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“Or just use ITC Avant Garde; you can’t go wrong with that one.”

Someones logo portfolio I know uses a lot of that typeface, can’t remember his name though.

Suprised you like that poster, must say, not my tastes.

There were some more misunderstandings in the last couple of posts. Seems the irony is lost an some parts of the readership. In the future, you should include some [irony] tags. Or smilies (hey, maybe that’s the next trend…?).

Hard to tell.

Not that it ever wasn’t “around” or used in some form or another, but it seems like really clean type without counters is becoming more and more of a widespread design trend. This kind of almost “controlled abstraction” of using type without counters or type that is right at the edge of being legible-but as clean type – not “grunge” or distorted type.

TYPOS!!!

Go to ffffound.com….many things are either
1.) Showcasing a large triangle
2.) Very metallic, Sega-esque, Tron-esque
3.) Both

…But it all looks cool

hey scott, maybe this could interest you!

http://www.corriere.it/gallery/Motori/vuoto.shtml?2008/09_Settembre/auto_futuro/1&1

Heh, yeah I know you were, I guess I was kind of poking fun of you poking fun of yourself… I think that makes sense. Although I didn’t realize the Avante Garde part was poking fun at yourself.

Crap, I’m so misunderstood. I think I need to revise my written self.

But as far as trends go, I’d have to totally go with Scott Strickland’s submission, as it’s something I pretty much use in every design I do now days. The whole invisible grid / lines approach. Which I’ve mentioned before somewhere in this blog. Seems like “justify” is not just for type anymore.

While there are a few “logo trends” websites I’ve seen, one of them mentioned a particular one that I think has been taken totally a level beyond practicality. And that’s “underground” logos / typography.

#1. Paislies with lots and lots of swirly curlies like Si Scott on bad acid

http://www.mervyns.com says it all..

I so understand that LA Skull thing, seriously they took it a little too far over here.

Good riddance, and PLEASE – no more surface reflections!!

by the way scott, you should check out this article on AIGA’s site about how the skull trend will never die, was that a pun? :P

http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/forever-skull

Ahoy Scott, Thanks for checking out my poster. I appreciate the compliments. It means a lot coming from you man, Im a big fan of yours as well. As far as the skull thing goes, I didn’t even realize I was about to put myself up in the middle of that skull trend. I did that illustration for the 74 Soundsystem in late ’07 one night while listening to them spin and eating burritos down here in the dirty dirty south. I pretty much used the icons that Fred has tattooed on his body and then hand lettered the type around the icons and inside the skull. Hand-done type is my fav. But yes right after I did this, I then noticed the elevated rise in skull stuff. Or maybe I didn’t notice it because living this close to Daytona and all the Bikers, I see skulls all the time. But this poster is one of my favs too, I think I sketched it that night, illustrated it the next day, and screen printed it the next week. quickest turn-a-round ever! I still have a couple left, If you want one hit me up with the email attached to this post and Ill send one over! And thanks again for the post, Levi “TRON” Ratliff

http://www.halftonedefstudios.com

triangles, and lots of electro colours. pink purple and turquoise on black. Yay for anything remotely daft punk themed!!