Work has overwhelmed me the past couple of weeks, both a 9-5 of +9 tedium and various freelance projects, and I am only now getting caught up on the sea of blogs that is my RSS reader. I was very sad to see that PingMag, a favorite design blog of mine from Japan, is taking an indefinite hiatus… curse you, oh pernicious economy.

On a slightly more positive note, earlier today Drawn! brought me a link to a Flickr photostream of Arabic logos for Western brands. Below is Caribou Coffee, the coffeeshop where I spent most of my time and money during highschool. Also featured are Banana Republic, Starbucks, Tide detergent, and many others.