Esquire unveils ePaper Anniversary Cover

I posted a little while ago about the plans for Esquire's 75th Anniversary issue.

Finally the cover has been unveiled:

A 10inch squared display will feature prominently on the cover, flashing the theme "The 21st Century Begins Now" with a collage of illuminated images. Then on the inside cover, a two-page spread advertising the new Ford Flex SUV with a second 10inch squared display. This ad will utilise shifting colours to illustrate the car in motion at night. The technology for both products uses micro-capsules of ink that are controlled by an electric charge.

Turbo Gene Test

If there's an 'out of the box' way to do something, those Swedes are sure to find it. So when you want to figure out what the best car for you is, it makes "perfect" sense to discover your personality as a driver first - que the Turbo Gene Test.

More Gorilla fun

I found this on Paul Dervan's blog:



See some more here including Nirvana, Guns 'n' Roses and the Bonnie Tyler one.

Help! My dad's a graphic designer...

I StumbledUpon this series of photos and laughed my socks off. Check them out...

Classic NPH

You may remember him as Doogie (or own the entire series on dvd), or perhaps more recently as the evil Dr. Horrible - the man with a PhD in horribleness. Either way Neil Patrick Harris (NPH) is totally awesome. Here's some work he did for the nice people at Old Spice. Funny, funny stuff!

The Lips

In 1971, a then virtually unknown musician approached John Pasche, a student at London's Royal College of Art, with a request to design a logo. The man in question, Stones frontman Mick Jagger, was hugely disappointed with the various designs so far presented to him by record label Decca. Mike had gone to see Pasche's exhibition and was obviously impressed with what he saw.

Pasche's design was first used on the Stones' Sticky Fingers album, and soon became one of musics most iconic brand images. It is said that the logo represents Jagger's famous lips and the band's rebellious edge.

At the time Pasche was paid a princely sum of €50, with a bonus of €200 two years later, as the band and label were so happy with the work. Last week, however, the original artwork was bought by London's Victoria and Albert Museum for $92,500 (£51,375). Half the cost was met by charity The Art Fund, which called the work "one of the most visually dynamic logos ever".

"The Rolling Stones were one of the first bands who really took logos and made branding a serious part of their business," said deputy director of The Art Fund, Andrew Macdonald. "It marks, therefore, the transition from this kind of rebelliousness of the 60s into the corporate machines that we see today."

Google launches web browser

In competition to Internet Explorer and Firefox, Google has announced it will be launching an open source web browser. The beta version of Google Chrome for Windows is available today (2 September).

Sundar Pichai, Google vice-president for product management, says Chrome is designed to be lightweight, fast and able to cope with web applications that rely on graphics and multimedia.

He says: "We believe we can add value for users and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the web. Chrome is not just a browser but also a modern platform for web pages and applications."