In praise of: The 1972 Munich Olympics

Posted on 26. Jan, 2011 by in cool, Games, Praise, Print

A look at what, for my money at least, is the preeminent identity design for a major sporting event. The Munich Olympics were perhaps remembered more for tragic events that took place in the Olympic Village that year but in Otl Aicher’s design we saw what is truly possible with event branding.

We’ve got a new place

Posted on 28. Oct, 2010 by in Blog, cool, News

Regular followers on Totaal on Twitter will have a pretty good idea of the trouble I’ve had trying to find suitable premises over the last few months. I’ve struggled for some time to find the right sort of place, I didn’t have a massive list of conditions but the few I had were that the [...]

Information as art? It can't get more beautiful than this

Posted on 22. Jul, 2010 by in Blog, cool, Technology, Twitter

A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend Pilot Theatre’s Shift Happens conference in York which I also covered for the excellent CultureVulture blog. Now, I’m a pretty jaded conference goer and nowadays I like to think I’ve seen it all before. By the end of the conference’s second day I was [...]

Totaal’s Infographics Week: Day Four

Posted on 09. Apr, 2010 by in Blog, Technology

Totaal’s rattle through the realms of visual information continues apace with this, the last post in the Infographics Week series. We’ve returned to script somewhat with Social Media one again the main focus, like it or lump it Social Media is a great focus for the infographicists of the world so hopefully after yesterday’s diversion [...]

Totaal’s Infographics Week: Day Three

Posted on 08. Apr, 2010 by in Blog, Technology

So the infographics train keeps a-rolling on, thanks to all the people who’ve given lovely feedback so far. Thanks especially to Ben and Tim who pointed me in the direction of Information is Beautiful which is a thing of beauty in itself. It has kind of messed with the order of play a bit but [...]

Totaal’s Infographics Week: Day Two

Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by in Blog, Technology

The infographics mania continues with some more lovely information and design based goodness for you all again today. If there is a theme here it’s probably about interaction. Mostly it’s just infographics that I have found that I have liked or I thought brought something new to the party. The Social Media Effect A nice [...]

Totaal’s Infographics Week: Day One

Posted on 06. Apr, 2010 by in Blog, Technology

I love information and I also love design, when design meets information then it’s bound to be fun right? Exactly, that part of the VEN diagram has to be a fertile furrow to plough and I’ve developed a bit of a childish love for the infographic over the last few years. Also, it’s Easter Week [...]

Totaal's Infographics Week: Day One

Posted on 06. Apr, 2010 by in Blog, Technology

I love information and I also love design, when design meets information then it’s bound to be fun right? Exactly, that part of the VEN diagram has to be a fertile furrow to plough and I’ve developed a bit of a childish love for the infographic over the last few years. Also, it’s Easter Week [...]

Tasty VW virals show things are better when they are fun

Posted on 12. Oct, 2009 by in Advertising, Blog, Film

VW have a long history of quality advertising – see here, here and here for examples of iconic VW ads – and it’s nice to see that this eye for quality has bled into their recent online work. VW’s Swedish agency, DDB Stockholm, have just released couple of videos and a teaser from their new [...]

Some inspirational skate videos

Posted on 10. Oct, 2009 by in Blog, cool, Film

I’m not quite sure how I’d get on skating nowadays, it’s been the best part of 15 years since I’ve actually been on a one but I know one thing, no self-respecting man in his thirties should be seen riding a skateboard. Unless of course that man is Tony Hawk, then it’s OK. There’s still [...]