Archive for February 2010

The Branding of The xx

The xx is a new band out of England who have absolutely exploded onto “the scene” this year.  Their album, xx, has reached the top ten of numerous important-music-people’s “Best Albums of ‘09″ lists.  As awesome as their music is (listen to the track below) I’d rather talk about the band’s branding.
How amazing is that [...]

Graphic Design in Comic Books

The most recent storyline of “The Invincible Iron Man” has been exciting, dramatic and, overall, very entertaining. The past few issues in the “Stark Disassembled” series really caught my attention with their fantastically designed covers by Salvador Larroca and Rian Hughes.
To put it simply, most comic book covers are garbage. The presence of [...]