Friday, 17 September 2010

Miguel, sans


In Palma the peeling away of years of layered signs in the city centre reads like a history book.

Rules, rules, rules at the bank in CZ























No guns, no mobiles, no photography, no dogs, no triple cones, no smoking. Damned unreasonable at the banks in the Czech Republic. What would we do if we couldn't take all these in to amuse ourselves as we while away the lunchtime wait at Barclays?

The view from the top deck

































The train journey to Karlstejn from Prague was made even more interesting by making the journey on the upper deck of the train. The graded window made it feel as if it was a cine film, mixing the countryside outside with the reflection of my fellow passenger.

Dox - Prague
























Dox sits quietly in the suburbs of Prague in the loop of the river north of the city centre. It's a centre for the visual arts that holds its own internationally.

Jan Kaplicky at Dox
















A few weeks ago I visited the Jan Kaplicky exhibition at Dox in Prague. An overview of his life's work from his arrival in London in 1968 the year of the Prague Spring to his late return to Prague and his death a 71 last year. This was an enlightening exhibition and an inspiration. The accompanying film was excellent right down to the jazz soundtrack.

Shudda flown Ryanair




















In the UK press today, another not to be missed full page ad from Ryanair. Interesting to see the impact from a non-designed approach.

Monday, 5 April 2010

LG's new brand - a fear of infants with a smiley face...


What's this one about? Televisions or a new phobia - a fear of infants with a smiley face...

Or is it about the fear of letterspacing because Illustrator did it that way so it must be right? Perhaps the letter A is running scared.

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