Designed from scratch

Do you know how you eat a processed, pre-packaged cookie and it feels like it is missing something? Well, what is missing is the love that comes in from homemade goodness. I feel that One Fast Buffalo brings love into their design. OFB is in the southwestern US and their work is clean, concise, authentic and fresh. Of course, words say nothing compared to actual work. Go to their site and look around. You can change their background as well, so customize it to your liking—I really like this option. The interface is really fun and unique as well, so it's exciting to explore. If you hit the jump you'll see some of their works that I really enjoyed.

Aol period

So, apparently, AOL—excuse me, Aol. has rebranded. That's right. That is a period after Aol in upper & lower case. This is the creation of Wolff Olins and I must say that I am disappointed that a company with over 500 big name clients and plenty of great design ideas would settle for something like this. However, it is what it is. We can only hope they make it look good...somehow.

Image and article via Guardian

Website logotype fonts

As a designer, I am naturally interested in logos, logotypes and other graphic elements. This article by Sam Dunn highlights the typefaces used in "website" logos. Some of the bigger ones being Reuters, Microsoft and Wikipedia. I must argue, however, that Microsoft isn't only used online, but on products as well. Still, the majority of these logos are used primarily online and by giants like eBay or myspace. It's pretty interesting. For the first article in this series, click here.

Timeless

Recently, I spoke with my sister about logos. We were talking about the Holiday Inn rebrand. I was saying that for many companies, routine brand updates are essential. However, one company that we both agreed looks good no matter what is Coca-Cola. Despite its age, it has such a fresh look. Of course, this can be attributed to their unique commercial and print ads, however, I believe that Frank Mason Robinson did something great with Coca-Cola's logo. I don't regularly like script typefaces, but this is one that I can get down with. Hit the jump for some classic and recent Coca-Cola advertising.