Sunshocked

The NFL has announced that this year will be the last time they redesign the Superbowl logo. After over forty years of wild mutations and embarrassing zeitgeists, it’s finally been standardized. Let’s say goodbye to some old gems.

Veteran web designers are proud to tell stories from the Great Separation of Style and Content during the early ’00s. But the emancipation of content, illustrated most profoundly by the RSS feed, has left many of us searching for the line where content ends and style begins.

I must admit, that was a much longer vacation than I had intended on taking. I didn’t sit on my hands though, in addition to changing addresses I’ve made a number of changes to Sunshocked.com. Take the tour!

Once upon a time, designers were free to use any typeface in our cabinet. Now, we must rely on those that others have. Which 10 fonts do you wish everyone had, and why?

Designed by Chris Costello back in 1983, Papyrus (and not Comic Sans) is my least favorite font. The disdain is rooted neither in its subtle serifs nor its curious kerning, nor any particular aspect of the typeface itself, but rather how it is used—and what the usage says about us as a culture.