Above are a small selection of portable, yet heavyweight 'speech bubbles' that were placed all over a Barcelona beach recently. I think the idea is incredibly clever and striking. The use of such bold, simplistic graphic designs reinforces the message the organisation was trying to communicate; clean up your rubbish. Speech bubbles were in both Spanish and English, yet even if I was to look at one in Spanish I would be drawn in and would want to investigate as to what its translation was.
Graphic Design has become immensely popular in T-shirt design these days. They're available on practically every online clothes shop and even in the odd high street shop. They range in geeky-ness, for example the more colourful intricate designs, that may resemble graffiti in a small way, probably appeal to a wider audience and therefore are on sale in more places. Whereas a really simple design like a large ampersand or just the name of a typeface, e.g. Helvetica, aren't as publicly recognised or appreciated. However, if you get it, then you get it. 
A Mac necklace, showing the keyboard shortcut associated for back up.
Photoshop Coasters, very similar to the idea of pillows but a smaller, neater variation.
Glyph Key Tops. Available with all different types, ranging from sporting glyphs to emoticons and random images such as grenades.
Photoshop Magnets. I'm not entirely sure of the point but I'm sure theres a market out there for these.
Channel 4 has many different stations now, each one with a different target audience. I feel these work incredibly well, for example E4 is more youthful and therefore uses rounded edges and a bold purple colour. Whereas More4 is slightly more sophisticated and therefore uses a sleek, simple design.
Not many people know what the E! channel, but for those who do this symbol is incredibly representative of what they broadcast. Its a very flashy network, full of celebrity news and glamour. This simplistic colouring is striking, but when you add the large exclamation mark to the mix the logo works even better.
Above are a few more examples on Network idents that I feel are successful.
Red Apple Cigarretes: a fictional brand that features in Pulp Fiction, From Dusk Till Dawn, Four Rooms, Kill Bill, Planet Terror and even his latest feature Inglourious Basterds. The brand has become so recognized that merchandise has been created in dedication to it.
Big Kahuna Burger: Another example of a fictional brand advertised in Tarantino movies is this particular Burger joint. The effort gone to convince people it was a real chain included setting up a website with a list of locations. This might not seem impressive now but when the website was first set up in the nineties it was seen as incredibly intriguing.
David Brownings is an illustrator based in Bristol and is currently in his 2nd year at UWE doing illustration. He likes to doodle random objects and previous works include decorating a horse statue in a Size?. This piece led to a further opportunity to work with this particular shop, hand crafting several variations of paper Nike Airs.
Brian Dettmer
