Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Of Interest: 07.14.2009

+ For the linguists, semioticians, and generally geeky out there: 13 Alien Languages You Can Actually Read.

+ Latest addition to my podcast diet: The Ink Panthers Show!, featuring two of my favorite cartoonists: Alex Robinson (Box Office Poison, Too Cool to Be Forgotten) and Mike Dawson (Freddie & Me, Ace Face).

+ Someone else shares my interest in ugly signs and bad design: Your Logo Makes Me Barf. A collection of extremely unattractive, confusing, and downright scary at times logos. Check out this logo for Spa Warrior (at least that what I think it's called), which incorporates three elements of barf: "...beveling on the inside of the typeface, liberal use of gradients, and several color schemes".

However, I actually think this one for The Pool Doctor of Oklahoma City is kind of clever!

1 comments:

Jen said...

You always find the best design blogs! That logo one is hilarious. I'm bookmarking it for the next time I feel like nothing I make is going right, as a reminder that it's not THAT bad.