Showing posts with label design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label design. Show all posts
May 14, 2011
Posters from Roudaki Hall - Tehran
we are collecting these posters with the Idea of publishing the complete set as a book in the hopefully near future. Here are some samples. If you want some of the original tiff’s just drop me a line.
May 11, 2011
He is Merciful / او بخشنده است/ Mohammad Ehsaei
Hi everyone I am back with Two works from Mohammad Ehsaei. Quranic Text , religious symbolism, distinct Persian Style of Calligraphy executed with the technique of paintings or rather illustration. They are stunning as they are among the best specimens of a modern take on calligraphy in Iran, BTW there is also a Blue one but we didn’t have time to take a photo.
May 2, 2011
نگاهی به پوستر تئاتر در ایران/ A look at Theater Posters in Iran
با حضور حمید سمندریان، ابراهیم حقیقی، محمد یعقوبی، امیر اسمی و آرش تنهایی
خانهی هنرمندان، تالار بتهوون
دوشنبه، ۱۲ اردیبهشتماه ۱۳۹۰
ساعت ۱۸
خیابان طالقانی، خیابان موسوی شمالی
With Hamid Samandrian, Ebrahim Haghighi, Mohammad Yaghoubi, Amir Esmi & Arash Tanhai
Beethoven Hall, Iranian Artists Forum
Monday, 2 May 2011
6 pm.
North Mousavi St., Taleghani Ave.
This is this afternoon 6 pm. Any takers?
March 3, 2011
The Star of Manners and Letters
Illustrations by Aazarnoush Ebraahemiroushan for The Star of Manners and Letters (Iran, 1986). The book features "a selection of 4 poems by a famous contemporary poet teaching a code of morals."
From the International Children's Digital Library
From the International Children's Digital Library
February 19, 2011
November 14, 2010
The 7 Trends that will Rock Marketing - The Bonafide Marketing Genius Strikes Again
via slideshare.net
Graham Brown (author of the above presentation and founder of mobileYouth) and I share more than a few opinions in common, the primary one being this:
The era of marketing "AT" people is over. Smart marketers know this and are pursuing ever-inventive ways to market WITH people instead. That means creating experiences, not ads. Conversations, not campaigns. Meaning, not "messages."
For some marketers, this notion is unthinkable. Even terrifying. They'll be the ones posting scathing comments to this post later today ;). They'll be the ones writing articles about how print ads in newspapers are more effective than engaging with people via social media. They'll also be the ones adding words like "social media savvy" to their resumes six months from now when they realize that things just aren't going back to the way they were. Time, technology, progress...marches on.
I'm thrilled to hear that Graham is working on a book that takes a closer look at the social, cultural, and technological influences that are reshaping our industry—not to mention numerous others. Maybe if I'm super-nice to him, he'll even send me a copy—digital format, of course ;) In the meantime, I encourage you to flip through the deck embedded above and put some real thinking into the 7 trends Graham is highlighting:
Full article: The 7 Trends that will Rock Marketing - The Bonafide Marketing Genius Strikes Again
November 1, 2010
October 17, 2010
11 Trends in Web Logo Design: The Good, the Bad and the Overused
Designing and critiquing logos for web-based companies and startups is a pursuit of endless fascination for many of us. Over the years, we’ve seen enough startups come and go (and rebrand and merge) to fill a volume with how and how not to develop and execute a logo for a web company.
We’ve also picked up some knowledge about trends in this field. Some of the trends are good; others, regrettable. Others still are simply overused, which is the saddest scenario of them all. We hate to see a good design trick or typeface grow hackneyed over the course of a few months, but it happens all the time, unfortunately.
In this article, we’ve identified 11 trends in web company logo design. Hopefully, you’ll see a few here that apply to the startups and web apps we write about every day. And of course, we’ve included some handy illustrations as a sort of field guide to the logos of the web.
Take a look, and let us know what you think of these trends — and what trends we should have included — in the comments.
1. Badges and Buttons
We’ve moved away from the once-ubiquitious BETA! button, but location-esque badges, app-like icons, and “play” buttons are still showing up all over the web. These logos tend to be quite “shiny,” thanks to a few carefully-blended white gradient layers. The square logos have rounded corners. Some appear to glow as if lit from within, which is a compelling and trendy effect in itself. All in all, the badge-and-button set look quite touchable.
Still, this trend’s days may be numbered, if only due to overuse and association-bordering-on-marriage with the Apple/iPhone brand. See also: Wet floor effect. Unless you’re designing for a pure-play iPhone app shop, sail these seas with caution.
2. Speech Bubbles and Megaphones
If social web apps are all about communication, then it stands to reason that many social web company logos are all about talking. We see fewer logos that revolve around listening (if you happen to see a giant ear logo in the wild, do let us know), but megaphones and speech bubbles abound.
October 14, 2010
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