1. How long have you been an illustrator/designer?
I’ve been drawing ever since I was a kid, but when I left my full time job as an interactive designer last August I really started full steam ahead with digital illustration. As a kid and in college I mostly did fine art, but I think the interactive side really showed me how computers can (more…)
1. How long have you been a graphic designer?
I would say that I’ve been dabbling in design since 1997 when I made one of my first websites with flaming text and geocities (ohhhh those were the days!). I went to school for graphic design and graduated in 2007. So I’m not sure how many years I’ve been an ‘official’ designer. :) (more…)
Barclay have recently had a complete rebrand and new identity designed by Brand Union.
The logo cost £600,000 which was part of an overall £1.5m identity makeover.
According to the designers, the new Barclaycard identity aims to convey a calm, confident exterior while being warm and vibrant on the insideand that the globe motif represents a chip being released from the constraints of the plastic card and welcomed in by new, exciting methods of payment.
There is currently much a debate going on over at the Creative Review Blog about this new Barclaycard identity about whether this identity is an improvement on the previous and what it is actually trying to communicate?
In my opinion its an interesting marque which suggests protection of some sort as well as communicating technology on some level.
BUT
Does it say banking or credit card use, does it need to?
More importantly is this worth £600,000?
Photo by ptobin
Just the other day I received a question on Twitter from Adam at Design4Love:
“Hi.. how are you? Do you have any tips for me how to get into the UK design industry (Other than sending applications to agencies). Thanks!”
Which got me thinking about how difficult it was for me and some of the fellow graphic design students I studied with to get a job in the design industry back in (more…)