Autodesk's New Logo and The Story Behind It

An interesting article discussion Autodesk's new logo and branding...  The only explanation I have heard so far for the crazy folded letters and the 2014 software:

"...A talented team of Autodesk designers created the new branding and found their inspiration in origami. The style beautifully shows the convergence of art and science, form and function, aptly representing the Autodesk software portfolio..."

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At first I am thinking to myself "why use an ancient art form to represent the new digital future?"... But then I remember an article I read sometime last year...   Interesting...

I guess I will have to launch that folded "R" software for a few months and see how much it grows on me.

Revit Tutorial - Logo Painted CMU Wall

Here is a cool one that a buddy of mine asked about. Sean asked:

 I was wondering if you knew of a way to place a logo or an image on a surface like a wall, while also showing the detail of the wall say (CMU wall). I tried taking it out of photoshop as a png., tiff., and jpg. and eliminated the white. Also tried to make it a transparency tiff in photoshop, but couldn’t get it to print without the edges with the white fill. Whats my issue?

Rendering of a CMU Wall with a Logo Painted on it.

Topics Covered:

1. Splitting a walls face.
2. Creating the logo Material.
3. Applying the logo Material.
4. Rendering and viewing the logo.

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