Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Fiat 500: Sexy Beast
This is the new Fiat 500 Abarth edition. Sexy little beast. Glad to see the Italians jump in and take on the Smart car and the Mini. 
Swoosh: 40 Years Fly By
The story of the Nike Swoosh logo...
here's an excerpt from Steven Heller's new book.
The origin of the mark goes like this: Knight wanted to differentiate BRS's custom product from the ones they were importing from Onituska in Japan: "...so Knight turned to a graphic design student he met at Portland State University two years earlier." One day in 1969, the student, Carolyn Davidson, was approached by Knight and offered $2 per hour "to make charts and graphics" for his business. For the next two years Davidson managed the design work on BRS. "Then one day Phil asked me if I wanted to work on a shoe stripe," Davidson recalled. The only advice she received was to "Make the stripe supportive of the shoe." Davidson came up with half a dozen options. None of the options "captivated anyone" so it came down to "which was the least awful."
Swoosh: 40 Years Fly By — Imprint-The Online Community for Graphic Designers
here's an excerpt from Steven Heller's new book.
The origin of the mark goes like this: Knight wanted to differentiate BRS's custom product from the ones they were importing from Onituska in Japan: "...so Knight turned to a graphic design student he met at Portland State University two years earlier." One day in 1969, the student, Carolyn Davidson, was approached by Knight and offered $2 per hour "to make charts and graphics" for his business. For the next two years Davidson managed the design work on BRS. "Then one day Phil asked me if I wanted to work on a shoe stripe," Davidson recalled. The only advice she received was to "Make the stripe supportive of the shoe." Davidson came up with half a dozen options. None of the options "captivated anyone" so it came down to "which was the least awful."
Swoosh: 40 Years Fly By — Imprint-The Online Community for Graphic Designers
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