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Symmetrethical

Are the behemoths AT&T, Walmart and Royal Bank of Scotland more ethical than Carrefour or Credit Agricole? According to research, they are perceived so. Researchers at Erasmus University’s Rotterdam School of Management have done research that seems to show a relationship between ethics and symmetry. While this obviously bears no impact on the reality of [...]

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We know that guy: Christian Siekmeier

Again late to post, but we found our friend and sometime collaborator Christian in the pages of Wallpaper. A handsome portrait taken inside his gallery in Berlin, Exile, is accompanied by a bit about his venture.

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So easy, a child can use it

A video showing a two and a half years old girl’s first encounter with the iPad. Although we can’t prove it was really her first encounter, it is indeed shocking to see the ease with which she figures out some of the interface elements on her own, notably the swipe across the home screen, and [...]

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The toyota page sports a random range of type and lacks clarity. Note the only red is for the recall.

May the best type win

Not to kick a man when he’s down, but Toyota may want to recall its communication design while it’s reworking its pedals. Just four years ago, while conducting competitive audits for Chevrolet at a previous job, Toyota was setting a good example of consistency and quality in its visual communications, with typefaces limited to overarching [...]

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In its slow but certain ascension to overthrow television, and as the de facto medium for viewing videos online, YouTube still lacks many of the subtlety and forethought some of its competition has implemented. Some of of those lapses are simply silly.
When one subscribes to someone’s (or some organization’s) content, they are given a [...]

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