An amazing 7 minute animated art-graffiti piece composed in Buenos Aires by artist Muto.

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

After years of waiting, Google officially announced  yesterday that it has developed a way to search and index websites built with Flash. For those of us (uh hem, like Album) that have relied on Flash as an integral part of our sites, we will finally enjoy an increase in traffic and ranking. Ironically, Album will be launching a new site soon that will use very little or no Flash content at all. I guess you could say we are a bunch of against-the-grain trendsetters.  Or not.

According to the 2008 report from www.brandz.com, Google’s brand name (not company assets) is worth $86 billion dollars. Uh, yeah, that’s a “b” not an “m”. This report has some interesting facts about brand value. For example: Publicly traded brands from BrandZ’s top 100 brands outperformed the rest of the stockmarket (S&P 500) by 22%. Wow. That’s solid financial proof that branding plays a major role in a company’s success.

Who does Google consider the number one “Untitled Page” of the web? You can try searching for it on Google or clicking here.

 Coke’s rebranding took a famous but cluttered identity system with its complex graphics and brought it down to the simplest forms, accomplishing a beautiful example of identity design. Simple but very effective, this new approach won the Design Grand Prix at Cannes Lions 2008.

This video about the rebranding is really interesting and shows the new identity really well.

www.faceyourpockets.com

I’ll let you decide. They’re looking pretty good if you ask me. . . see some more

How do graphic designers create the most famous logos in the world.

this site has a funny take on that idea.

If we all chip in we might be able to save him, before it’s too late.

“The Mclovin’ Fund” with Kristen Bell and Christopher Mintz-Plasse