Category Archives: Graphic Design

Visual Bookmarking, That’s Pinterest-ing!

It’s always kind of exciting to get an invitation. And lately the most coveted invites are those to beta sites (e.g., Spotify). For the visually driven internet obsessed people (like myself), there’s Pinterest, the latest in bookmarking and inspiration boards—all … Continue reading

Patronage That’s Focused on the Details

Once marketers buy into Brand Patronage, there’s an understandable temptation to go after the biggest stars on the biggest stages. From a PR perspective, you’re pretty much guaranteed a big splash if you grab yourself a Lady Gaga or Black … Continue reading

An Interactive Projection That’ll Get You Talking

You know we love projections. You know we love talking about them. But did you ever think we’d be talking at them? Neither did we. Check out the ridiculousness happening in the video above. It starts with an already-awesome projection-mapped … Continue reading

2011 Looks Beautiful So Far

Welcome back, friends of The Awesome Blog! Hope you’re as rested and refreshed as we are, because we’ve got a big year ahead of us. But, since you’re probably easing yourself back into the swing of things, we’ll go light … Continue reading

Best of 2010 on The Awesome Blog – Part 3

Well, this is it for us in 2010. To tide you over until January, we’ve been taking a look back at the best of the blog in 2010. (In case you missed ‘em, here are parts one and two.) And … Continue reading

So Fresh and So Clean

Yes, we’ve fallen a bit behind here at The Awesome Blog. (As our regular readers no doubt know, that always means we’ve got something good in store.) Here’s something sweet to tide you over in the meantime: a collection of … Continue reading

The Small Screen Gets Some Big Props

We thought we were doing you a service by tipping you off to the YouTube Show & Tell channel, which highlights the site’s best brand work and the creatives behind them. As it turns out, we were only scratching the … Continue reading

Bridging the Gap in Logo Design

Uh oh. Here we go again. Gap just broke out a new logo. But rather than refreshing the brand to connect with a new generation of consumers, Gap managed to send the world of art directors into a tizzy. Many … Continue reading

Does the web look blue to you?

It certainly does to the folks at Colourlovers.com, who created the Colors of the Web infographic shown here (click on the pic for the full-size version). Their analysis of the top 100 sites on the ‘net found that the biggest … Continue reading

The Latest in Logos

It’s been a while since we’ve dipped into the lovely landscape of logos. Fortunately, Flavorwire was kind enough to share a few selections from Bill Gardner’s (subscribers only) annual report on logo trends. Check out their excerpt here. Where else … Continue reading