The truth about logos is that they are not that hard to do.

The Nike swash that cost $30 and was designed by a Portland State University art student was probably worth that when she first showed it to them. At that point it had no equity at all. None of the guys commissioning it particularly liked it, they all wanted the Adidas three stripes and they thought that was a good logo.

Australia has always put out some good design, particularly environmental graphics. I associate that with Australia, more so that a lot of other places. Whether that has anything to do with the landscape, who knows?

I'm not an expert in typefaces that serve scientific writing, but I'd guess that's another dozen or two.

If you can announce the Higgs Boson in Comic Sans, clearly anybody can do anything.

I think different designers have different points of view and different strong personalities can influence the way certain cities are perceived.

People in the UK will say that the design community in the US is much more coherent than other countries. It has no government support at all, so it's really like a grass roots thing.