The branding of our brief needs to be something simple and memorable, but also relates completely and is recognisable.
I looked into some identities that were very simple, relying on one simple shape or a letter to represent their companies.
http://whynotassociates.com/branding-identity-2/envy
http://www.de-war.de
http://www.davidairey.com
http://bvd.se
http://www.josipkelava.com/41371/505875/gallery/common-man-restaurant
http://www.designbydave.co.uk/index.html
http://bluefaqs.com/2010/04/60-highly-clever-minimal-logo-designs/
Research for Twitter Etiquette Book
Do's & Don'ts
Do’s
- Be yourself
- Show some personality
- Acknowledge tweets sent to you
- Fill out your bio with something meaningful
- Search on topics that interest you and follow topic experts
- Follow people that seem interesting
- Tweet Different Types of Content
- Find original content to share
- Tweet something meaningful
- Be opinionated
- Tweet something worth tweeting
Don’ts
- Hashtag every tweet
- Don’t Make Long Tweets
- Don't overuse #hashtags
- Whinge or moan
- Spam your followers
- Share mundane updates all the time
- Don't tweet about your breakfast
- Tweet too much in a single burst – space it out
- Don't tweet just to tweet
- Don't tweet several times in a row
- Tweet in text talk
- Bully
http://www.practicepro.ca/LAWPROMag/TwitterDosDonts.pdf
http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/mar2011/ca2011037_164304.htm
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9127747/Twitter_Etiquette_Five_Dos_and_Don_ts
http://aquamagazine.com/content/post/10-Dos-And-Donts-Of-Twitter.aspx
http://sharpmindmarketing.com/10-dos-and-donts-for-twitter-newbies/
http://mysocialgameplan.com/twitter/10-dos-and-donts-twitter
http://websites.premierit.com/blog/dos-donts-amazing-tweets
For Visual Aesthetic
For the visuals of the book, I wanted it to be informal, friendly and hand-rendered looking. To do this I looked into four designers/studios who worked in this particular area of design.Mike Perry
Buro Destruct
Koen Taselaar
Cody Hudson