The logo for the 2014 Winter Olympics, to be held in Sochi, Russia, was unveiled yesterday, becoming the first Olympic emblem to feature a web address—Sochi2014.ru—as organisers target the digital generation.
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Leave trends to the fashion industry (and other such principles).
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In 1975, and in response to the trends of blandness and similarity in the trademark design of the day, designer Jerry Herring, of Herring Design in Houston, produced a satirical pamphlet advertising “Stock Trade Marks.” It was reprinted in the March/April 1999 issue of Communication Arts, and with the recent happenings at iStock, now seems like a good time to remind everyone that cheap “design” is certainly nothing new.
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So iStock are to sell pre-packaged logos. They’re billing it as a “huge opportunity for designers”, and are giving $5 for every design that’s uploaded and approved for sale.
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