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I just came across a very detailed and explanatory visual guide to the financial crisis that more or less sums up the current situation in an easy to follow flow chart. Although it's initially a bit visually overwhelming it really does help explain things clearly once you start reading.
This morning I read a really interesting article on the design approach for Barrack Obama's campaign logo in the New York Times. The logo itself was designed by a small design firm in Chicago called Mode.
When we received the assignment, we immediately read both of Senator Obama’s books. We were struck by the ideas of hope, change and a new perspective on red and blue (not red and blue states, but one country). There was also a strong sense, from the start, that his campaign represented something entirely new in American politics — “a new day,” so to speak.
I must say I really liked their approach here by starting with immersing themselves in their client. By getting to know the man, Barrack Obama, they were able to really create a logo that speaks to “change.”
After reading the NYTimes article I did a little digging to see what some of their other work looked like and I must say I was a little surprised to see that they primarily seem to be a motion design company and that their website seemed quite bland for the quality of clients and work that they produce. It always strikes me when I see a piece of great design work but the creator has a really poor website. How do good companies that produce high quality work get away with having such bland looking websites? When I googled “Mode design Chicago” they didn't even come up in the listings and if it were not for Google Maps I never would have found them. They must do 90% of their business through word of mouth because they are virtually invisible on the web.
It's not every day I run across a clip on YouTube like this one so I decided to share. It's probably old news for a lot of steady YouTube fanatics but I just loved the theme and the stunning locations so much I just couldn't avoid posting it on the Simple Station blog.
The title is “Where the hell is Matt” and it's basically one man's quest to dance everywhere on the entire globe. He does a pretty good job. One question though - where on earth does he get his funding!?!