Before classes start and school obligations kick in, you might want to try making a funny Rube Goldberg machine. No, we didn’t say it’d be “useful,” but we did say funny.

Introducing Equity, the new font that is “inspired by legal typography and the needs of legal writers.” The font designer wanted Equity, a serif typeface, to be every bit as space-efficient as Times New Roman, but a lot more readable–and a tad sexy. “I wanted Equity to be like a navy-blue Armani suit: a classic [...]

Johnny Cupcakes releases Nickelodeon T-Shirt Collaboration, Deals with Trademark Infringement Daily Johhny Cupcakes, the clothing brand that always combines pop culture and cupcakes in its designs, recently released t-shirts from its collaboration with Nickelodeon. While it has already released Spongebob Squarepants and Red & Stimpy shirts, last week’s release included designs featuring the Rugrats, Rocko’s [...]

Stop the train presses. The uniform font of the NYC subway system signage is Helvetica. But since the “9/11 memorial” has become its own brand, and is printed in its own font, NY historians and journalists wonder “where will [branding] stop?” Insert “subway stop” pun here. But as it stands, MTA officials do not believe [...]

The iconic “Keep Calm and Carry On” poster has recently been revived from its British, Second World War roots.  This poster was originally designed by the British Ministry of Information and was intended to boost the morale of British citizens in case of a severe wartime incident such as an air raid.  Interestingly, although 2.5 [...]

It looks like Coca-Cola and Pepsi, long-time soft-drink rivals, have taken their competition to a new level: the federal court.  Coca-Cola has filed a $1 billion action against Pepsi for using a glass bottle, which is allegedly confusing because it is so similar to Coca-Cola’s iconic glass bottle, as the Herald Sun reported. Coca-Cola has [...]

The Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act (the “IDPPPA” or “Fake Fashion Bill”) is a bill introduced by New York Senator Chuck Schumer intended to provide long-awaited copyright protection to original fashion designs, including apparel, handbags, and accessories.  The bill, brought in August 2010, is a compromise to its problematic predecessor, the Design Piracy [...]

The always creative and outlandish Nicki Minaj seems to have gotten herself into some hot water during New York’s fashion week. Minaj apparently wore a “flagrant rip-off of another designer’s work.”  That designer, Jessica Rogers, claims to have sent photos of her designs to Minaj’s people. Rogers also claims to have coined the term “puff [...]

A court in Dusseldorf, Germany upheld a temporary ban on the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 that is had issued on August 9.  Presiding Judge Johanna Brueckner-Hofmann, however, declined to ban the sale of the tablet in other European Union countries.   According to the judge, Samsung’s design was too close to a design Apple [...]

Harper’s Bazaar has posted an article on the fight against phonies selling counterfeit designer items… through the Internet. Be careful buying brands folks, you just may end up supporting the estimated  7 percent of our annual world trade — more than $600 billion — that is in counterfeit or pirated goods. See more information at [...]