BLOG: Our Weekly Reading List
Each week we devote a portion of our free time to reading articles about technological, social, and design trends and events that impact the world we live in and what we do. We have a research assistant dedicated to finding quality articles and compiling the most relevant and important reads for the team each week. They are publicly posted for specific DarkSquare team members and for anyone interested in following the kind of content we consume week to week. Follow our blog for some of the best curated content on the web for designers and futurists.
Latest Entries
How brands are taking social media into the real world to connect with us
Now, nearly 60 years later, you’re as likely to spot Fjällräven’s iconic fox logo on a backpack in Brooklyn as you are on a trail in the Arctic Circle.
How To Measure The ROI Of Brand Purpose
As more and more companies adopt a purpose-driven strategy, one of the key questions that needs to be addressed is how to measure the return on investment from a purpose-driven initiative.
Boost Your Business by Leveraging Marketing Analytics
Once upon a time, marketers would spend all of their time creating and sharing promotional campaigns only to wonder if they even worked.
3 Requirements For Building A Great Brand
Search Amazon for books on branding and you’ll get over 10,000 results.
Tokyo subway’s humble duct-tape typographer
Sato san’s works are an embodiment of the best qualities of design. They are honest, simple responses to a need and, at the same time, they are expressive and delightful.
THIS ROBOTIC CONTACT LENS CAN ZOOM IN OR OUT JUST BY BLINKING
Sato san’s works are an embodiment of the best qualities of design. They are honest, simple responses to a need and, at the same time, they are expressive and delightful.
What Is a Blockchain?
A team of scientists from the University of California San Diego created a spy movie-esque contact lens that zooms in and out when you blink.
How to Crop an Image in Adobe Illustrator CC
A public¹, permanent², append-only³ distributed⁴ ledger⁵.
How to Pick Your Hex Color
Knowing how to crop in Illustrator seems to be a bit of a confusing topic for new Adobe Illustrator users.
How to Make a GIF in PhotoShop from Video
In a nutshell, computers use a different language than humans use.
The Strategy Behind Successful Brand Names
If you arrived here wondering how to make a GIF with Photoshop, it’s probably because the video you uploaded to your website was slowing down the loading time.
IT’S SENTIENT
Powerful brand names are stories distilled to one word.
Improving your ROI with Market Mix Modeling
Meet the classified artificial brain being developed by US intelligence programs
What Are Data Visualization Style Guidelines?
In a nutshell, computers use a different language than humans use.
A Typeface Designed to Look Like Speed
Organizations like Google and London City Intelligence recently extended their design systems to include standards specifically for data visualization.
Guide to Living with AI, Robots, Algorithms and Altcoins
In 1962, Eero Saarinen designed a building that looked like flight itself.
The power of branding
Something changed in our coexistence with artificial intelligence in 2018, and it may never be the same.
How to create human-figure icons
Sato san’s works are an embodiment of the best qualities of design. They are honest, simple responses to a need and, at the same time, they are expressive and delightful.
The Age of Hyper-Personalization and AI
A team of scientists from the University of California San Diego created a spy movie-esque contact lens that zooms in and out when you blink.
Facebook Banner Dimensions and Cover Photo Best Practices
Search Amazon for books on branding and you’ll get over 10,000 results.
DARKSQUARE logo design published in Logo Lounge 11
