The slightly refreshed identity was designed by Anthony Piraino from the Iconfactory, directed by the logo’s original designer along with the team at Mozilla. As described in the extensive creative brief, the goal was to modernize the overall look of the logo.
You have to look close, but the most notable differences include finer hair detail and depth shading on the fox, flames that wrap around the globe, and a few heavy coats of gloss on the globe itself. I don’t know if it really looks more modern, but it is definitely more detailed. Which is not …

On 1 July, MySpace changed the their logo. No longer does it say “MySpace.com – A Place For Friends.” Now it simply says MySpace. The old and new logo are as below:
The PR of MySpace refused to confirm that the logo is new, or say why they changed it. It sure is absurd to have a conversation that goes something like “So it looks like you’ve changed your logo this evening? No Comment. Uh huh. Ok, so any official reason why you changed it? No comment.” Trade secrets, I guess. …

One feature of Firefox’s new version allows the browser to display any font. Here’s how good-looking the results can be.

Mozilla recently released version 3.5 of its browser, Firefox, and it contained one tiny feature that could be a huge boon for web design: The ability to display any font, thanks to “@font-face,” which allows designers to store fonts on their own servers, and reference them on their web pages. Designers Ian Lynam and Craig Mod have just posted a primer on the new feature, which shows just how much is …

The 56th annual Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival just wrapped up, with the announcement of its winners in the Design Category.
Jamie Oliver’s condiment line, designed by Pearlfisher, won Gold.

Another Gold: Gut Oggau Wine, designed by Jung von Matt.

Raison Pure also won Gold, for their work on “Flowerbomb Safe,” a fragrance by Victor & Rolf. The design manages to suit Victor & Rolf’s overriding brand aesthetic perfectly–fancy but dangerous:

There are some more award winning design on FastCompany.com

The vintage-inspired packaging, from Kraft-owned Nabisco, focuses on a clean minimal aesthetic—gone are the countless gradients, glows, and warped type. While simple, it is a breath of fresh air on supermarket shelves typically stuffed with over-designed products. A nice way to reinvent a couple of otherwise boring products.
The before and after Oreo packages:

Both Ritz and Oreo are sporting a simple new logo (4 letters placed inside circles), echoing the round shape of the product. The Ritz package seems to build on the design sensibility of the acclaimed (and unexpected) ‘Open …