Icon, Logo or Mark

I’m working on a [fill in the blank] for someone and I don’t know what to call it. Is it a logo? Is it a mark or is it an icon? I’m not sure but I’m still working on the end result – client satisfaction. I sketched out with pencil at first and then in pen/marker a few rounds of different symbols … oh wait, is it symbol? Could be. And have picked out 9 of the best to present to the client. How do you present your ideas... Read More

New Work – StarPlayr

One of my routine things in my day is listening to Sirius. It was a gift at my first year with Hanlon Creative and I continue to renew my supscription each and every year. It’s on from the moment I get into my car until the time that I get out. Once I get into the studio, I start up my Mac and open my StarPlayr app. I’ve tried listening to it online, have even tried other apps, but none comes close to that of NiceMac’s application... Read More

Always With Honor

Or you could just easily say the work of Tyler Lang. Thanks to a post on NotCot, I found the work of Tyler Lang, a designer at SEED magazine. His work focuses on information design using simplified imagery to convey the messages of clients. Check out the Always with Honor website for more information about Tyler’s work or visit him on Design:Related. I was hoping to find a larger image of his “How a Ford Advertisement Works” on... Read More

Gerd Arntz Archive

An archive of Gerd Arntz‘s work has been launched that allows you to view and filter his pictograms. We did our utmost to make Gerd Arntz’s work accessible for a large public, because it is part of our cultural heritage and we believe his work is of great importance for the world of contemporary visual communication. Arntz was the designer responsible for creating pictograms and visual signs for the Viennese scientist, Otto Neurath who developed... Read More