Category: Designer Spotlight



Alien (1979) — Original Nostromo Crew Badges & Insignia Sketches by Ron Cobb & John Mollo


A little something for the Halloween weekend: Alien (1979) — Original Nostromo Crew Badges & Insignia Sketches by Ron Cobb & John Mollo → Images found via @thespaceshipper and @ByChanchi It’s been a while since I did any vintage/retro vector recreation projects; these Alien badges and insignia are screaming out to me to recreate as…

5 Phrases Of Massimo Vignelli, Vignelli Forever. Typeset in Helvetica, Designed by Anthony Neil Dart


5 Phrases Of Massimo Vignelli is a gorgeous set of posters, entitled: Vignelli Forever, designed by Anthony Neil Dart set in Helvetica. Anthony Neil Dart has designed one main poster summing up five well-known phrases, and quotes, by Massimo Vignelli, then a further five posters each displaying one of the five phrases. These have been floating around for a few…

5 Phrases Of Massimo Vignelli Vignelli Forever

WipEout Logo History 1995-2017, Making of the Wipeout Logo Design Plus Various In-game Graphics by Designers Republic and Fans


The Designers Republic (also tDR, and styled as The Designers Republic™) @ianTDR, a British design studio, designed the Wipeout logo and stunning game graphics for this groundbreaking console game; first debuted on the Sony Playstation 1. The first release of Wipeout for the Playstation 1, back on September 29th, 1995 was a pivotal moment for Sony…

wipeout game logos 1995 - 2017 by the designers republic

Susan Kare: Apple Macintosh Icon Prints by The Original Apple Icon Designer


I have previously linked to these Apple Macintosh icon prints by Susan Kare (Kare Prints) on previous occasions. I was was reminded of them again as I came to find some prints for my studio: And well, these prints just sum up how I remembering spending my late teens playing with my friends Apple Macintosh…

Nabla – The Isometric Colour Font by Arthur Reinders Folmer & Just van Rossum


Nabla was Designed by Arthur Reinders Folmer (Typearture) and engineered by Just van Rossum, Nabla is built using the new COLRv1 color-font format, allowing smooth gradients, sharp highlights and blended shadows to be captured inside a font-file. H/T to Vitaly Friedman for tweeting this: Internal palettes give the option for ready-made color swaps, while implementation…

Nabla The Isometric Colour Font by Arthur Reinders Folmer Just van Rossum

Brief History of Denver, Colorado XII Winter Olympic Games 1976 Plus Discover Denver Hockey Poster & Logo for Download


Denver, Colorado XII Winter Olympic Games 1976 Logo & Poster for Download After tweeting a download link for the Denver, Colorado XII Winter Olympic Games 1976 Poster & Discover Denver Poster designed by Gene Hoffman, that I had just recreated, I realised there was much more to this story than just the poster, including the actual logo.…

Iconography of the Polaroid Mark and Product Brand Identity by Paul Giambarba, 1958 – 1977


Vintage Polaroid Branding and Packaging by Paul Giambarba is one of those branding treasure feasts that one stumbles on from time-to-time. → This post was original published in 2019, but it didn’t have those gorgeous sketches that AisleOne tweeted earlier in September, 2022. I felt it made sense for me to update the original post…

Polaroid packaging sketches by Paul Giambarba