Posts from the category Design

Windows 8 has a new logo, and Microsoft says it is inspired in a windows (not a flag), in the first logo of Windows 1.0, and finally in the new metro interface. But it really looks like the flag of the Shetland islands. Shetland is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies north and east…

Somebody has created a Gizmodo, LifeHacker 2011 theme (template) for WordPress called: Qawker , it is not indentical, but it closely resembles Gawker media theme. With posts in full view on left side and posts with thumbnails on the right sidebar, but without the AJAX of new posts published, and without the buttons for next…

Mozilla launches a challenge to create a unique design that captures the essence of Firefox 4. The winning design will be printed as the official Firefox 4 launch t-shirt, a limited edition item featured in the Mozilla store and distributed to thousands of fans and contributors around the world. Every designer must keep in mind…

Starbucks has decided to drop its name from their logo. Interesting upgrade. Starbucks revealed a refreshed version of its logo on January 5th to celebrate its 40th anniversary, notably, with all text denoting this as “Starbucks Coffee” dropped from the image. As CEO Howard Schultz explains the siren has been at the heart of the…

In honor of the Flintstones 50th anniversary, Google not only created a doodle but their servers will be powered by bare feet for the day. The Flintstones is an animated American television sitcom that ran from September 30, 1960 to April 1, 1966 on ABC. Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, The Flintstones is about a working…

In the following days we all will be enjoying this new twitter interface. The promotional video is great, and it has some eastern eggs, like the rock album is from a group named: Freelance Whales. Twitter New design You will now find @mentions, retweets, searches, and lists just above your timeline in a black bar,…

Lady Gaga’s Meat Dress was her third and final outfit change of the night (2010 MTV VMA). But the bigger question is: Was Lady Gaga’s meat dress real? The answer is YES. The designer behind the dress is Franc Fernandez. And he said: The dress is indeed real meat from my family butcher. Glad it…

Designer Joshua Kopac emailed Steve Jobs concerning the new logo for iTunes 10: Kopac: Steve, Enjoyed the presentation today. But… this new iTunes logo really sucks. You’re taking 10+ years of instant product recognition and replacing it with an unknown. Let’s both cross our fingers on this… Apple’s CEO replied to him: Jobs: We disagree….

If we take a look to the new iTunes 10 logo, it has no CD in the background, the musical note is now over a big, blue circle with aqua effect and a central shine, just like the Windows Vista and Windows 7 logo. Nice move Apple. Besides this I do like the new logo…

It is nothing really important but i just realized that all the embedded videos in Aeromental have a new play button in the middle, which used to be gray and boring, now it is black, cool and trendy, it even has a nice glow. But it feels out of place, Youtube needs to upgrade with…

If you go to Google.com today you will find a special Google logo with the form of the Pac-Man game, and if you wait a few seconds a flash game will load with Mrs. Pacman, you can play it with your mouse or your keyboard cursors. Below the search ox there is a new Insert…

In the screenshot below these lines we can see: 1.- The old look in Google’s main page. The font had 3 effects, a white inside glow, a black inside glow and a gray shadow. The URL links were underlined and color blue (RGB #0000CC). 2.- The new look in Google’s main page, which started to…