The Toyota Crisis Calls for a Logo Tune-Up The bad news for the automaker is in overdrive. Should they refresh their logo to signal positive change?
Tue Apr 27, 2010
The New Benjamin? Not So Money The new $100 bill is a missed design opportunity. Wouldn't Franklin be disappointed?
Fri Apr 23, 2010
Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson: Father of Photojournalism What is photography? What is a photographer? And, what is photojournalism today? Ken Carbone heads to MoMA to find out.
Fri Apr 16, 2010
"American Trademarks" Traces the Origins of Our Logo Lust A new book on logos unearths unusual symbols and trademarks from the past. Ken Carbone surveys some of his favorites.
Thu Apr 8, 2010
London, We Have a Problem: U.K. Space Logo Proves Graphic Design Is Rocket Science As the UK plans a new space endeavor, Ken Carbone boldly explores its less-than-stellar logo.
Tue Mar 30, 2010
Stone-Age Animation in a Digital World: William Kentridge at MoMA We're dazzled by digital animation in Up and Avatar, but William Kentridge delivers as much visual wizardry with a chunk of charcoal.
Wed Feb 24, 2010
Iran: Looking Towards a Bright Future? Another odd photo from overseas has Ken Carbone wondering if James Cameron is to blame for a breakdown in diplomacy.
Wed Feb 10, 2010
Super Bowl XLIV Ad Quiz: 30 Brands. 30 One-Second Ads. How Many Can You Spot? 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.
Fri Feb 5, 2010
Hey Stupid! Diesel Thinks You're Awesome Who is Diesel's new campaign calling "stupid?" Oh, it's us.
Wed Jan 27, 2010
Guilty by Association: The Colors of Christmas (and Other Holidays) When it comes to branding and identity, red and green have been labeled taboo due to their Christmasy connotations.
Posted Wed Dec 23, 2009
Inspiration or Rip-Off? From "I Heart NY" Tees to Amex Smiley Face Ads A new ad for American Express with murky origins gets Ken Carbone thinking about where great ideas come from.
Posted Sun Dec 20, 2009
Man Ray: An Artist Any Designer Could Love A new show featuring the modernist artist opens this week at the Jewish Museum.
Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009
Penalty! Unnecessary Blandness! Redesigning the Worst NFL Helmet Graphics 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.
Posted Mon Nov 9, 2009
Big League Chew: Phils Out-Spit Yanks Are the Yankees and Phillies actually playing baseball on Ken Carbone's widescreen TV? To him they're just hocking high-def loogies.
Posted Wed Nov 4, 2009
Creepy, Crawly, Crafty: A Tapestry Woven by Eight-Legged Artists 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?
Posted Thu Oct 29, 2009
Designed to be Wild: Full Throttle Choppers In Vermont Ken Carbone takes a field trip to a Vermont museum and becomes enthralled with the sleek elegance of the motorcycle.
Posted Thu Sep 24, 2009
A Better Way to Health Care Reform: We Need an Information Design S.W.A.T. Team 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.
Posted Tue Sep 1, 2009
Les Paul: The Guitar, the Logo, the Legend A tribute to the Architect of Rock & Roll, who died yesterday at 94.
Posted Fri Aug 14, 2009
Bill and Kim's Excellently-Posed Adventure What's up with that photo of Bill Clinton and Kim Jong Il that was released yesterday? Ken Carbone has some careful analysis.
Posted Thu Aug 6, 2009
Ron Arad at MoMA: Who Needs Discipline? Designer Ron Arad’s exhibition at MoMA is a lot about "no." No limits. No right angles. No expense spared.
Posted Mon Aug 3, 2009
