Branded is a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, business, design, and culture. Wikipedia is arguably one of the most well-known brands in the world. Which means you’ve most likely ...

Folks, if you are reading this, you are about to become the hit of the next cocktail party you attend. People will gravitate toward you as you prove yourself to be a fount of fun TV facts. Getting ...

In pursuit of the perfect logo – unique, memorable, versatile (the list goes on) – we’re likely to see an increasing number of boundary-pushing designs and unconventional forms this year, according to ...

To explore into this continuing evolution, I spoke to experts in design, branding and marketing across the creative ...

For decades now, the PlayStation logo has been accompanied by an iconic jingle. It’s a very simple sound, but anytime it appears in a commercial or trailer, fans immediately know that a PlayStation ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Japanese musician and music producer Tohru Okada has died of heart failure at 73, according to multiple Japanese-language sources. In the world of ...

The logo for the telecom company Oi looks straight out of The Electric Koolaid Acid Test. Trippier still? It responds to sound. The new branding for Oi stays pretty close to the original logo system, ...

This week Google, now a part of new holding company Alphabet, launched its updated logo design. The old logo design, created in 1999, was a serif typeface. The new logo is a colorful sans serif ...

From the squelching sounds of soggy corpses to the recognizable sounds of a galaxy far, far away, sound design is the art of creating a believable sonic world. Whenever a video game set in the Star ...

Volkswagen has used the Frankfurt Motor Show to unveil their redesigned logo. Looking more retro and simplistic than their previous logo, the new VW badge features a “flat two-dimensional design” ...

The wind howls. Tree branches creak. The life of the forest breathes into you. You're immersed in an epic soundscape. The environment feels so real you could touch it, even though you know it’s an ...

It's hard to believe that we’re already more than halfway through 2023. As we try to wrap our brains around that fact, it’s important not to forget to look to the future. Specifically, the future of ...