About a year ago, I happened by the offices of Carbone Smolan, a design and branding agency here in New York. Their work for clients ranging from Morgan Stanley to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden was--is--wonderful. But I was most ...READ»
So which of today’s great brands can survive the blink test? Using this model Ken Carbone has composed this “thirty second spot” showing thirty brands from various categories to see how many their logo designs are identifiable. ...READ»
Co-founder of the branding and design shop Carbone Smolan Agency, Ken Carbone, shares his secret to staying creative—journals. Finding inspiration in the personal journals of post-impressionist painter Paul Gauguin, he has been ...READ»
99 percent of people on the planet would see ICFF as 145,000 square feet of "unnecessary." However, for the remaining one percent, it's an annual bazaar of the new and notable from the commercial and domestic landscapes that is not to be missed. READ»
Take one baguette, slice it in half, impale it on a warm spike, add any of six sauces into the resulting cavity, insert one of five grilled sausages and serve. That's DOGMATIC: the Gourmet Sausage System.
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The Sci Fi channel announced that it was changing its name to SyFy a few months ago, and the switch happens tomorrow. Unfortunately Bruce Willis is not going to rescue us from this colossal attack of bad branding and phonetic foolishness.READ»
Long before the current debate, an op-ed piece appeared in the Washington Post positing that the U.S. health care system was critically ill. The diagnosis? Terminal Information Design.READ»
What could possibly drive two men to spend $500,000 of their own money over four years, become employers of a million female spiders, and rekindle an indigenous tradition on the island of Madagascar?READ»
Why are so many license plates so bad? Ken Carbone sets out to revisit his state's much-reviled design and invites Craig Minor, Bart Crosby, and Stefan Bucher along for the ride.READ»
In the spirit of full disclosure, I confess that I drank my last cup of coffee 35 years ago. So I shouldn’t care about the re-branding of a legacy Seattle coffee merchant. However, the new logo introduced last week by ...READ»
Ken Carbone couldn't stand to let another football season go by watching great teams play with subpar helmet graphics. So he redesigned three of the worst offenders.READ»
What do you do if you want to advertise on the Big Game but only have a $100,000 ad budget? Try a one–second "blink" ad. It's a daunting design challenge to get a powerful brand message to stick.READ»
Thirteen-year-old Connor Mulcahey made headlines last week when he downloaded the billionth app in Apple's "Billion App Countdown Promotion." As the grand prizewinner, he's now enjoying a bunch of Apple ...READ»
