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Wow, I definitely want these furniture in my house by front design .

font by design-milk.

I simply love those patterns from PataPri. It’s colorful, fun and gives a hip to any kitchen. The creator of PataPri is a japanese designer Yuko who lives in Chicago. She does everything, from the design concept to the screen printing on the linen.

The Zub is one of Nooka‘s many timepieces to use linear and graphic figures to tell the time. Rubber soft to the touch, and they come in inspiring colors.

I was hunting for some sleeve to protect my macbook when I need to take it around with me. While searching, I knew one thing. For sure I didn’t want those chunky black sleeves, yet I wanted to be effective and beautiful.
Here is what I found:(from top-left clockwise)

Cote et Ciel: It’s made from top-quality neoprene, available in 5 colors, really slim, no zipers and it prevents the mac from accidentally slip out.

Maloo: with a functional and minimalist concept, this sleeve also works as a working space with a pad.

Airmail: Like to commercial of macbook air…yeah…someone did it. There are some models made of leather. This one is made of vinyl and lined with fleece.

Seto: using the same concept of traditional japanese wrapping (furoshiki). Little bit chunky for me.

above:Sukie, a small independent design company that makes stationary and textiles.

This is a subject that can take ages for one to become really good at. So, this topic is not a “how-to design your own logo” but a summary with some advice of what you should look for when in the process of creating your own brand .

Logo design is one of the most important area of graphic design, and one of the most difficult to perfect.

Your logo should speak for your company. For instance, if your business have products with simple and modern shapes, it would be odd to have a logo with too many embellishments or a intricate gothic type face.
If you carry a wider range of products (or plan to do so ahead) that goes from cute products to retro ones, then you should choose wisely your type-face, colours, etc, to make sure you can keep a consistence that flows and works on everything.

What does a successful identity design do:

Your company will look far more seriously than that other one that have a poorly made logo, thus you will gain trust showing that you are committed to both your business and to your clients, and wont be taken as a “small time vendor”.

Plus, it will bring unity to your products and by having consistence on your brand, it will be easier to it will be easier to your customers to remember you. Forty percent of people better remember what they see better than what they hear or read.

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Cadeira Corolla em feltro, da designer japonesa Atsuko Hirose.

Corolla Chair in felt from the japanese designer Atsuko Hirose.

A Chocolate Bar NYC, conhecida por sua impecável destreza no que se refere à arte de fazer chocolates, não apenas no aspecto gourmet mas também em relação à apresentação dos mesmos, com embalagens de dar água nos olhos, resolveu lançar uma nova linha de chocolates que traz a assinatura de diversos artistas “grafiteiros” de New York: Blade, Crash, Crachee, Crime 79, Dondi, Dr. Revolt, Iz the Wiz, Lady Pink, Spar One e Voice of the Ghetto. As embalagens são divertidíssimas.

The Chocolate Bar NYC is well known for your amazing chocolates, not only at the matter of taste but also at the packaging design. Now, they’ve launched a set of chocolate bars wrapped with illustrations of NYC famous graffiti artists: Blade, Crash, Crachee, Crime 79, Dondi, Dr. Revolt, Iz the Wiz, Lady Pink, Spar One and Voice of the Ghetto.

Nice campaign from the Mayor of London to educate the public at tube =)