Identity Crisis!

Jeff Fisher’s Identity Crisis! presents the old and new logo side by side to show how each brand had been redesigned. With 50 case studies, concise explanations and hundreds of visual illustrations (including websites, stationary packages and collateral pieces), the book is a useful resource for graphic designers.

Harlem’s American Gangster

Little Jimmy tries to get big Jay’s attention again. Jimmy please! Your arms too short (your lyrics too weak) to box the God MC.

Jay-Z on Letterman

Live performance of “Roc Boys” on the show. My man Tim can’t get the horn lines out of his head.

Amazon Remodels

What’s different on Amazon.com?:

We concentrated on shopping, searching, saving, and buying–the four activities that customers have repeatedly told us are the most important to them. They’re now prominently featured at the top of every page on the site.

The codes are still horrendous.

Friday Events

Hop to Layer Tennis for a creative battle between Marian Bantjes and Armin Vit. After that you can head over to the brand new Department of Music site designed by yours truly and tune into a live webcast of the Vassar College Choir performance at 8:00 p.m.

Art

War is the New Peace?

Bush: “I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we’re really talking about peace.”

Spam One-liners

Linzie Hunter’s “experiments with hand lettering.” Check out Your Small Breasts Spam.

I Love the Serif

Serif Publishing has become my “daily dose of design inspiration.”

Career Tips

Trent Hamm’s “Dealing With Professional Burnout Without Quitting Your Job

One of the good things about Vassar is that you could walk around the beautiful campus or visit the Art Center to recharge yourself.

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