Thoughts

This is my jumbled mix of thoughts related to design, branding, technology, intelligence, psychology and the convergence of these subjects. With a bit of totally random hyperbole mixed in. Enjoy! (And as always, please feel free to comment and further the discussion.)

I hope you have as much fun reading them as I’ve had writing them.

viewThe Paradigm shift: context + module

viewFiverr logo: an honest critique of a $5 logo experiment

viewLogo look-alikes: Opscode and Clipartof.com

viewGoogle innovation: true to form or irrelevant anyway?

viewFont Metadata + Search Engines

view2012: Happy New Year from Digital Defiant Studios

viewWhere I stand on SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act)

viewVector dumb objects

viewExploring Fonts: Maven Pro

viewExploring Fonts: Josefin Slab

viewThe Google model, benevolence, and positive feedback loops

viewGoogle map art

viewJonas Salk: a hero of benevolence and a model of behavior

viewCrowd-sourced design: consesquence of the commons (and plane crashes!)

viewTwising and deforming the UL: mapping the applications of lists across the web

viewMaster principles of logo design: iterative evolution and finding the organic patterns within

viewStyleguides across the web

viewThe power of fail: why we need to redefine "failure" and recognize its transforming greatness

viewCrowdsourcing education and why school = failure

viewsogoL: backwards brands and the meanings they create

view99designs but a job ain’t one

viewClipart conundrum, dinner and a movie

viewToo big for your britches: corporate overgrowth and a procedural solution

view"Death by Open Source" and the bigger picture

viewThird Renaissance: DIY revolution

viewPudding Proof: why DHS seizures and body scanners are going to stifle America (and more)

viewWhat if logos were CAPTCHAs?

viewThe age of logo stunts

viewlogoscapes

viewBrandcodes: letter spacing as identifier

viewBranded backgrounds and textures: do's and dont's

viewThe type refiners guide to sexy logos and typographic illustrations

viewBrand as a personality; brand as a person.

viewKerning + tracking letterforms for logos; the definitive thesis (or why I obsess over typography)

viewGMO – The bad, the good and the ugly

viewHow we can fight greed with economical freedom and commons

viewdata.gov and why it should be the new web innovation trend

viewImages – the original web "object"

viewCheesiest design agency slogans ever.

viewPromoting Benevolent Companies