This one’s a quick let-it-be-known post:

AOL Money & Finance has compiled a list of the 25 most memorable and icons advertising spokespeople. This list is packed full of nostalgia for a kinder, gentler time, when advertising was a sentimental craft. We welcomed these fictional characters into our homes; we laughed and cried with them. Today, [...]

// a tale of advertising: print, advertising: tv/radio, design: history
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There’s no shortage of superstitions in the world, especially in the world of sports and in the developing world. It’s no surprise then that the designer of the Beijing Olympic Mascots is taking heat for his cuddling little characters are being blamed for causing last month’s Earthquake.
The mascots are said to be five harbingers of [...]

// a tale of China, WTF, brands & branding, design, national identities
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