Design
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Phoenix Flame and The Aesthetic I Currently Want
I recently picked up a publication at Broadway Antique Mart there just looks so good I had to have it. When I got home, I researched the object and realized that it was a promotional publication for a maker of lids. Phoenix Flame, Sports Series 1 was published in 1952 by the Phoenix Metal Cap…
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Logos for every City, County, and State Department
Office of the Mayor The Mayor of Chicago, the city’s chief executive officer, directs city departments and appoints department heads, with the advice and consent of the city council. Office of New Americans Special Programs Your Ward and Alderman 311 City Services Call 311 for assistance with non-emergency City Services and for information on events,…
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New Logo In Action: Renaissance Hotel is Now Renaissance
Logos change all the time, but it’s not every day you get a chance to see a logo change right before your eyes. The other morning I was walking to work past 1 West Wacker Drive and saw sign company workers changing out the signs at what used to be called The Renaissance Hotel and…
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Three-purpose poster
Three-purpose poster, originally uploaded by juggernautco. This is one of my favorite posters that Jonny Stepping and I ever made. Jonny designed it and I wrote the copy. It covered three of my personal obsessions at the time. The flag on the poster was dropped-in after printing — we made a special stamp and got…
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Michael Bierut Appreciates Mad Men
And I do, too. I sat crying my eyes out during this scene: Design Observer. This device isn’t a spaceship. It’s a time machine. It goes backwards. Forwards. It takes us to a place where we ache to go again. It’s not called The Wheel. It’s called The Carousel. It lets us travel the way…