Sweeeeeet Caroline… oh, sorry, got carried away for a second there. As we alluded to in yesterday’s post, today we’re going to talk a bit about touch. Specifically, where touch is at, where it’s going, and why it’s finally relevant in-store at the point-of-purchase. Oh, and why it may be inherently obsolete. In one panel, [...]

You know the drill: follow Upshot on Twitter to keep up on the latest SXSW Interactive news. It’s only three days away! We’ve already mentioned that location is the watchword at this year’s SXSWi, but we’d advise you to keep your eyes out for news on QR codes as well. Longtime readers know that we’ve [...]

No need to dig any further – one glance at this package and you get the gist of Scanwood kitchen utensils. They’re wooden. They’re authentic. They’re natural. (Of course, you can also zoom in a bit and see the “Designed in Denmark. Made by nature” tagline on the side.) Scanwood’s packaging instantly drives the message [...]

Since we recently passed along a handful of helpful tips for creating fonts in Photoshop, we figured we’d round that out with another tutorial on creating vintage/retro images and posters in Photoshop. This link gathers 20 guides to vintage ads, retro concert posters, and other designs ranging from vaudeville to horror movies. Everything old is [...]

Well, sometimes. At least when it comes to Under Consideration’s Most Relevant Brand Identity Work of the Decade. In their year-by-year breakdown of the aughts, they cover the best, the worst, and the biggest logo makeovers under the banner of “most relevant.” Let the debates begin. Guess where London 2012 fits?

Tracking the timeliest type trends is nothing new ’round the Awesome Blog. But, rarely do these posts share the secrets behind designing these fonts. So, thanks Graphic Alerts! They’ve cobbled together 33 of their favorite tutorials for designing these fonts in Photoshop. Check out the collection here.

This season, if you want to be the envy of all your friends, perhaps you should slim down a bit. Shed some of those thick curves. Make it so your friends just can’t resist screaming, “OMG, that font is SOOO slimming on you!!!” Wait, we’re talking about fonts? Yup. Suddenly, we’ve noticed a number of [...]

And you thought barcodes needed to be uniform! Check out these clever little guys, courtesy of Japanese firm d-barcode. (There’s a larger collection over at The Dieline.) Besides the fact that this breaks up the monotony of an art director’s day, there’s a benefit here for the brand as well. Remember when we mentioned the [...]

“Corporate social responsibility” and “crowdsourcing” are so ubiquitous in today’s marketing that even mentioning either term generally elicits more yawning than fawning. Of course, both tactics continue to resonate with consumers, so we can’t completely forget about them either. What to do? How about shaking things up and spiking them with a bit of creative [...]

Long, long ago, we covered the Cut & Paste competition as part of our Potty Posting on “The War of Art – Creative Competitions” (and we do apologize about that color palette – it was a long time ago). Cut & Paste is still going strong, as is the idea that everyone benefits from bringing [...]