is just perfect in my mind, and really fits in with the initial concept and design process of this part of the logo.

I am so proud to be part of the whole Feedly experience and seeing my first ever logo animated in this way has really been a wonderful experience.

View original full-size HD Feedly Video

Feedly Video Credits

Motion Designer Mattias Peresini – Music OBNY Music & Sound Design

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Steve Jobs talks Branding Circa 1997 ‘Think Different’

Graham Smith — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:03:02 +0000

Steve Jobs makes perfect sense talking about Apple and branding. On the tail of Apple’s struggle to go mainstream this is around the time the ‘Think Different’ campaign was initiated, with a glimpse of the first advert.

I wonder if he knew then the path he would ultimately take Apple and ‘us’.

Mention’s a few times about Apple’s ‘core’… :)

Found via TheNextWeb

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The Google ‘Photomosaic’ Logo in 884 6×4 Photographs

Graham Smith — Fri, 14 May 2010 23:51:59 +0000

The London Google team showing us exactly what they do at work, creating a stunning photomosaic of the Google logo, based on the new Google logo design, launched around the 6th May. Made out of 884 individually printed 4×6 photographs of people, places and things around the U.K.

“a time-lapse video of the construction process, which started in the evening and went late into the night. (The later it got, the hazier we felt — not because of the hour, but because of all of the fumes from the rubber cement!) The camera took a shot every seven seconds, so about 5.5 hours of work are compressed to a bit over a minute here. The video is best seen in full screen HD so you can see the individual photos as they go up.”

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Short Letterpress Video Documentary

Graham Smith — Wed, 05 May 2010 18:06:26 +0000

Came across this cute Letterpress documentary video via Google whilst searching for ‘all things’ letterpress for a client of mine. We are looking at letterpress or embossing for her logo design, although I can’t rightly decide what will be the best route.

Enjoy the vid.

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Passenger plane crash disaster caught on video 2009

Graham Smith — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:02:42 +0000

There are no fatalities and no injuries. It’s not what it first appears.

Link found on Redux

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Logorama Animated Movie Trailer by H5

Graham Smith — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:03:51 +0000

Logorama Trailer

Animated movie based entirely around logo characters, logo buildings and pretty much logo everything else. There is a detailed post over at BoingBoing which is worth a read.

Logorama created by http://www.h5.fr/

T he making of Logorama

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The Sequel of Designer vs Client – More fk and b***d

Graham Smith — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:01:13 +0000

The Sequel of Designer vs Client

If you have not seen the first installment of this hilariously funny animation, then head to Designer vs Client first, then come back to watch this, the sequel.

I’m just splitting my sides here…

Credits

Thanks to Steve Campbell (@Debut_Steve) for the tweet which launched me to post on IJC.

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