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Nickelodeon's New Logo: "Squint Your Eyes, and It's Basically an Orange Bar"

Ding dong, the splat is dead. Starting this fall, all things Nickelodeon--that's Nick at Nite, Nicktoons, Nick Jr. (formerly Noggin), and TeenNick (formerly the N)--will switch to lower-case, balloon-type logos, marking the cabler's ...READ MORE

Nick Tunes in to Kids

Nickelodeon, the first TV network aimed primarily at children, has a headquarters designed to tap into the kid in every staffer and programs to appeal to every kid in the audience.READ MORE

Phineas and Ferb Take the Boys' Market by Storm

"Phineas and Ferb" is the hippest, nerdiest, unlikeliest hit on TV -- and now Disney hopes it can be a SpongeBob-like cash cow.READ MORE

He Projects the Future

Jeffrey Wyatt works on the leading edge of the project world.READ MORE

Next Week: Sportacus Takes on Krispy Kreme Man

Combine Teletubbies with Thighmasters and you get LazyTown, the popular TV show that gets kids up off the couch.READ MORE

Close Encounters With the Space-Age Restaurant at the Center of LAX

A facelift for L.A.'s Theme Building is almost finished, and Sean Adams remembers working on the iconic restaurant inside it.READ MORE

The Masters of Design

If you're leading a team or mapping out a strategy -- if you're trying to solve a problem -- you're engaging in design. And the creative folks featured in our second annual celebration of design's best and brightest have a lot to teach you.READ MORE

What Oompa Loompas Can Teach Us About Color

Diving into the chocolate river of the 70's cinematic classic Willy Wonka leads to a world of pure design imagination.READ MORE

Work/Life: Custom Tombstones For Those Too Busy to Deal

  On this day in 1841, United States President William Henry Harrison ended the shortest term of any American chief executive (32 days after his swearing-in) by dying of pneumonia.   Talk about not getting a shot at making ...READ MORE

Can iPad Come Out and Play? Oh, Yeah: Game Industry

At Apple's event today, Steve Jobs revealed the iPad, a tablet device that resembled an embiggened iPod Touch. What did it mean for gamers? Games from the current iPhone OS will run on it, either in a small window at the original ...READ MORE

Between the Lines

The stories behind this issue's stories.READ MORE

Shadow Boxes

Creative expression through shadow boxes.READ MORE

Hulu: YouTube Killer? No, The Internet's Nick at Nite

Hulu, NBC and FOX's joint Web video site, opened to the public today after being in private beta since late October. I'm not going to do a full review (there have been plenty; check here and here for starters) but from looking over ...READ MORE

Introducing Guest Blogger Sean Adams: Where Adventureland Meets Fantasyland

The partner at AdamsMorioka will lead us on a trip through his voluminous archives of visual inspiration this week. And he promises, for the most part, to behave.READ MORE

Entrepreneurship: Britney's Sister Gets Pregnant

Britney Spears' 16 year old sister, a Nickelodeon actress named Jamie-Lynn, is pregnant. Here's why you should care: the sisters, and their mother (who was slated for a book deal) are a textbook case of How To Ruin Your Personal ...READ MORE

Leadership by Osmosis

Soak up the secrets of SpongeBob SquarePants.READ MORE

Why the Old Holiday Inn Signage Should Stay With Us

As Holiday Inn revamps its visual identity, Sean Adams laments the loss of its grand roadside signs.READ MORE

Watch List 9/07

The books, conferences, and people to look for this month.READ MORE

Boys Just Want to Have Fun

In the world of boy's play, Hot Wheels and Matchbox just don't cut it anymore. And neither does Batman, nor Superman action figures. So what's a toy maker to do? Mattel has presumably figured out a solution. If boys are playing ...READ MORE

Media: MTV Content to Bolster imeem's Business

Now that imeem has secured rights to music from all the major labels, as I reported earlier on this blog, the social media network is looking to expand its offerings in the video department. Its announcement today indicates that it ...READ MORE

Starbucks Digital Network Brews Up Curated Web Content

The folks who brought you CDs, books, and even DVDs while you wait in line for coffee now want to bring you content online as well.READ MORE

Next Stop - The 21st Century

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A Monthly Column on Culture

Anne Here's my take on business and the natural order. Synergy was all a big mistake. Nature is hardwired for antisynergy. Do coyotes collaborate with sheep? Do fish empower dragonflies in the pond? Naturally, that brings AOL Time ...READ MORE

Profetting from Mispelling

"Before the Internet came along, poor spelling by the public was by and large not exposed," says Paige P. Kimble, the director of the National Spelling Bee. And before the Internet, who knew poor spelling could be so profitable? No, ...READ MORE