2011 Trends. Last year was brighter. This year is lighter. Your humble servants at LogoLounge.com were called out by some after last year's Trends Report on allegedly favoring brightly hued logos. In truth, though, like with all Trends Reports, we were objectively reporting what we saw. The color dial was certainly pegged. For the 2011 report, our ninth, color is still prevalent, but tinted down. Where black has been used as the strong neutral, now brown or gray is in place.
Blues and greens are softer, and pinks are starting to appear. Other degrees of lightness: Shapes are airier, lifting off the page. It feels like what people believe a logo to be is also becoming more transcendent. We also saw plenty of: Items related to wine—bottles, corks, glasses, corkscrews. The 2011 Trend Report Every year, it's worth noting that this is a report on trends, not a recipe book of styles.
The report should serve you as an ongoing view of where logo design is headed. Gradients 1. Juvi 1. Vibrate 1. Yes, it's an O! 1. I LOVE GEOMETRY. LOGO GRID. The Redesign of the Twitter bird - Articles and Features. What was the first thing that crossed your mind when you were asked to redesign the Twitter bird icon? To be honest, the first thing I thought was, “What exactly does Twitter do?” I had an idea of what it was used for and was very aware of its growing cultural value. Of course I was quite behind the times and never used the internet for social networking at that point.
This confusion was mixed with excitement because I had worked with Twitter’s co-founder, Biz Stone, before and knew it was going to be a fun and creative project. t-shirt designs for Blogger and Odeo napkin drawings How did you initially land the project? I met Biz at my first design job in NYC, working in the Art Department of St Martin’s Press. Earlier Twitter bird icon designed by Biz Stone As a designer and an illustrator how did you handle the process when starting the assignment to refresh the Twitter mark? Biz had sent over the bird mark that he designed, which Twitter was using at the time.
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