Why did the USDA shut down an online animal abuse database?

An online database documenting animal abuse suddenly disappeared from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) website on Friday, sparking outrage among animal rights activists. 

Thousands of inspection reports and other information documenting animals mistreated, injured, or killed at research laboratories, zoos, puppy mills, and elsewhere were removed due to privacy concerns, said the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in a statement. 

Design, Redesign & Design Again – When to Stop?

Being in the design industry for the past eight years, I have had the privilege of working with a variety of small business owners, executives and entrepreneurs, helping them build and design brand communication strategies. Of all the projects, one common question that almost every businessman asked was, “When and how often should I redesign?”

Logos Telling News – More than just a symbol!

Paris-based illustrator, Sylvan Boyer, has a huge collection of news stories on his website, narrated in minimalistic graphical language using famous logos. These stories range from local to international and from business to sports. Many of them are quite controversial and some are funny. Where they aren’t all a hit, it’s certainly a commendable effort to try to delineate difficult or lengthier concepts effectively using simple and minimal design with logos.