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on University of South Carolina Loses Legal Dispute over Interlocking SC TrademarkAugust 13, 2010 | 1 Comment
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and blogs all use avatars as personal ‘icons’ for members. Depending on the image you choose, these postage stamp-sized images can portray you as professional, playful, creative, silly or somber. The questions for business and individuals are, “Do I use a photo, logo, or combination of the two?” and ”How do I want to portray myself to the online world?” First off, let’s look at tips on avatars to avoid: Don’t use those Flash-generated Japanimation [...] Read More
August 10, 2010 | No Comments
On July 12, 2010, the YMCA announced the first update to its identity in in 43 years. The biggest change seems to be the elevation in importance of the ’Y,’ similar in usage to McDonald’s use of the slang, MickeyD. The Young Men’s Christian Association (“YMCA” or in the USA “the Y”) is a worldwide movement of more than 45 million members from 124 national federations affiliated through the World Alliance of YMCAs. Founded on June 6, 1844 in London, England by George Williams, [...] Read More
College Humor has posted the epic battle between Helvetica and Arial. The anthropomorphic typefaces are humorous, and a double thumbs up for the portrayal of Comic Sans. src=”http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf? clip_id=1908292&fullscreen=1″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” wmode=”transparent” width=”540″ height=”303″ allowScriptAccess=”always”> </div>
Small Business Watch surveys since 2007 have shown an increasing number of small businesses using the Internet to sustain and grow their businesses. “Social networking for business purposes is growing,” [Ryan Scully, director of Discover's business credit card] said. “With such small operations, small business owners don’t need a long time to tell whether something is good or bad for business, so the social networking numbers will [...] Read More
August 2, 2010 | No Comments
“…it’s a nice leaf, but the fact that’s straight stock is quite frankly insulting to the [design] industry. By cutting corners like this, it cheapens the entire process.” BRAND NEW: Romania’s new tourism logo and slogan — “Explore the Carpathian Garden” after the Carpathian mountains at the center of the country — were created by the joint partnership between TNS, a global market research firm and THR, a hospitality consultant. In a horribly designed presentation [...] Read More
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