It has happened to all of us. We’re using Wi-Fi in a hotel, airport, or coffee shop that prides itself on customer service, but you are presented with a crappy looking log-in portal where you need to put in some password or verify something before you can access the Internet. Well, if you’re Zach Klein [...]

Now this is something I’d like to attend. The Brand New Conference will be hosted in New York City on November 5. The Brand New Conference is a one-day event organized by UnderConsideration, focusing on the practice of corporate and brand identity—a direct extension of the popular blog, Brand New. The conference consists of eight [...]

COLOURlovers, one of the coolest sites on the Internet about color usage, has a neat roundup taking a look at some of the most recognizable color identities in the world.

Another thing they don’t teach you in design school is what you get paid for [....] Mostly, designers get paid to negotiate the difficult terrain of individual egos, expectations, tastes, and aspirations of various individuals in an organization or corporation, against business needs, and constraints of the marketplace [....] Getting a large, diverse group of [...]

I asked him if he would come up with a few options. And he said, “No. I will solve your problem for you. And you will pay me. And you don’t have to use the solution. If you want options, go talk to other people. But I’ll solve your problem for you the best way [...]

This is pretty darn interesting. Alex Faaborg, who is the Principal Designer on Firefox, has posted a study on how people use the application, with a heat map that highlights the most and least used menu items. As you might expect Bookmarks got the most use by far, followed by copy and paste. Copy was [...]

It should be noted Rand designed the NeXT logo for Jobs.

Via uber design firm Pentagram: Today the New York Philharmonic announces its 2009–2010 season and introduces a new graphic identity designed by Paula Scher. The identity coincides with the arrival of Alan Gilbert, the Philharmonic’s next music director, and acknowledges the orchestra’s long heritage of distinguished conductors by taking as its inspiration the graphic line [...]