When it comes to creativity, that people simply are, or aren’t creative, seems to the theory that most subscribed to. In her TED speech on nurturing creativity, author Elizabeth Gilbert discusses alternate ideas adopted throughout the ages on the source of creativity.

In past times, some believed we are were all equal but for a little outside influence. To the Greeks, philosophers like Socrates had divine daemons whispering in their ear. The Romans had genius’, spirits which inhabited the walls of a studio.

And more recently, American poet Ruth Stone, who in her youth was literally chased across the landscape of Virginia by poems, looking for a poet the put them to paper. Continue reading...

Everyone has their favorite colours, I have this… friend, who despite much ridicule is a big fan of pink. Posted on behalf of my friend, here’s a collection of pink(ish) logos to bring everyone around.

Love Factory Inc.

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With 2009 coming to an end it’s time to look back at 50 re-brands of the year gone by, as always there are the good… Opera web browser.

The bad… Xerox’s beach ball.

And the ugly… Whatever the hell this thing is from wacom.

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I realize this has been out for a while now but what can I say, going through 2300 fonts takes time. As well as including the classics, there are over 170 new fonts shipping with Adobes latest release.

Despite having been released several months ago there’s surprisingly little information or examples ( that I could find anyway… ) on Adobes site, so I thought I’d share a handful of the included fonts.

All the included fonts are in OpenType formats and obviously work for both PC and Mac, here’s a small taste.

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The brightest of colours, 3D lighting, glossy finishes and a reflection or two are all signature traits of Web 2.0 logo designs. It’s been a few years since the Web 2.0 boom and while a few have lasted the years many have not.

Below is a collection of globally recognized brand marks in both their 2.0 and traditional versions. Some are actively in use, some are beta logos only and some have come and gone.

I also quickly threw together a quick version of what my own logo design might look like in web 2.0 style, I’m not a fan… How do you think they compare to their traditional counterparts?

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