I saw an Argos advert on TV the other night and noticed that they’ve changed their logo. I can see that they’ve tried to simplify and clean it up, but it now looks like something from the early 80’s! What does anybody else think?

Pattern Tap

My love of info graphics lead me to this great resource this morning. Pattern Tap is a catalogue of websites, categorized by their more specific features such as icons, headings, 404 pages, forms, contact pages, tabs, pagination etc etc. Useful for any web designer, but also good for general design inspiration I think!

Resourcz

The ever talented Lara Jade has just launched her new venture, Resourcz, with Luc Coiffait. In their own words, it’s “by photographers, for photographers” and allows users to buy specific photoshop actions and textures, 1on1 tutorials via email or msn messenger, workshops, masterclass packages, retouching services and more.

If you’ve never seen the work of Lara before, it’s well worth checking out either via her official website or Flickr folio. Good luck with the new venture Lara!

Photo retouching

I found this blog from creative photographers Rosie and Aaron yesterday while browsing through Flickr. I’m fascinated by the process (rejected ideas, 1st drafts, retouch images etc etc) fellow designers and photographers go through to reach their final output. Check out the ‘before and after’ category to see the untouched photos before the photoshop wizardry takes place. Really interesting stuff!

You can view their work on their flickr streams here and here.

Info graphics

I stumbled across this today on fffound and had to post it. It’s wonderfully simple piece of communication, breaking down the Beatles ‘Hey Jude’ into a compact flow chart. Brilliant!

Some recent TPW social marketing campaigns we’ve been working on are now up and around the streets of Blackburn.

Obama in disguise

Found this great take on the now famous Obama ‘Change’ poster series. I want one!

Herbal Essences rebrand

Shopping for a sandwich in Boots over the weekend, I noticed that Clairol Herbal essences had undergone a refreshing makeover. Bargain prices of  £1 a bottle as an introductory offer can be found!

Old packaging and logo

New packaging

My Fonts

I was on a bit of a type hunt the other day and noticed that My Fonts have at last undergone a dramatic and much needed facelift. Very nice!

Because

I received this rather lovely Chistmas postcard from Loz at Because Studio today, hand printed on his Print Gocco (see post below).

Thanks Loz – Merry Christmas!