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https://open.substack.com/pub/ideasondesign/p/design-digest-07?r=6582g&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Part of the global Olympic brand, by Hulse & Durrell between 2019 and 2023.

What will humanity become?Danny Boyle and Alex Garland reunite for #28YearsLater - only in theatres 6.20.25.Follow Us on Social:https://x.com/28YearsLaterMov...

28 YEARS LATER – Official Trailer (HD)

https://youtu.be/mcvLKldPM08?si=EtFGzOzYmrXPG5rp

Job Application for Product Designer at Substack

https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/substack/jobs/4461970005

Design Digest #10

https://www.ideasondesign.com/p/design-digest-10

https://www.uber.com/us/en/careers/list/?department=Design

Scavengers Reign Season 2 Teaser

https://youtu.be/kSEPJ9OtQb8?si=23HUajCtpqPLiQGN

https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/design/gallery/

https://www.printmag.com/book-covers/100-of-the-best-book-covers-of-2024/

Exploring the impact of digital type on our lives, on software production, and on the future of design.

How Fonts Change the World: Dave Crossland, Google Fonts

https://interfacecafe.com/how-fonts-change-the-world-dave-crossland-google-fonts/

Our ocean is at a critical tipping point.   For decades, the ocean has absorbed the impacts of burning fossil fuels, buffering us from the worst effects of the #ClimateCrisis. But record-breaking marine heatwaves are pushing ecosystems to the edge.  As the ocean warms, the cascading impacts have far-reaching consequences, affecting people, food security, economies, and global stability. Truly, we’re #InHotWater.  It’s time to stop burning fossil fuels and urgently transition to renewables. The ocean – and all of us – depend on it. #COP29 #ActForOurPlanet

In Hot Water

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozG0P_eJifc

Design Digest #08

https://www.ideasondesign.com/p/design-digest-08

Designer based in Germany. 
Bad skateboarder. Average photographer. 
Author at www.ideasondesign.com 

David Mendes (@www.ideasondesign.com)

https://bsky.app/profile/www.ideasondesign.com

Just found this cool website. 
A database of game interfaces.

https://www.gameuidatabase.com/index.php?&sort=1

People complain (rightfully) about the placement of the power button on the new Mac Mini. 

Others, with a big following, go counter current to argue that it is a totally genius move. 

Some would defend Apple even if they placed the power button inside the Mac, next to the HD.

Received a notification on Instagram that reads: "You're only 9 likes away from earning your next achievement."

Wth?

I really like the work of Here-Now Studio. They don't feature a lot, but it feels fresh, and not formulaic. I share this and more on my latest Design Digest. 

https://open.substack.com/pub/ideasondesign/p/design-digest-07?r=6582g&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Anyways Creative created a beautiful set of Yoodles for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

I honestly didn’t know that YouTube had their own version of Google Doodles, but I really like how Yoodles are not as limited by the logo as their Google counterpart.

And finally the Harris/Walz logo seems to have been "fixed" when it comes to typography. 

For a type nerd, it was a bit irritating that some letters were deserving of ink traps, while others not.

In blue, the original; in white, the new version by Tal Leming and Ben Ostrower.

With each Olympics, the hosting city creates a brand identity that celebrates the place, but somehow ends up competing with the global Olympic brand. I wonder what if the Olympic brand took the centre stage, immersing the hosting city in its five colours for a period of time?

Ah, finally a sequel 👌

https://youtu.be/mcvLKldPM08?si=EtFGzOzYmrXPG5rp

This might be my favourite rebrand of the year. Especially because how well it respects where the brand is coming from.

Each edition of the Olympics comes with a new mascot. It’s never the dove. But the dove is cool.

Nice! Posts is opening an investment arm 😂

Getting Disney+ was a mistake…
My evening reading and writing sessions are being replaced with binge watching Star Wars shows.

This is a cool opportunity. 
Product Design at Substack.

https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/substack/jobs/4461970005

Changing jobs next week. Used read cv to export a pdf version of my cv, and a password protected project as a portfolio. Works nice 👌

The websites featured on Lowwwcarbon are not of the same creative quality as most of the stuff found on platforms like Awwwards. 

But there's value in them, considering the carbon footprint of the internet is equivalent to all the flights around the world.

lowwwcarbon.com

During the holidays, I have been able to catch up with an unfinished letter on the societal impact of my role as a designer. Take a look if curious. I included some interesting links.

https://www.ideasondesign.com/p/design-digest-10

This statement, used by Steve Jobs when introducing the "Think Different" campaign to a small group of employees, really tells a lot about what brand building is all about.

News circulate that Elon implants a Neurolink on a 2nd patient.

Twitter's Linda Yaccarino does that weird performance against advertisers.

What are the odds?

We can’t design think our way out of the environment problem, because the solution to this problem is a paradoxically simple one that pits the Mies Van der Rohe design philosophy against our very own human psychology: less is more, but people always want more.

Hey you, product designers in the US, Uber seems to have a lot of open positions!

https://www.uber.com/us/en/careers/list/?department=Design

I just had a video call to discuss the pricing of a product, but only after the call I realized I had just talked to one of the graphic designers whose work I admire the most. I should have googled a bit. 😅

In the past I’ve read a couple of books about twitter. The key difference is that those were more founding story kind of books. This one is probably the exact opposite. 

Cool title.

I really dislike the trend of beginning social media posts with "Designers..." 

I know it’s not meant like that, but it comes across as condescending, like a king talking to its peasants.

Can’t believe this show got cancelled, especially after being awarded at the Emmys.

https://youtu.be/kSEPJ9OtQb8?si=23HUajCtpqPLiQGN

The current trend of hardware with AI companions… as if people have all the time in the world for meaningless chats. I can’t even stay in touch with people I care about 🙃

Toys 'R Us was planing a rebrand right before filling for bankruptcy. Tupperware rebranded right before filling for bankruptcy. Jaguar has been in trouble for some time and now they rebrand. It this rebrand also a last ditch effort?

Sony used to have great industrial design. Retro Futuristic. Then they did the PS5…

Great gallery: https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/design/gallery/

This morning, I was looking for a toy store and passed by this beautiful entrance from the HAW university at the Armgartstraße.

One thing  I didn’t like about the visual identity for the Paris Olympics is how they abandoned the traditional pictograms for crest-like symmetrical compositions. 

They look good, but the sports are very difficult (or nearly impossible) to decipher at a glance.

Some great design work on this "100 best book covers of 2024" selection by Printmag. My favorite below.

https://www.printmag.com/book-covers/100-of-the-best-book-covers-of-2024/

It’s really fascinating how, over the course of 20 years, the internet went from “free information” to “let’s steal information and make money.” Big tech is destroying the internet, or at least changing it for the worse.

Most startup founders hope for successful exits, but it’s heartbreaking to see how Bento has had no updates since being acquired by Linktree earlier this year.

They used to release new features almost weekly.

If you ever wondered how Google Fonts works, and how they get quality fonts there, this is a great listen/read. Spoiler alert: designers get commissioned to design fonts for Google Fonts. 

https://interfacecafe.com/how-fonts-change-the-world-dave-crossland-google-fonts/

Tupperware rebranded recently, and now they file for bankruptcy. 

Unfortunately, I have the impression that this is somewhat common: companies do rebrands as a last ditch effort to generate some hype.

MatterXH is a new addition to the Matter family by the Displaay type foundry. I think the XH stands for a higher x-Height which makes it work great for logos.

I know everyone is talking about Jaguar’s new campaign, but this spot by Nomint for WWF, in the context of the COP29 summit, is a beautiful one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozG0P_eJifc

Does any of you have a nice setup for streaming your own music collection? Ideally without the need of a n always on local machine.

I love that technology keeps evolving and that our devices can do more stuff with every new app, feature, and generation. The possibilities are endless and that’s addictive, but at the same time, I would love my phone to do much less.

I just published a new design digest where I compiled a bunch of links for Olympic-related design stuff. Take a look. 

https://www.ideasondesign.com/p/design-digest-08

The Mozilla rebrand is cool. 
I love how retro the Dino+Flag logo looks like.

https://www.jkrglobal.com/work/mozilla

One thing needs to be said: Posts had (and still has) the most tasteful UI design from all the social media platforms out there. 

And I guess that's hard, since they all look fairly similar.

Most people start the year with projections, predictions, reflections and resolutions. 

Most people don’t change a thing.

Do you remember any Sci Fi movies where tech gets attributed a distinctive colour? 

A bit like the green in Matrix or the red in 2001: A space Odissey.

Not that it matters to anyone, but apparently Medium is letting go their symbol. They removed it from their app icon, favicon, and website.

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Beautiful old LP cover by David M. Seager for Radio Free America 1974