The Colourlovers website does a great overview and history of the brand design for the Olympics, from 1896 through to the ever controversial 2012 games. Via Daring Fireball.

We’ve been exceptionally busy recently, but amongst all the work, we managed to find time to help Provokateur out a bit with this little video for their We Want Tap campaign.

“For some, bringing environmental responsibility to the design table was all a bit earnest and joyless. The mooted idea that the iPod might not be the most ‘green’ of products, and therefore was hardly an exemplar of modern design, did not go down well. People do not buy something because they like the virtuous value system it embodies, said one designer; they buy it because it is stylish, of the moment, gives intense pleasure.” Patrick Butler in The Guardian on the nowadays unfashionable idea that design can be a force for doing good in society - not just about selling stuff.

“Women get dismissed in ways that men don’t” - is there a ‘glass ceiling’ to be overcome for women bloggers? More at the New York Times on the BlogHer conference.