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arrangealign:

Design by  Hired Guns Creative… of course, I love those guys.

(via packagingdesignlove)

celestialreconnaissance:

Swirls of Jupiter

Jupiter is a very stormy, turbulent, violent planet. The planet completes a day (or one complete rotation) within roughly 10 hours, which creates massive winds, producing these swirls, and violent storms. The fast rotation coupled with the fact that the planet is nothing but gas greatly multiplies the Coriolis effect. Earth too has a Coriolis effect, this creates the characteristic hurricane shapes and also contributes to the fact that storms will spin the opposite direction in different hemispheres. Luckily, our rotation is slower - our storms are less frequent and less violent than they would be if our days were shorter.

The above images come from the recent Juno mission by NASA.

(via mindblowingscience)

vignellicenter:

Happy New Year! It’s Manuals Monday!

On Mondays we are sharing graphics standards manuals on our Instagram page! But today’s manual is from the Vignelli archives so we’re sharing it here too!

In 1984, Vignelli Associates created a new corporate identity program for Cinzano, the Italian vermouth and sparkling wine maker. They kept the original logotype but gave it a “light retouch.” 

From the Vignelli Canon: 

“The notion of a logo equity has been with us from the very beginning of time. When we were asked to design a new logo for the FORD Motor Company, we proposed a light retouch of the old one which could be adjusted for contemporary applications. We did the same for CIGA HOTELS, CINZANO, LANCIA Cars and others. There was no reason to dispose of logos that had seventy years of exposure, and were rooted in people’s consciousness with a set of respectable connotations. 

What is new is NOT a graphic form but a way of thinking, a way of showing respect for history in a context that usually has zero understanding for these values.“

Cheers and happy new year!

Cinzano’s Identity Program Manual of Graphics Standards [excerpts]
Massimo and Lella Vignelli papers
Vignelli Center for Design Studies
Rochester, New York