Take everything
Wouldn’t it be great if we were able to take everything out that wasn’t necessary. Like when you create a design or make a piece of music. Here’s how Hewlett Packard is brought down to [...]
Man Flu Remedy
Heinz have come out with seasonal soup cans with personalized “Get Well Soon” messages, which would be perfect for me right now as I am in the throes of a Man Flu. And yet again [...]
You Took My Name
This is an interesting series of ‘paintings’ of iconic logos without the typography. Created by We Are Dorothy, logos get stripped back to their basic graphic forms. Does this make them art? Oh Yeah, remind [...]
Make a Doody in Denim
Huggies is upping their GAME with the launch of “A Denim Diaper” – a nappy with a printed pattern of simulated denim that includes stitched seams and back pockets. The stylish disposables are up against [...]
Logo Love
Is it possible to love a Logo too much? As long as they’re good, I don’t think so. I got this video in my inbox this morning after spending two weeks in West Cork where [...]
Blagging or Blogging?
This is the 200th post in the Raven Design Blog. We began blogging (or blagging) in January this year so for just six months we are not doing too bad. We are very happy with [...]
Quick Response Please
What’s a QR code – or a Quick Response Code to give it it’s full name? I kept seeing these little scrambled black and white boxes – on wine labels, on DVDs, on Billboard Ads… [...]
Hurricane Peig
When I was out shopping during the week I saw this packet of clothes pegs. We generally use ordinary, old-fashioned timber clothes pegs but breaking with tradition I bunged this packet of plastic Hurricane Clothes [...]
“Home in three days. Don’t wash.”
This quote is taken from a love letter from Napoleon to Josephine. Smell is a fascinating subject and Perfume by Partick Suskind is a great book – in it the main character chases the most [...]
Tattoo Tattoo.
To tattoo or not tattoo – that is the question. I’ve always felt that tatoos were a little like ads. This means that your body must be ‘advertising space’ – in the same way – [...]
