Kit·Blog Notes

Cultural differences and all, I still think I’m missing something here. Captiva? WTF! Why not Chevy Prisonera, Convicta or even Victima?

Romanian car manufacturer Dacia revealed its new logo today at 78^th Motor-Show in Geneva.

Credits: Renault in-house design department, according to internal sources.

“I think it would look better without… without… without the crown” — Annie Leibovitz photographing the Queen.

Thank you, Mendoza aus Berlin.

This new brand will saturate roadside Ireland, replacing both the Shell and the Statoil brands on some 350 petrol service stations. More at Identityworks.

“Publishing is not about selling newspapers or magazines to consumers, it’s about selling consumers to advertisers.” Wired Magazine.

Aneta Bogdan—Brandient’s Managing Partner—speaks about Brandient and Romanian branding market in Mimi Noel’s interview The Brand Way for Money Express. Link in Romanian, sorry.

Photographer Cosmin Bumbuț puts bumbutz.ro at work by launching a photo-blog. His regular web site remains at bumbutz.com.

“If you want options, go talk with other people! I’ll solve your problem for you.” 1993 Steve Jobs interview about working with Paul Rand at paul-rand.com.

Was perfectly happy flying under the radar for a while, but the time had come to look like a leader. More at Identityworks.

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner Rem Koolhaas’ high-tech Maison à Bordeaux as seen from the perspective of Guadalupe Acedo, the housekeeper and the person who actually has to take care of keeping all this amazing design alive.

“Notice what’s special and important around me. […] Now that I’ve noticed, care about it.” I enjoyed Randy J. Hunt’s latest article on Speak Up: Pay Attention & Give a Shit.