Logo Lounge has released its tenth annual logo design trend report that identifies several distinct graphic design trends for 2012. Bill Gardner of Logo Lounge sorted more than 32,000 logos submitted to LogoLounge.com throughout the year into one of three distinct categories: 1) logos that are reflective of past trends, 2) logos that hint at an emerging
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FIDM Alumni Design Logos for No Doubt Contest, Ebay Updates its Logo & Apple Releases iPhone 5
Check out what’s new in graphic design and digital media news this week: FIDM Alumni Design Logos for No Doubt Contest Two FIDM Graphic Design Alumni have entered logo designs in a national contest for rock band, No Doubt. Seeking a logo for the band’s highly anticipated sixth studio album Push and Shove, No Doubt
Four Things to Know Now: What’s New in the Digital Arts this Week
Domino’s Pizza updated the company’s logo, Vimeo hosts composer and music sound designer Diego Stocco, graphic designer James Victore talks modern day design industry challenges, and LEGO celebrates its 80th birthday with an animated video. Check out what’s new and inspiring in the graphic design and digital media industries this week: Domino’s Pizza Changes its
Design a Logo for “No Doubt,” T-Shirt for Footlocker in these Upcoming Design Contests
If you’re an aspiring entertainment graphic designer like many students at FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, there are two upcoming design contests focused on the music industry that might spark your interest. Grammy Award-winning ska band No Doubt is offering graphic designers the opportunity to design their logo with $3,000 up for grabs, and national
The Top 10 Count Down of Everything You Need to Know about Graphic Design
At a leading graphic design college like FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, students realize how they are surrounded by graphic design on a daily basis in the form of logos, advertisements, street signs, magazines, websites, Smartphone apps, packaging, brochures, posters, billboards, T-shirts, and restaurant menus to cite a few examples. Graphic design encompasses a
FIDM Alumni Focus: Graphic Design/Branding Grad, Kathy Calderon, is Lead Graphic & Web Designer at Beverly Hills Salon
Since earning her Graphic Design degree from FIDM /Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in 2011, Kathy Calderon has been working as a Lead Graphic and Web Designer at Cristophe Salon in Beverly Hills, where she works on everything from packaging to Web design, photography and video editing. As a Lead Graphic and Web Designer, Calderon
Typography Tuesday: Inspiring Magazine Design & Typography Projects by FIDM Students
For Typography Tuesday this week, check out impressive projects by FIDM Graphic Design Students, Jennyfer Cienfuegos and Jeffrey Lo. The projects below are finals from Typography and Publication Design, two Graphic Design courses. Students earning their Graphic Design degree at FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising study the fundamental traditions of typography which provides the
New Portfolio: FIDM Grad, Lauren Corallo, Hired as Jr. Graphic Designer upon Graduation
“Art was my passion from the time I could hold a crayon,” says recent Graphic Design graduate, Lauren Corallo. “It wasn’t until an amazing high school teacher, Dianna Cure, [at Arcadia High School] introduced me to the world of graphic design and all of its creative career possibilities that I knew this is what I
Typography Tuesday: Don’t Miss “Chromeography” for Graphic Design Inspiration
Most times, the greatest graphic design inspiration can be discovered away from our computer screens in tangible, tactile form. I have a feeling that Stephen Coles, founder of Chromeography, an inspirational website dedicated to typography found on appliances, automobiles and electronics, agrees with this philosophy. Chromeography presents exquisite photos (mostly of car fenders) demonstrating the fine
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FIDM's Career Center shares valuable career tips in a weekly column "Career Center 411" on the 
