Pencil Lead Art

Absolutely amazing pencil lead art created by Dalton Ghetti. It's so precise and intricate.
More images can be seen here

Starbucks Logo

I'm liking the new Starbucks logo at the moment. It's much simpler and is free of the circles boundary from the previous logos. The text has also been removed, and with it being such an iconic logo, it's still as effective and obvious of the company as ever before.

It's definitely been brought up to date, looking more contemporary but still keeping the main element that has been the logo seen since 1971.

Beach Calligraphy

I came across these amazing images yesterday and was really impressed. The artist is Andrew van der Merwe, in a style he calls beach calligraphy.The carving into the sand is so precise, with wonderful shadows cast into the lines, and the location looks so serene.
Find more photos and information here

Terrible Packaging

This is an example of dreadful design.
I really don't understand what Wella were thinking. This packaging is so dull and dated that it doesn't stand out on a shelf full of colourful, shiny, vibrant hair dye boxes. Also I don't understand how they can put 'brand leader' in the top right corner.
Maybe it's meant to be a joke?
Who knows!

Faces I've Never Seen Before

Faces I've never seen before.

A lovely selection of faces seen in everyday objects.

Something Cool Every Day

An interesting website I found, showing a piece of work made every day for a year. Took a while to look at all the images, but I particularly like the 'shattered' series of objects. They're all normally soft and easily destructible, but they're successfully manipulated to look hard and broken.

Make Something Cool Every Day 2009

Rebranding Logos

Recently, I've been looking into changed and redesigned logos. I found this website which is really good for showcasing the old and new, and has quite a community of people commenting and sharing their thoughts.
Examples of redesigned logos are quite hard to find in published books, as by the time the book becomes published there's a possibility that in a year or so the new logo gets replaced by something newer.

Brand New

Rebranding is something I find interesting, as it can be a major struggle to change peoples opinions of an existing company. I find especially with food brands, they have to keep changing their image to fit with the ever changing new ideas on what's healthy, what does or doesn't cause cancer, and the trends for what children find cool.