With design trends in every industry repeating themselves every 20 years or so, reviewing vintage advertising can be the key to creating the latest new look. This small collection of vintage advertising on WellMedicated is an enlightening walk down memory lane.

Pepsi recently announced it will be revamping the design and identities of their key brands, in light of the decrease in sales with drops between 2% and 5% in different beverage categories. Above is a peek at the new logo done by New York-based Arnell Group.

Whoda thunkit? Someone has developed more creative patterns for use on the inside of “security envelopes.” I live for this stuff!

Finally, something that can explain this financial crisis in terms I understand. This illustrated timeline for Good Magazine by Nigel Holmes has been made into a poster that will be distributed at Starbucks stores. A PDF of the chart is available from Poynter Online.

Ever get stuck finding just the right color combinations? DailyColorScheme.com offers a different color combinations every day; allows you to copy hex, RGB or CMYK code; or you can download the combination you choose in your choice of popular desktop software formats. It’s a perfect tool for any blocked designer.

This year celebrates the 90th birthdays of Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse and Hermann Zapf! Most of us use more of the fonts they’ve designed than we realize. From Hermann’s first typeface in 1928 to his new Palatino® Sans, he and Gudrun are full of incredible stories. Look here to go to the Linotype website and view a short biography of this influential couple.