Wayfinding Helps Visitors Navigate Novel Surroundings
Posted on 15. Nov, 2012 by mossome in Design Leadership
“Good sign programs play a large role in people’s perception and experience of a place,” explains Rachel Downey, Creative Director at Studio Graphique. “For visitors, it can be the difference between a negative or positive experience that bears repeating and, ultimately, spreading the word. In our view, wayfinding signage is one of your best and [...]
How Frog Created the Mac Icons for Microsoft Office 2011 | Co.Design
Posted on 26. Oct, 2010 by mossome in Brand Innovation, Design Leadership
We can learn a lot from the process industrial design leaders like Frog employ in design challenges great and small. Take the new icons for Microsoft for example. MossMedia often look to great industrial design schools like Cleveland Institute of Art for inspiration. Their “dual” understanding of brand aesthetic and sculptural iconography powers their amazingly [...]
Veer Releases 2010 Activity Book for Creatives
Posted on 21. Sep, 2010 by mossome in Design Leadership, Inspiration, Uncategorized
Check it out, Peeps! You know… sometimes we Creatives just need to break rank, slay some alien monsters, and feed the muse. Veer has released their “Activity Book for Creatives, which includes 100 pages of images, fonts, and amusement!” GET IT HERE: Veer: The Super-Incredible Activity Book for Creatives.
Best Global Brands 2010
Posted on 16. Sep, 2010 by mossome in Brand Innovation, Design Leadership
Interbrand has released its annual review and report of the Best Global Brands 2010. From our perspective, it’s always good to dig and search for diamonds in the self-exonerating tonnage mined by the world’s top design and brand illuminati. Here’s a thought on brand innovation: take the customers more seriously than ourselves. – Mossome
45 Inspiring Design Agency Websites
Posted on 30. Aug, 2010 by mossome in Brand Innovation, Design Leadership, Experience Design
Benchmarks and bars… they are important to our collaborative. MossMedia celebrates the design leadership expressed in these 45 industry-leading websites. Thanks for a great post, Web Design Ledger! – The MossMedia Team
Calling on the Crowd, to Create New City Branding | Slideshows
Posted on 16. Aug, 2010 by mossome in Brand Innovation, Design Leadership, Inspiration
Official city logos suck. Either they’re boring or hideous or suggestive of all the wrong things, and rarely do they capture the spirit of the place. So designers are taking matters into their own hands. Get the Full Story.
Rebuilding a Legacy: The Gastrotypographicalassemblage
Posted on 13. Aug, 2010 by mossome in Design Leadership, Inspiration, Uncategorized
“What responsibility do we have for preserving our displaced creations, yesterday’s symbols of inspiration, logic and creative ingenuity? Champions for the salvation of one such creation is the Center for Design Study…” Rebuilding a Legacy: The Gastrotypographicalassemblage
Six Tips For Designing a Memorable Brand
Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by mossome in Brand Innovation, Design Leadership
We love what this Fast Company illustration and article captures where it comes to building better brands. When clients call on Yang Kim and Kevin Budelmann, principals of branding firm People Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan, they usually ask for a new logo. “But the logo is just the tip of the iceberg,” Budelmann says. Usually, [...]