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3 weeks ago | 
bpando.org | Richard Baird
The social and cultural activity of sharing stories has been, and continues to be, an essential part of the human experience. Storytelling has contributed to the cohesion of, and sometimes control over, individuals and groups, preserving and passing on knowledge, and instilling moral values. Many of us live by (some challenging) the values and knowledge established over thousands of years through stories. We also, with improvisation and/or embellishment, use them to entertain.
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3 weeks ago | 
logohistories.com | Richard Baird
This post is supported by LogoArchive – The home of historical logos. Discover over 4500 of history’s greatest designs from the world’s finest designers. Always find the logo inspiration you need for your next project. Start here. By the 1970s, just like rail networks across Europe (British Rail, Nederlandse Spoorwegen), Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) was facing a range of challenges, from growing private car ownership to the increasing complexity of its network.
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1 month ago | 
bpando.org | Richard Baird
Hi! It’s Rich here,you’ll have to forgive me, this is a rare one-off message to the studio owners (and soon-to-launch studios) that follow BP&O. I wanted to introduce you to something that I’ve been working on over the last year, something that I think you might find useful. My co-founder Christian and I found a gap in the market for a new Applicant Tracking System (ATS), software that helps studios post jobs and collaboratively manage applications.
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1 month ago | 
bpando.org | Richard Baird
Estonia’s Siuru plays with important questions, subverting and, at the same time, fulfilling expectations. Is it an art museum? A library? A cinema? Or a cultural institution?
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1 month ago | 
bpando.org | Richard Baird
When I left the UK and landed in the Czech Republic – my home between 2010 and 2018 – I found a notable difference in advertising and branding between the two countries. Specifically, I saw an abundance of brand mascots. Now, of course, mascots were also used in the UK and have a global historical precedent, but I was struck by how regularly they appeared, and how they were applied across a wide variety of industries and markets.
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1 month ago | 
logohistories.com | Richard Baird
This post is supported by LogoArchive – The home of historical logos. Discover over 4500 of history’s best designs from the world’s finest designers. Always find the logo inspiration you need for your next project here. Increasing volatility in the markets of the 1960s, and the general mood in American and elsewhere was enough of a provocation for the leadership at Ford Motor Company (Ford) to look at ways of improving their position.
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1 month ago | 
bpando.org | Richard Baird
How do you bring the fans, teams, and stadiums of the northernmost league together under a shared identity that captures the energy and passion that defines it? For Bond, the answer was in plain sight… the scarf – strewn across the terraces, held high, no matter the team or the weather. Veikkausliiga is the highest tier of Finnish football, consisting of the country’s 12 top clubs.
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1 month ago | 
bpando.org | Richard Baird
Designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen, the Ambassaden’s angular modernist stature holds a striking presence in the heart of Oslo. When it opened in 1959, it functioned as the US embassy until its closure in the early 2000s. Fast-forward to today – the building has been reopened and its programming altered. It now operates as a multi-functional space that includes music venues, restaurants, coffee and wine bars, offices, a gym, co-working spaces, and a rooftop terrace.
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2 months ago | 
logohistories.com | Richard Baird
This post is supported by LogoArchive – The home of historical logos. Discover over 4500 of history’s greatest designs from the world’s finest designers. Always find the logo inspiration you need for your next project here. Polaroid was founded in 1937 as a manufacturer of polarised sunglasses, which came from the research conducted by founder Edwin Land during his studies. Later, after returning to Harvard and continuing his research, Land and co-founder George W.
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2 months ago | 
bpando.org | Richard Baird
Since 2020, engineers-turned-mushroom entrepreneurs Vathana Len and Daniel Vogt have been growing the fanciest mushrooms I’ve ever seen, from their shiny urban greenhouse in Montreal. From Pholiote adipeuse to King eryngii (I don’t know what those are either) and everything in between, Full Pin’s mushrooms are cultivated with meticulous precision and at an impressive rate – over 700 pounds per week.
