I created an iPhone version of the Helvetica wallpaper that I posted last week. You can grab it from the new Wallpaper section.
Tom Muller
Belgian graphic designer Tom Muller has put together an exceptional portfolio.
Lennart Wolfert
This Color Doesn’t Belong To You
T-Mobile has some balls and I can’t believe that a company can own the rights to a color, let alone Magenta. That’s just ridiculous. Seems like the people in the Netherlands aren’t happy about this. Can anyone confirm if you get this dialog message when selecting pure magenta in CS3? I have a hard time believe that you do.
In The Netherlands, a social movement is born to protect the free use of the magenta colour in communication materials. The fight has begun recently, when mobile carrier T-Mobile has started a legal fight versus a series of Dutch brands such as Slam FM, Compello and 100% NL which magenta in their logo.
NYC (T) AXI
The guys over at Brand New have an interesting take on the awful NYC TAXI logo. Personally I hate it but I see how you can give Wolff Olins a tiny tiny bit of a pass. Seems like there was a lot of politics involved but I still think as a branding agency you have to work around those issues and put out the best work possible. There is definitely a better solution than this. At least they used a grid to create the NYC part of the logo.
Apple, It’s Time For An iPhone Update
Apple, it’s time for an iPhone update
I love my iPhone. It’s the greatest device I’ve ever used and I wouldn’t trade it for the world. It has increased my daily productivity and efficiency like no other. It’s beautiful and it just freakin’ works. The software itself is worth the price tag but it’s been almost 5 months since it’s release and we still haven’t seen a “real” software upgrade for it. Sure we got a nice little upgrade last month that added some minor features but it’s time for Apple to add the “standard” features that almost every cell phone has as well as some of the more logical features that should be there but aren’t.
Here is my list of features that I think is time for Apple to add.
1. Send images via text message (MMS).
2. Send one message to multiple people.
3. Add word to dictionary.
4. Search contacts.
5. Search email.
6. Mark all emails as read.
7. Delete all emails.
8. Show all inboxes together like in Mail.
9. Select, copy and paste text.
10. Add attachments.
11. Save attachments.
12. Video.
13. Flash player in Safari.
I’m sure I have more but this cold is giving me a brain fart. I would also like to see another new app or two.