The new visual identity of the MIT Media Lab is inspired by the community it comprises: Highly creative people from all kinds of backgrounds come together, inspire each other and collaboratively develop a vision of the future.

This unique offering of the MIT Media Lab is reflected in the logo design. Each of the three shapes stands for one individual’s contribution, the resulting shape represents the outcome of this process: A constant redefinition of what media and technology means today.

The logo is based on a visual system, an algorithm that produces a unique logo for each person, for faculty, staff and students. Each person can claim and own an individual shape and can use it on their business card a personal website. The design encompasses all collateral, business cards, letterhead, website, animations, signage etc. A custom web interface was developed to allow each person at the Media Lab to choose and claim an own individual logo for his/her business card, as well as a custom animation software which allows to create custom animations for any video content the lab produces.

I like the way that it is still recognizable as the logo regardless of the arrangement of the elements.

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In my opinion part of the flaw in the argument and calculation of the economic benefits of HS2 is the assumption that time spend traveling by train is unproductive. With many trains now offering wi-fi it’s possible for our trains to become an extension of the office if required. Therefore shaving 20 minutes off of a trip to Birmingham or beyond may not be the best return on the billions of pounds of investment.

Hexagonal Pewter Stool from Max Lamb on Vimeo.

Awarded the ‘Designer of the Future’ award at ‘Design Miami/Basel’ in 2008, Max Lamb explores themes of the materials, manufacturing, uniqueness and the hand made. His poly Chair involved carving a chair out of a block of polystyrene and then treated with a rubber finish.

While the process is clear in the objects that he creates, it is a process borne out of real world experimentation rather than sitting at a computer as is common with many designers. It is refreshing and the story of how his products are created, from granite chairs from a Chinese mine to lathing concrete to create stools are often as interesting as the objects themselves.

Max Lamb has been nominated for the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year which opens on 16^th February at the Design Museum, London.

The good news is that Facebook T shirts are now in a book called Never Use Pop Up Windows and 50 other Ridiculous web rules by Anneloes Van Gaalen. You can buy it from Amazon if you’d like

JANE VS THE REMOTES from tom stables on Vimeo.

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Currently working on home office furniture designs for Habitat.

I am researching at the moment – looking at competitors, analysing photos of home offices, looking at objects in the home office and interviewing people who work from home.