Starbucks Coffee Company is turning 40 this year. In honor of this milestone, Starbucks is taking the opportunity to move forward with it’s branding and where the company itself is going. They have decided to yet again tweak the logo and this time the Siren is being pulled out of her “Starbucks Coffee” ring to allow for further opportunities as the company expands their offerings beyond coffee.
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Dribbble, with three B’s, is a new site dedicated to allowing designers to show sneak peeks of their work whether it be websites, print work, applications, etc. It’s pretty simple. You make an account and then start uploading shots. You take a screenshot of your work at 400×300 px or less and upload it to Dribble. You tag the shot for easy referencing and categorization later on. You follow other Dribblers and their own shots. Then if you wish, you can respond to their shots with rebound shots and play off each other if you’d like. Or you can comment and “like” shots. There is a way to monitor the feedback on your shots and those you follow. It’s like a virtual crit session. I have yet to try it but it looks interesting for sure. Already some high profiled designers have signed up including Jason Santa Maria and Shaun Inman.

The Animated Gif.

Remember the blessed days of Geocities when people, myself included, would sprinkle their newly made websites with all sorts of horrible animated monstrosities. The ever present “under construction” banner with the little man digging was a widely known classic. As a result, I feel like when you string the words ‘animated’ and ‘gif’ together people start to cringe just a little. Unless you are talking to a pre-teen who already owns an iPhone, iPad, doesn’t know what 8-track is and can’t comprehend the world without DVR. She wouldn’t know what the hell you are really talking about.

Matthew Cooper and Johnny Kelly are the brains behind I Am Not An Artist which started out with an initial 56 animated gifs and aims to grow into a space where other designers and creative types can participate by uploading their own gifs here. The project is an ongoing work in progress commissioned by the Elisava School of Design with concept, creative direction and design by Soon In Tokyo, a communications agency made up of former Elisava students and Teachers. The idea behind it all is to express that while designing can be fun there are a lot of frustrating, monotanous, and routine aspects to being a designer. You can see more of these animated gems after the jump.

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Hyperactivitypography from A to Z is a fun little hardbound activity book for typographers produced by Studio 3, an in-school design agency at the Graphic Design Department of Westerdals School of Communication in Oslo, Norway. The book is 196 pages filled with amusing, and sometimes challenging, activities related to all aspects of typography. You can view the entire book online here or if you are like me and still love tangible items, you can buy it directly from them by sending an email as listed on the site. I’ve already sent in my email request. I can’t wait to get this little gem in my hands.

A great little piece from London based designer/illustrator Timba Smits. Oh how I wish it was a real game….

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I don’t know what it is about vintage posters, but I love ‘em. Right now, I’m really diggin’ these posters by Designer / Illustraor Michael Myers. See More

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Heavily inspired by Japanese Kawaii style illustration (read: super-cute), this year’s Tuesday holiday handouts came packaged in an eco-conscious, reusable canvas bag adorned with illustrations created by our team.  See More