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Macramè offers graphic design solutions in brand communication through
a network of independent designers and studios.

Journal contains a variety of brand related articles selected from the web, and the latest news on our network and projects.


Wednesday
30Dec2009

Crowdsourcing $300 million to buy Pabst Brewing Co.


According to the Chicago Tribune, ownership of the brewing company was entrusted to a non-profit charity when the owner Paul Kalmanovitz passed away. Because federal tax laws forbid non-profits from owning for-profit companies, Pabst is now looking for a buyer.


Read "PSFK" article…

Tuesday
29Dec2009

"Un Leon D-Mente" designed by Cuna


Cuna Estudio designed the artwork for the last Leon Gieco's musical project "Un Leon D-mente".

Monday
28Dec2009

The Wonder of Apple’s tablet


Conventional wisdom suggests that Apple will not be able to succeed where so many others have failed. But Apple makes billions defying conventional wisdom.


Read "Techcrunch" article…

Monday
28Dec2009

Restaurants are using menu semantics to entice diners


Many restaurants around U.S. are feverishly revising their menus. Pounded by the recession, they are hoping that some magic combination of prices, adjectives, fonts, type sizes, ink colors and placement on the page can coax diners into spending a little more money.


Read "The New York Times" article…

Sunday
13Dec2009

"For design thinkers, behaviours are never right or wrong, but they are always meaningful." — Tim Brown, CEO of Ideo

Tuesday
08Dec2009

Geek Files animations featured in Motion Served website by Behance Network 

Tuesday
08Dec2009

Argentina's graphic design pioneer Diseño Shakespear turns 50.


Fifty years ago, at the age of 16, Ronald Shakespear set out his design studio in Buenos Aires. Jorge Frascara, past president of Icograda and Professor Emeritus of the University of Alberta, wrote about this event.

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Sunday
29Nov2009

Brand Iconography: A collection of various icons designed by Macramè


Information graphics with charts, graphs and icons have an increasing prominence and different emphasis by being used as much for aesthetic form as for the calibration or quantification of data through a modern visual language. The result is a consistent family of icons and graphs that communicates with the same style and help to visualize complex process or data.


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Sunday
29Nov2009

Brand Marks: A collection of various logos designed by Macramè


Concrete or abstract symbols which identifies a organization, a service or a product. All marks must be appropiate and relevant. They can be created new trademarks from scratch, or refreshed accordingly with the strategic necessities of the brand.


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Sunday
22Nov2009

Leandro Castelao art on sale at Kemistry Gallery, London.


Kemistry Gallery is selling Limited editions silkscreen prints by Leandro Castelao.

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