Logos, Branding and new ideas

I am not much of a user of Pinterest at all, but, I am a big fan of StumbleUpon! I, at first, stumbled just for giggles, but now I have broadened my likes and by adding art and especially graphic design to my interests, I have stumbled upon an endless amount of informational and useful websites! Some are funny where as some, like THIS ONE, are super relevant to our current project! This website shows a bunch of options and different styles of logos for a lot of different companies. While scrolling through I even saw very few of the "trending" logos which I have been trying to avoid. There are a lot of other cool options to browse on this website also such as branding AND websites! I hope you find this as useful as I did for brainstorming and a fresh approach!
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If you don't stumble upon graphic design already, it is super helpful!

Lithography

 
Lithography is a method for printing using a lithographic limestone or a metal plate that is completely smooth. Lithography was invented by German author and actor Alois Senefelder in 1796. Is was a cheap method of publishing theatrical works, lithography can be used to print text or artwork onto paper or other suitable material. Originally an image was etched into a coating of wax or an oily substance applied to a plate of the lithographic stone as the medium to transfer ink to a blank paper sheet. In modern lithography, the image is made of a polymer coating applied to a flexible aluminum plate.

It is a really interesting way to print. It seems really long and difficult to make a print but
today most all mass-produced texts are made using lithography, like books, newspaper, maps, magazines and posters. Lithography is the cheapest way to produce large-scale commerical print runs. The plates are able to be reused over and over.



Lithography was use by  Alphonse Mucha, a Czech artist in who inspired the Art Nouveau movement.