Brand New: Best & Worst of 2008

The team over at Brand New has compiled a list of the Best & Worst re-brand efforts of 2008. You can see the selection and even comment on your favorite here.

I observed 1,035 identities today.

Tanner Woodford–a design student at Arizona State University–cataloged all the identities he observed in one day. He writes about it here.

Tanner recently took it one step further and turned the information gathered into a clock design for a class project.

AIGA Orlando Presents Re:Solutions 2009

Join AIGA Orlando for it's annual day conference on January 24th, 2009. Re:solve to discover new solutions to the new year at Re:Solutions 2009 - where the discussions will be diverse and stimulating and the re:sults will be up to you. Its a day of discourse to challenge you to re:think your approach to creative problem solving, Changing the way you look at things-your job, your work, your clients, your business.

Read more about the event here.

Campana Brothers

Fernando and Humberto Campana have shaped the look of contemporary design for more than two decades. Celebrated for their whimsical furniture and lighting, the Campana Brothers have received the 2008 Designer of the Year at Design Miami/.

Welcome to Art Basel Miami Beach

Art Basel Miami Beach takes place December 4 - 7, 2008.

Art Basel Miami Beach is the most important art show in the United States, a cultural and social highlight for the Americas. As the sister event of Switzerland's Art Basel, the most prestigious art show worldwide for the past 39 years, Art Basel Miami Beach combines an international selection of top galleries with an exciting program of special exhibitions, parties and crossover events featuring music, film, architecture and design. Exhibition sites are located in the city's beautiful Art Deco District, within walking distance of the beach and many hotels.

Student Ideas - Brandon Herring

I was raised in Asheville, North Carolina and just recently moved to Orlando, Florida to study Digital Art and Design at Full Sail University.

I've always gravitated toward traditional medias, and it wasn't until about 3 or 4 years ago that I was introduced to Photoshop and the world of digital art.

Since then I've enjoyed experimenting in many medias. Often I'll paint a canvas for a background, take a picture of that, scan an old sketch from the sketch book, and composite it all digitally. There really are no limits to what or how something can be achieved.

Still, nothing beats slinging some paint around, or sketching with good old pencil and paper. So, I try to incorporate the best of all worlds in my work.

If you see something you like, or something you don't, send me an email at Brandon.Was.Herring@gmail.com and let me know what you think.

I enjoy hearing the good and the bad, so don't hesitate to drop me a line.

Thanks for looking!

- Brandon Herring

Heinz: the interactive ketchup growing experiment

This is the behind the scenes blog for the ongoing interactive ketchup growing experiment Talk to the plant by Heinz. Here you'll find the latest information about the live broadcast, behind the scenes footage of the plants and tech development issues. Welcome.

1. Yes, this is a live broadcast experiment. There are real plants in a lab room.

2. The plants are situated in Sweden. Therefore, the time zone is UTC/GMT +1 hour. The plants usually sleep around 6-8 hours. And when they sleep, it’s dark.
3. Everything you write is sent to the plant. Everything the plant hear from you is broadcasted live on the site.