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Raven — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:45:36 +0000

When I saw this short video today it reminded me how silent movies are making a big comeback.

I’m planning on going to see the ‘The Artist’ at the weekend. I wish I had a pair of these wheels so I could glide down the Marina on my way to Mahon Point Cinema.

The Fuhrer’s Frauleins

Raven — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:04:51 +0000

Hitler Had one or two good ideas and one of them was the power of the Image. Here he “cozies up to a bunch of schoolgirls while they crowd around him in awe. Mr Jaeger was an early pioneer of colour photography, something which pleased the tyrant. According to Life Magazine, Hitler once told Mr Jaeger: ‘The future belongs to colour photography.’“

Source: Digg Digest.

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Thank you for watching…

Raven — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:23:39 +0000

31st December comes around quicker with every passing year.

In January 2011 I started this blog and including this post – there are 382 in all with over 1,400 comments. It’s been successful in what it set out to do – to increase traffic to the Raven website. It has actually made a dramatic difference, but I really enjoyed making up or passing on all the whacky things I see along the way. But, to be in the mood to blog requires a lot of energy and I’m amazed I kept it up for so long – I even managed to get a few in around Christmas.

In 2012 there’s going to be less blogging – as of this week – I am beginning to Tweet. I had a personal Tweet account almost from the start of Twitter but I was never really sure why or what I could do with it. Now that the Raven Twitter account has a few followers I’m going to concentrate on that.

Thank you for looking in and a big thanks to those who bothered to comment, I hope you will still look in here the odd time and don’t forget check out @ravendesign1 – you follow me and I’ll follow you.

And let’s hope that it won’t all come crashing to an end on December 12th 2012 (Daniel O’Donnell’s Birthday)

Mash-ups

Raven — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:48:42 +0000

Mash-ups are everywhere and for a very good reason. Isn’t it more fun looking at what’s out there – mashing it up and lashing it back into the pot?

Here are some logo mash-ups.

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Take everything

Raven — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:22:57 +0000

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 just lines…

from this…

to this… maybe less is actually more

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We fed the heart…

Raven — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:21:35 +0000

the guardian asked artists and writers to reinterpret or create a currency that reflects the modern economic and social environment. The responses range from playful interpretations of pop culture to potent comments about political situations. This is £50 note is by Irish writer Anne Enright. See what Tracy Emin or Margaret Atwood did, just click source.

“We had fed the heart on fantasies” W. B. Yeats

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KE RN

Raven — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:01:40 +0000

Here is a cool zip up top that would look cool on anybody out for a run in January after eating too much over the Christmas. For all my readers with only a passing interest in Typography KERN is the adjustment of space between pairs of letters…

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Sky Snowflake

Raven — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:28:15 +0000

Here is an image for the Christmas season from Virgin Atlantic. Don’t always like these composite images – but this one is a good one and it’s in season.

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Man Flu Remedy

Raven — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:13:30 +0000

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 – how do we go about doing this for a loved one?

Facebook.

In good company

Raven — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:08:27 +0000

There has been fantastic innovations in type design in recent years. You’ve heard of the font that saves you ink called ecofont or the font that mimics your face type – called Typeface. But now there’s a font, Dyslexie, designed for dyslexics. People with dyslexia say it’s much easier to read. It’s all about the baseline and symmetry…

Watch the video as see if you think it’s easy to read – even if you’re not dyslexic. Sadly there is no sound track to this video so you feel deaf and dyslexic watching it. Also there’s lots of text mistakes so I think the designer had a touch of it or was Dutch. Click here for the worlds most famous dyslexics.

You can try it out for free here and if you like it you can buy it for 20 quid

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