Blog: Design

Animals on the Underground


Tube journeys will never be the same again, now I've seen Animals on the Underground. There are 32 to date, the first being the elephant spotted in 1988 by Paul Middlewick on his daily commute. Since then more and more animals have been spotted, and are still being spotted - they even have their own merchandise!

The site supports the work done by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). They have teamed up to create promotional posters and campaign t-shirts to help 'Stop Whale & Seal Hunting' and to 'Ban Ivory trade' - 50% of all campaign t-shirt profits are donated to the charity.

Via It's Nice That.

Sat 17 May 2008

Posted under: Design , Funny , Illustration

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From the reference box #9





This was a carboot find a few years back and has been nestled in the reference box ever since. It's a 1961 Nebro Photographic Catalogue, mainly in black and white, but with a few colour pages. The product images and colour reproduction have a fantastic quality and there are some sweet little bits of type too.

There we have it #9 - 1961, Nebro Photographic Catalogue

Thu 15 May 2008

Posted under: Design , Typography , Ephemera , Reference box

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Modern Toss: Museum of Urban Shit Naks



Modern Toss have created a 'Museum of Urban Shit Naks' to celebrate Brighton Fringe Festival, it includes a lifesize Alan, a selection of decorative wall-mounted ceramic Shit-Frisbees and a four hundred pound hand-knitted Book-Cosy.

You can see it in all it's glory at Ink-d, an independent Brighton gallery throughout this month.

Tue 13 May 2008

Posted under: Design , Funny , Art , Exhibition

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From the reference box #8


We have a great collection of fruit labels here at Delicious - here are some of our favourites. The detail is fantastic and the bold graphics, bright colours and simple print give them a lovable charm - who wouldn't want to collect them?

#8 - Selection of fruit labels

Tue 13 May 2008

Posted under: Design , Ephemera , Reference box

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From the reference box #7


You've got to love this - advertising in it's simplest form. Some kids in the local area started a car washing business last Summer and popped these on all the cars.

Exhibit #7 - Hand written car wash flyer

Tue 06 May 2008

Posted under: Advertising , Design , Typography , Ephemera , Reference box

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Christian Hückstädt Collages



We love the work of German, illustrator Christian Hückstädt, especially his corrugated card and vegetable collages, they're really clever and guaranteed to make you smile.

Sat 03 May 2008

Posted under: Design , Art , Illustration

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Cartoon character who's who?


I saw this over on Jinx the Monkey earlier - it's a silhouette game created by Bob Flynn to show how recognisable cartoon characters are, even in this form, due to their strong design.

It's good fun, but it drove me crazy - I know most of them, but some, I have no idea and more irritating is that some of the ones I do recognise, I can't remember the names of!

Sat 03 May 2008

Posted under: Design , Funny , Illustration

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Live Now Posters


Eric Smith has created these great posters and is selling them in aid of Live Strong, the Lance Armstrong Foundation. They are for sale on his website, I Draw All Day for only $12.95 + postage, so why not brighten up your office and help a worthy cause!

Fri 02 May 2008

Posted under: Design , Typography , Prints , Things to buy

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Found typography #1


I love this packaging, especially the 'Glico' type. Found on a discarded box outside an Oriental food store in Hove, East Sussex.

Thu 01 May 2008

Posted under: Design , Typography , Found typography

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From the reference box #6


How great are these old Hoover Electric Washing Machine Instructions? We have a collection of vintage instruction cards and this is one of our favourites. The colour, the quality of the print and the detail of the illustrations are fantastic and for the amount of information on there, it is really well designed.

#6 then - Hoover, Electric Washing Machine Instruction Card

Mon 28 Apr 2008

Posted under: Design , Typography , Ephemera , Reference box

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The Trademarks & Symbols have arrived!




Remember our Ebay bargain, Trademarks & Symbols, Volume 2: Symbolical Designs by Yasaburo Kuwayama, well it arrived today and it is every bit as great as we expected. There are 1500+ marks from all over the world organised into themed sections - the pics above show pages from the Circles, Birds and Eye categories. It's a great piece of reference, so the search is now on for volume 1!

Fri 25 Apr 2008

Posted under: Design , Typography , Things to buy , Books

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Fentimans Botanically Brewed Beverages


We've just completed another great project with the folks at Sell! Sell! creating letterpressed-style typography to accompany their period looking ads for Fentimans Botanically Brewed Beverages. There are 4 in total; Cola, Lemonade, Ginger Beer and Dandelion & Burdock.

We are big Fentimans' fans here at Delicious, so it's been a fun job all round.

Wed 23 Apr 2008

Posted under: Design , Typography , Delicious work

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Modern British Poster Exhibition



These fantastic posters, and many others are currently on display until 17 May in the Lethaby Gallery at Central Saint Martins as part of an exhibition celebrating the Modern British poster. For those who can't make it, Ace Jet have a cool quicktime showing the highlights.

Via Ace Jet.

Tue 22 Apr 2008

Posted under: Design , Exhibition

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Starbucks step back in time for a rebrand


Starbucks appear to be undergoing a rebranding exercise, or at least they are in the US - there doesn't seem to be any evidence of it in the Uk. There's lots of confusion on the internet as to the extent of this nostalgic rebrand, but it seems on their cups at least, they have reverted back to the style of their very first, single colour logo with the full graphic of the original twin-tailed mermaid.

According to Business Week, "Starbucks plans to use the logo on all its cups for about eight weeks. It will remain in ads and as the logo for Pike Place bags of coffee" - their new product.

It seems like an odd thing to do, and although the new/old logo is much more appealing and less corporate looking (which seems to be the strategy) - are consumers really stupid enough to perceive Starbucks as a small boutique coffee brand, by the use of a nostalgic logo for 8 weeks? I really hope not!

Tue 22 Apr 2008

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Sell! Sell! need YOU


Our friends at Sell! Sell! are on the lookout for a full-time, junior designer. We've worked with them on quite a few projects now and it's always fun - although you may want to brush up on your Wii skills!

Interested parties should email doubles@sellsell.co.uk with current work or visit their blog for more info.

Sun 20 Apr 2008

Posted under: Advertising , Design

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