First off, I’d like to welcome WAL*MART—er, Walmart—to 2005! It seems the neighborhood-munching behemoth’s nearly two decade old logo wasn’t friendly enough to represent the company in this brave new world. Second, I wonder how long it took to develop this logo. Ten minutes? Fifteen? It probably took a year of focus groups consisting of [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized, advertising, business, design on August 7th, 2008 | No Comments »

While I’m satisfied with the cheap wood laminate flooring that I inherited when I bought my home, I’ve been waiting for the time when I’ve got the extra change needed to get some real hardwood floors installed. And being, a tree-hugging liberal, the first thing that came to mind was, of course, bamboo.
Sure, bamboo, unlike [...]

Filed under: business, design, environment, living on June 15th, 2008 | No Comments »

Either that, or I’m just on to something here. A year and a half ago, I decided to paint my living room green—not just any green, mind you, but a green color-matched to the green used in all Xbox branding, packaging, logos, etc. Let’s call it Xbox Green.

Then, a few months back, I came across [...]

Filed under: design, living on June 14th, 2008 | No Comments »

You might (or not) remember Chevrolet’s concept car from a few years back, the Nomad. It never made it to production, but a similar car might thanks to Murat Günak, former design boss of the Volkswagen Group.

Günak co-founded a new auto company, Mindset and made the Six50, whose purpose is to buck the trend toward [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized, business, design, technology on June 10th, 2008 | 2 Comments »