Logolounge recently assembled their annual collection of the latest trends in logo design. This year’s trends demonstrate that despite tough economic times, logo design is as vibrant as ever. Instead of sticking with the basics, logos are pushing forward with bold and vivid colors. We can also see that designers are keeping their ideas simple focusing on clear communication. Aamong the year’s trends are logos with concealed images, dots, stripes, doilies, mosaic patterns, dandelions and encrusted logos. Overall, the trends remind us of the importance of logos especially in today’s unusual business climate.

‘I chose the potato to portray human faces because of the many striking parallels. Not only is their skin porous like ours, but their skin texture and color is very similar, and like us, they come in different sizes, shapes and forms. Potatoes grow, live, and then decay, mirroring the ephemeral existence and fragility of our own human nature.’

More: www.ginou.mosaicglobe.com.

During Milan Design Week 09, Barnaba Fornasetti presented an entire series of tiles, designed by his father Piero Fornasetti and produced by the Italian company Ceramica Bardelli.

‘Wall Stickers are a different type of wall decoration. By adding wall stickers to walls, ceilings, furniture, windows, mirrors, etc, you instantly created a unique look and change the style and atmosphere in a room. The possibilities are endless and the only limit is your imagination.’

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Modern calligraphy on the walls of the Orsay museum in Paris by Chevalvert. Called ‘Langues en fête’.

For more visit: www.chevalvert.fr.

French designer Pierre di Sciullo and his Qui Résiste design studio have won the international competition organized by the Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum for the creation of a new visual identity. Five design studios competed: Irma Boom Office, LUST and Mevis & Van Deursen from the Netherlands and Pierre di Sciullo and Pierre Bernard’s Atelier de Création Graphique from France.

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