Anyway, the candidate we examined was Philipp Quanz and he just pointed out to me that the final results of the European Logo Design Awards were quite interesting. I have to agree in various ways.

First of all, I don’t think that all of the logos are really good. But I won’t say which ones because I don’t want to get flamed here. But if you have a look at them, you will certainly find some logos you don’t like because their not your style or your taste or whatever. So, are logos just a matter of personal taste? Or do I belong to the wrong focus group from time to time?

I think it’s just the same as with everything visual, you have to look for the persons you address (the client and the client’s clients) and than come up with something you all can live with.

The second thing I found quite interesting is the fact that none of the judges were German. Don’t have to be, of course. I don’t want to be patriotic or something and there are several underrepresented nations. I just thought this might be worth mentioning. So flame me if you must

Update: There’s a good article over at logoorange about Logo Design Trends for 2008.

http://toda.com/ which is about design and architecture and all that.
http://www.varywell.com/ which has a nice navigation.
http://www.mariolombardo.com/ who likes to do stuff with his hands.

Oh, and there is a competition going on at Slanted. So if you are into typography and like to do some fancy sh*t, that’s the place.

Update: Heavy Backpack (the site you need to know if you’re a designer, you know…)  are running a link drive (I didn’t know what that was before, but anyway…). So I just want to mention how very cool and necessary they are and that everybody should have a look.

Aeiko
Burnkit
Destill
Haptic-Data
The Hejz
Sumeco

For those of you interested and/or living in Marburg, come to the Uni (PhilFak) on June 2 to get an insight what we’re doing here at the Tag der Sprachen.

The other thing is that I have to get rid of some wows right now: WOW!, WOW!!, and WOW!!!

Thank you.

And then on to something (not quite) completely different: Tim Haldeen

This it how it should be: Excellent design, excellent content. Great work by Second Story from last year or so: Theban Mapping Project

Get out your scissors and glue! Paper Toys!

Great illustrator Elliott Golden.

My site of course, as you can see. All XHTML 1.0 Strict and PHP and some spring colors as well. Hope you enjoy.

Then, there’s Manuel Kaufmann’s new site showcasing his photography. Recommended!

And finally, Amon Tobin has a new album out on the 5th of March and his site is all about strange sound exploration. You need to have a look!

1. Inspiration resource par excellence: 100 beste Plakate
2. A very nice set of illustrations by Alberto Cerriteño
3. Very good and inspiring: Toxi’s images on flickr

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