In 1978, Ruben Blades and Willie Colón teamed up to release ‘Siembra’. This seven-track album achieved massive success across the Latin American continent and became the best-selling salsa album of all time. And although it includes some remarkable songs such as ‘Plástico’ or ‘María Lionza’,...
Logo Proposal for an Instagram Account (by a Non-Graphic Designer)
Early in 2020, we were invited to participate in a contest that consisted of creating a new logo for an Instagram account. The account, called Creactívate, was fundamentally focused on giving tips related to art and creativity. Unfortunately, in the end, our proposal wasn’t selected as a winner. However, despite all the...
Love Regenerator: Dopamine Doses for You
In January 2020, hitmaker Calvin Harris surprised us for launching, under the moniker ‘Love Regenerator’ and with the dopamine structure as a logo, a two-track extended play heavily influenced by the sounds of acid-house and techno. In this sense, ‘Hypnagogic (I Can’t Wait)’ and ‘CP-1’...
Rebranding Proposition for Nespresso (by a Non-Graphic Designer)
On this post we come up with a rebranding proposition for the Swiss company Nespresso. To be more precise, we will introduce a new logo, isotype, imagotype and isologo (as a reminder, these concepts were explained in a previous post). Although it is known that Nespresso’s most important product...
Captain EO: Three Geniuses at Work
The decade of the 80s was a time plagued with difficulties for The Walt Disney Company. Since the death of its founder in 1966, the company began to experience a loss of relevance during the following years, releasing films with little repercussion, not adapted to the new tastes...
The 7 Best Olympic Games Logos
Due to the pandemic caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the celebration of the 2020 Summer Olympics, which were expected to be organized this year in Tokyo, was finally postponed to 2021. That’s the Japanese Government and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) agreed after a telephone conversation between the...
Cruz Novillo: The Man Who Changed the Image of Spain
There is a person whose work has been present in Spaniards’ day-to-day, in spite of being something which goes unnoticed for the great majority of the population. In this article we are going to talk about one of the most influential and prolific graphic designers...
Can I Borrow a Feeling?
Happy Saint Valentine’s Day everybody! On this special day, we are very excited to bring you all an article related to love. Don’t worry, we are not going to talk about boring stuff like the power of love or the inner workings of our minds...