Due to my horrendous sense of direction, I own a Garmin nüvi 1250. I thought it would help help me navigate the network of roads in the city. But, of course, it didn’t. Apart from a highly inefficient user interface, the screen resolution and size do not accommodate the needs of frantic, nervous driver cursing [...]

More great work from Moving Brands. Along the same vein as their work for Norton & Sons, their rebranding efforts for E. Tautz & Sons centres around appropriating a classic, traditional aesthetic to contemporary tastes. And they do it with great flair and panache:

“Edward Tautz founded E. Tautz in 1867 at 249 Oxford Street between [...]

I remember being blown away by Chuck Palahniuk’s 1996 novel (and the movie adaptation) ‘Fight Club’. I have to admit that I have only read two of novels, but he is certainly a novelist that I hold in high regard, with his cynical and dark humour, minimalist writing style and subversive demeanour. I am, therefore, [...]

Norton & Sons is a Savile Row bespoke tailor established in 1821 by English tailor Walter Charles Norton to make clothes for the young gentlemen of the City of London. Its long list of loyal clients include Winston Churchill, Fred Astaire, Cary Grant amongst other prominent figures. While it is many a designer’s dream to [...]

Information design is an area of design with the objective of preparing and presenting data in a model that can be deduced by a reader or viewer effectively and efficiently. The result should always be accurate, intuitive, informational and useful. Of course, since this process of presenting data involves organising, labeling and visualising information, information [...]

Royal Wood is a self-taught musician from Toronto. I first heard of him a few months ago on CBC. His uncanny yet compelling name piqued my curiosity. Is he a tie-dye-garbed, Mary Jane-smoking hippie armed with a banjo? Is he part of that group that mourns the death of trees? His name certainly alludes to [...]