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Christmas Goodies
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My family know me so well…
Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography by Walter Isaacson
Industrial Light & Magic: The Art of Innovation by Pamela Glintenkamp
Banksy Myths & Legends by Marc Leverton
The Book of Skulls by Faye Dowling
Clan Robertson: Your Clan Heritage
Apple Design
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Today seems like an appropriate day to dust off my copy of Apple Design: The Works of The Apple Industrial Design Group.
A chance to look back and marvel at some of the finest, most innovative tools I have had the pleasure of using on a day-to-day basis.
Thank you Steve Jobs.
More Winter Reading
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While doing some Christmas shopping in Manchester last Friday, decided to call in Magma – which is always dangerous on the wallet.
First up, Designers’ Identities by Liz Farrelly. Paperback published by Laurence King
Then, Los Logos: Compass by Robert Klanten and A. Mollard. Hardback published by Die Gestalten Verlag
And finally, Retro Fonts by Gregor Stawinski. Hardback published by Laurence King
Retro Fonts includes a CD containing 222 typefaces – brilliant!!
Book purchases
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Purchased a few design books recently – in readiness for the cold, dark winter nights when I’m curled up in front of the fire.
Only one problem. I don’t have a fire.
Will have to make do curled up on the sofa under my wife’s Slanket.
First up, Threadless: Ten Years of T-shirts from the World’s Most Inspiring Online Design Community. Paperback published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Then, Logo Design Love: A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities by David Airey. Paperback published by New Riders
And finally, Pentagram: Marks: 400 Symbols and Logotypes by Pentagram. Paperback published by Laurence King
iTunes 10 Logo
Posted by: | CommentsI’m really surprised about the amount of flack Apple are taking for their updated iTunes logo.
What’s wrong with it? Looks pretty good to me. Plus, it’s visually consistent with the iTunes logo on the iOS devices.
The problem is, Apple have become so big in people’s eyes (in particular the media), that everything they do nowadays is scrutinised with a microscope. Just look at the media furore surrounding the recent ‘Antennagate’ issue. You don’t see Sony getting that much negative media when they recall yet another batch of laptop batteries.
Looking across the dock on my Mac, there are dozens of app icons down there that are worthy of a stern critique.
