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My Tweets in December, 2010

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My Tweets in November, 2010

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  • How do you advertise for a cemetery or a funeral home? Four excellent examples from Reforma Agency, Bulgaria. http://bit.ly/eKbuk4
  • Torke, a Lisbon Agency, is more efficient than the pigeons in distributing ‘bird shit.’ Very interesting! http://bit.ly/dkxn2Q


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kiKKidu.com — Logo Logic

Appearances can be deceiving. If you ask me, the pieces of logos featured above are that of a ‘save environment’ club, a painter, a bathroom fittings manufacturer and a coil making company.

But no, they actually represent a multinational FMCG conglomerate, a well known music company, a popular antivirus software and a standard audio format in movie theaters, audio video discs…

Not able to recognize them? The answers are embedded in this post, so continue reading…

For the past six months, we were collecting news about designs of logos that are interesting. We managed to get the information of the names of the designers, the design brief and any hidden meanings in the logo. From this week, you can read about some of the clever logo designs in our new website ‘kiKKidu.com.’


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Seed ideas for CEED — Tips from a designer

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Can you please tell me what should one have do to be a good product designer. I mean, what are the prerequisites for entering M.Des. course like what software I should know, what books I should read ? I would be thankful for any help you give.

I’m a software professional who is keenly interested in product design and hoping to pursue it by taking up the CEED & DAT exams in Jan’11. Since you guys are also involved in the same area, I was therefore wondering whether any of you could answer a few of my questions about the test and maybe provide some tips, if any..

These are samples of CEED (Common Entrance Examination for Design) or M.Des. (Master in Design) related questions that we often receive. Well, here goes my answer…

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Design — T-shirt Calendar 2011

A creative calendar for 2011

Recently, I posted the news of my new 2011 Calendars (‘Green’ and ‘Flowers’) in the DesiCreative Forum (A popular Indian Advertising Forum). A good discussion followed about the design merits of these calendars. Although I never claimed that the designs are unique and creative, these were brought up by a couple of people. This made me to ask myself: “Can I design a creative Calendar with a ‘Wow!’ effect?”

And then…

After some hours, I came up with this unique and creative 2011 calendar.

Calendar 2011 Tshirt


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Design — Calendar 2011: Green


As promised, we are publishing 2011 calendar. This calendar is titled “Green” and is using brilliant photos taken by Ashveen Maheshwari. For another version of 2011 calendar, visit this post. Download links are available below. Also don’t forget to tell us what you think of our designs as a comment.

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Design — Calendar 2011: Flowers


As promised, we are publishing 2011 calendar. This calendar is titled “Flowers” and is using colorful photos taken by Urvesh Bharambe. Download links are available below. Also don’t forget to tell us what you think of our designs as a comment.

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My Tweets in October, 2010

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My tweets in September, 2010

Earth Hour Candle

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  • Take out the candle and ‘switch off’ the building’s lights. Great idea by Leo Burnett, Manila. Via @ibelieveinadv. http://bit.ly/do1MBN

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My tweets in August, 2010

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  1. 2500 anodized aluminum bars of 1/2” thickness are used in a pixelated interpretation of the new Lexus by NonDesigns. http://bit.ly/dBTXY3

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