When bad tracking and bad naming collide the results really can be horrific.

Almost as good as this URL…

Happy New Year everyone!

Coca-Cola redesigned their packaging a little while ago. I thought it was great, they got rid of all the Photoshopped moisture beads etc and just went back to something classic, simple and clean. Less is more and all that. Well, now Pepsi has fired a return shot in the new Cola design war, but they’ve gone the whole hog, they’ve redone their logo too.

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Yes, that’s what it is, USB Port… J Pegs? Four candles?

When the worlds of Back to the Future and Graphic Design mix, you can be sure I’m all over it like a rash.

Neon Neon, Boom Bip’s collaboration with Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals has resulted in the album ‘Stainless Style’ with accompanying picture disc singles following the theme. Stainless steel, diagonal lines and lovely ladies. I’m off to their site for a listen…

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I just had this video sent to me and it made me smile. It’s funny ’cause it’s true, but I think the music is definitely a contributing factor to the comedy.

For the sake of fairness, I thought I should point out that Microsoft DOES make an iPod, it’s called the Zune. Here’s what the two box designs look like next to each other…

So, apart from the strange fascination with brown, it isn’t all that bad. Of course there may well be a PowerPoint-bulletpoint-lifestyle-fest going on on the reverse. It’s interesting that it isn’t as product-centric as the iPod packaging, although perhaps it’s to be expected, the Zune is hardly going to win in the product design stakes against the effortlessly iconic iPod.

One thing I have to admit that I like is the logo:

Lovely.

Noticed the new Coca-Cola cans in a shop this week, they’ve gone back to a more classic look which is far nicer than the Nickelodeon-esque way the designs were going. Those beads of moisture are real, not printed on the can to fool us! Coke is a classic piece of graphic design, nice to see someone has realised it doesn’t have to try too hard.