Dave sez, “Spotted this Google-themed sari in a fancy shopping mall in Gurgaon, India (the tech hub south of Delhi). I couldn’t get the backstory because (proving that India is nearing Western standards in every way!) a guard started rushing over to bust me for taking pictures.”
This is my Wednesday’s brand diary. Most of my days really include the same brands.
The only Arab brands: Mood, Fine, and toot.
(idea stolen from here, hattip: Phil)
What brands do you use every day?
Since the Euro Cup is not the freshest subject right now, lets take a minute to commemorate the various designs of the FIFA World Cup instead.
One of the reasons I came to love design so much is because it manages to sort of portray a decade. The colors, the styles, the technologies, and the copy used in logos, advertisements, posters, etc. are all relevant to the pop-culture of the days they represent. It really is indeed very fascinating.
When it comes to soccer, I do enjoy watching the games, but I am not a sports fan in the sense that I would totally root for a team because their team logo is gorgeous.
The cross between design, pop culture, and sports is brilliant. Here are the various logos of the Fifa world cups:
Fifa World Cup logos
1930, Uruguay:
1934, Italy:
1938, France:
1950, Brasil:
1954, Switzerland:
1958, Sweden:
1962, Chile:
1966, England:
1970, Mexico:
1974, West Germany:
1978, Argentina:
1982, Spain:
1986, Mexico:
1990, Italy:
1994, USA:
1998, France:
2002, Korea-Japan:
2006, Germany:
2010, South Africa:
Not sure how practical this is, but it sure is a cool idea. I’d imagine that Arabic typography would make a much better looking scarf though.
Via the always awesome Boing Boing
A new program called “CarePhilly” is being rolled out in Philadelphia in an attempt to get drivers to follow speed limits.
The technique: high tech 3D decals that they believe will fake out drivers into thinking there is something in the intersection.
It must be either the most brilliant move ever or the dumbest. I mean, what happens when the drivers go over this fake speed bump the first time? And what about word of mouth?
What do you think? Smart or stupid?
[via]
This website has a collection of USA political election logos from 1960 to 2008.
The most amusing thing is that they really haven’t really changed much. They’re mostly the same colors, same elements, same styles…
My favorites are in the 1970’s when they used funky fonts that make you think, “did they really use those fonts for a presidential campaign?” (Sanford, Byrd, Wallace, Crane)
It’s also interesting to note that there are a lot less colors these days.
Remember the first way they ever taught us to draw a tree? A green bumpy circle with a brown rectangle stinking from the bottom… Well, this is really the same thing, except I wish someone considered trying to get kids to be as creative with stick figures and colors and these same bumpy-circle-brown-rectangle trees. For more really funny tree-related illustrations, go here. [via]
The first-person view technique on this Nike ad is pretty amazing.
