Once again, it’s that time of the year when we gather our minds to the 11.5 months that have passed and try to make sense of what we’ve seen, heard, said and done.
For newcomers to this, there are samples here, here and here of previous years.
Essentially, it goes like this. We collect examples of stuff in the following categories then spend an unfeasibly long period of time over the xmas break making sense of it all. (Actually the categories tend to be pretty fluid and we’ll dump some if we can’t think of anything interesting).
So, at least for now, the categories are...
The design stories of the year
Design of the year / designer of the year
The ‘wish I’d done that’ project of the year
The year’s defining moment
Favourite blog (design or otherwise)
Favourite twitterer
Most over-hyped person/design/blog/tweeter whatever that you can’t wait to see the back of
Rebrand of the year (best/worst)
Steal of the year
The picture of the year
The kind of thing that gives graphic designers a bad name
The trend that just won’t go away
Film of the year
Best music of the year (album, CD, download, single, whatever)
Book of the year
Ad of the year
Phrase of the year
Best TV
Exhibition of the year
Gig of the year
Must have gadget/innovation/thing of the year
Your design/trend prediction for ‘13
Your design/trend prediction for the next decade
Your New Year’s resolution
(Feel free to add categories you think we’ve missed too)
And, just to add a little spice to this year’s Review, for the first time EVER (yes, true) in the nearly 8 year history of this blog, COMMENTS ARE OPEN. We will not sell your email address to Rupert Murdoch, we promise, unless by Wednesday there are 499 email contacts too valuable to ignore, that might change things slightly.
If responding in part or whole in public isn’t your thing, you can tweet us your response @johnsonbanks, or email us at info (at) johnsonbanks (dot) co (dot) uk or on Facebook.
And, to make it even more interesting, best/funniest/wittiest set of comments wins a signed copy of Problem Solved. True. How good is that.
