Apple + CTA

Apple has reportedly agreed to $4M in renovations of a Chicago CTA station, including the naming rights and first dibs on advertising rights at the station. The site is located near a soon-to-be-opening Apple Store. Cash strapped CTA is using this as an opportunity to generate revenue. Not unsimilar to this is the tale of New York's MTA selling naming rights of the Brooklyn-Atlantic Avenues station to UK
s Barclays earlier this year. Full store here.

The Bloodhand Gang

We came across some classic early 1980's PBS programming on YouTube. Remember the show 3-2-1 Contact? Well there was a segment with a bunch of kid dectectives called The Bloodhound Gang. Our favorite (3-part) episode (of which only 2 are online) is linked below. Check it out, and let us know if you remember this show too!

Colorful Gap

We spotted these beautiful vinyl graphics on the Gap's storefront in the last week. If anyone knows who created them, please send us a note!

Musical Stairs!

Volkswagen conducted an experiment in Sweden to see if they could get people to take a set of stairs instead of an escalator. Watch the results!

Font Bureau sues NBC

Those zippy fall promotional graphics that have been blazing the "colorful" screens of NBC have become the subject of a lawsuit that claims NBC did not have the proper licensing of Bureau Grotesque, Interstate and Antenna. See this link for the actual PDF of the suit.

Signage as a target

This article in Fast Company describes how Pentagram's new building signage at the Massena, NY boarder crossing station is being taken down, as it is seen as a terrorist target.

Why not to TEXT and DRIVE

We need more honesty here in the US to make our drivers more aware of the dangers of TEXTING and DRIVING. We think that this PSA recently released in the UK gets the message across.