EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

An eloquently simple logo for the human rights organization, Free & Equal, created by the UK’s Mark Studio.

ONE AND ONLY

 

A cropping of a brilliantly psychedelic Andy Warhol poster is the cover star of Images of an Era:  The American Poster 1945-75.

PERFECT COPY

 

The copy is all in this promotional piece for an art sale, from the Vancouver design studio, Working Format.

WATER MARK

This very pretty Issey Miyake-designed, limited-edition bottle of Evian spring water is definitely not available at your local deli.

O YES

 

Christopher Brand’s neat little illustration for a book review about ”OK…America’s Greatest Word.”  Um…OK.

FLUENT FRENCH

Plain loveliness from the French typography magazine, Graphê.

THE DISTANCE

Immediacy has its allure, but some things become deeply burnished only by the passing of the years. Patti Smith probably knew this when she decided to tell the story of her love affair with Robert Mapplethorpe–40 years after they met, and more than two decades after his death.  Just Kids, a memoir of youth, love, and loss–and an elegy to a New York long gone–won the National Book Award for non-fiction this past week. Some good things, it seems, do come to those who wait to tell all.

ARTISTIC LICENSE

A fresh look at a ubiquitous mark, the copyright symbol–from David Sacks’ book, Alphabets, A Miscellany of Letters.

GREAT DIVIDE

A memorable piece of self-promotion from the New York design studio, Hinterland.

HI STYLE

An imaginative, playful approach to what’s often a dry internal document:  a company’s brand style guide.   Leo Burnett USA designed this in 2003.