Yesterday the George Washington University unveiled its new logo, which looks a whole lot like the old one.

The Post’s Dana Hedgpeth provides us with this very interesting long read about Lance Wyman, the 73-year-old graphic designer who originally designed Metro’s iconic rail map and is taking on the challenge once again.

You may have noticed a slight change to the way DCist looks today. Following the lead of our sister site in New York, we’ve now transitioned the default front page of the site to the “pretty” view. We’ve slightly refined the view since it launched earlier this year, increasing the size of the lead story images, adding more posts and generally making it more elegant and readable.

It’s apparently media redesign season around the District. City Paper recently overhauled their long-time print look, and we began switching our look this weekend. (By the way: thanks for your patience, dear readers!) Not to be outdone, the Washington Post has also taken the leap, revamping their website over the weekend. The new design employs a lot more open space and feels less cluttered, but definitely has its share of issues.

Last month, we let you know that DCist would be getting a facelift, part of some changes to the look and feel around the Gothamist network of blogs. Those of you who have moseyed over to Gothamist over the past few weeks have a good idea of what to expect: a redesigned home page with a enhanced focus on featured stories and images and better performance from site elements like photo galleries, among other improvements. We’re pretty excited about the new duds, and I’m pleased to announce that the redesign will arrive at DCist this weekend.

The Washington City Paper unveiled a new logo in print and on the web this morning, shifting away from the brand it had used since 1996. The logo revamp is the most visible part of a cleaner look for the alt-weekly, which includes several changes inside the paper.

The long-awaited redesign plan for Dunbar High School was unveiled this morning — and, at the risk of sounding eager, it looks, well, spectacular. The school has been in the news quite a bit recently for negative reasons and has been a bit of an eyesore for some time — but many are pinning their hopes on a redesign of the school as the way of turning that reputation around. They likely won’t be disappointed with what’s in store.

We noticed for the first time today that popular 9th Street bar and live music venue DC9 has totally redesigned its web site. The previous iteration looked a lot like the sites of sister venues Rock and Roll Hotel and The Red and the Black, but now, it’s got a cleaner, easier-to-read layout, which booking manager Steve Lambert said was meant to “focus more on the artists and events we have coming through.” The…

After just a year on the job, it’s hard to say that Washington Post Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli hasn’t made his presence known. During his tenure, Washington’s paper of record has seen a number of changes, both in structure and style. Once separate empires, print and online, are set to merge completely by 2010. The stand-alone Book World is gone and the Business section has merged into the front pages. The Sunday magazine has…

The D.C. Public Library launched a redesigned web site today, and it appears to a substantial upgrade from its previous version. Check it out for yourself at www.dclibrary.org. A news release accompanying the launch touts new features including separate pages for each neighborhood library; a new calendar that filters events by day, location, and type of program; an online meeting-room reservation system; the ability to request a text message to alert you when library…