Visual Culture

Arial Font is bullsh*t. Take a close look at the letter ‘R’.

“Design is how you treat your customers. If you treat them well from an environmental, emotional, and aesthetic standpoint, you’re probably doing good design.”

Yves Behar

If you find a few minutes this week to test your skills on a handful of the world’s leading brands head over to The Brand Quiz by VYRE. Your given two colors and a visual hint—it is harder than it looks. We got a humbling score of 14/21. Test your knowledge here.

Poster 4 Tomorrow, a non-profit initiative whose mission is to encourage people, both in and outside the design community, to make posters to spark constructive debate on issues that affect us all. Their theme (Death is not Justice) this year coincides with the World & European Day Against the Death Penalty on October 10th, 2010. On that day they intend to hold 100 exhibitions in 100 cities, curated by 100 local partner
organizations. Find out how you can contribute here.

Rebrand just released their selections of 2010. Turnaround, by Siegle + Gale (shown above) got the ‘best of’ nod. To see the entire list head over here.