I am not a graphics designer, but I love good design. I am particularly drawn to logos. I can’t help but smile when I see a beautiful, well thought out logo.
There’s something really special about representing a product, company, place or organization with nothing more than a few characters or geometric shapes. It’s such an incredibly constrained design space.
Not too long ago I discovered an excellent web site called Logo Design Love. It’s awesome, and all about logos. In addition to compiling excellent logo design resources, there are some really interesting discussions going on in there.
Here are some of the highlights I’ve come across on the site. There is a post about logos that look alike:
And another about simple logo designs that work:
They also link to a site called Logólogos that attempts to represent logos with equations. If you are into logo design, you should definitely check it out.
Aside from a few days taking a break from it all, the month of August has been all about hard work at Slife Labs, preparing Slife 2.0 for Windows and also an update to Slife Teams. But August has also been the month of the Olympics.
I have to say I am impressed by the NBC coverage of these Games. What’s on TV at prime time is not bad and they’ve even shortened the athlete’s personal lives (drama) segments. But what has been absolutely superb is NBC’s online presence. It’s possible to watch anything, live or recorded, from the comfort of your office chair. I am sure productivity all over the world has gone down this month.
So, congrats to NBC for pulling this one off, despite the monstrous demand. There are only two days of the Games left and by now, Michael Phelps must be heading back to his tank.
The event I am excited about the most though, is the very last one: the marathon. There are some incredible runners in Beijing and this is going to be fun to watch, despite the fact that the Olympic marathon seems more like a lottery than other big long-distance races.