Rare - the games studio responsible for Banjo Kazooie and Perfect Dark - have had a drastic new rebrand. The new flat colour logos are a striking and modern updates to the old 'golden R' design. Nice stuff. Full gallery inside...
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The London 2012 mascots have been announced, Wenlock and Mandeville are (aparently) two drips of steel come to life. You can see them in a short animated film on the official site. They're pretty odd, but not too bad I guess, the London taxi light on their heads is a nice touch. What do people think?
A clever concept with some lovely bright colors, what's not to like? More after the jump...
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The BBC are in the process of rolling out a new visual language for their digital services. Representatives from across the BBC business have formed The Global Design Working Group along with Neville Brody's Research Studios who won a 6 way tender for the project. We got a close look at the new homepage elements, use of typography and the media player this Monday at a BBCs Design Suppliers event as well as a detailed presentation on the process they've been through. They promised the online version this week and here it is with loads of pictures, Global Visual Language v2.0
The recent release of the iPad and the decision by Apple not to include the flash plug-in on the device has triggered masses of debate in twitter, blogs and on a much smaller stage, the MadeByPi office. The debate has been about both the validity of Apple's decision and the wider subject future of flash itself as part of the web now that the HTML 5 specification is starting to cover areas where flash has been the default tool. (more...)
I've just stumbled upon this nice little inspiration tool: fffflckr.com/. If you click on an image it will load a selection of that photographers favorite images using the Flickr API. After clicking away for a bit you'll end up with a big wall of photographic inspiration.
