// 10 March 2010, 16:55
Mad Men is a hit show — we love it. It’s about advertising, vaguely, and the characters have become quite iconic in only a few short years. So naturally, they’ve been made into Barbie Dolls. What?
Four characters from the show are being made into Barbies. But my immediate WTF reaction stems from the disconnect between [...]
// a tale of advertising: tv/radio, brands & branding, design: product
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// 04 March 2010, 11:42
This is a clever idea and I’m surprised someone didn’t think of it earlier. But I can’t help but wonder why the company producing these didn’t just go ahead and make them black or white. Or why doesn’t Apple themselves start giving these away at the Apple stores — what a great brand-bolstering giveaway.
via Brand Infection [...]
// a tale of brands & branding, computers & gadgets, design: product
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// 23 February 2010, 15:53
Clearly, I haven’t written much in February. There are four main reasons for this: First, I got fake laid off from my fake job, which reshuffled my life in all general sense. Second, it’s rugby pre-season, which has already started to take up some time. Third, I’ve been sick already for more than a week, [...]
// a tale of brands & branding, national identities
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// 28 January 2010, 17:04
While famous for so many things, London [still] lacks a unifying, cohesive graphic brand identity under which all sectors can co-exist. The Mayor, and other officials, sought to bring together the previously branded elements of transport, tourism, government, the Olympics, and other public programmes with the creation of a new branding effort.
Back in September, I [...]
// a tale of Britain, New York, brands & branding, national identities, the industry, typography
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// 08 January 2010, 23:43
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This afternoon, in a fit of frustration, I sat down and remade the website for UPS as I would like to see it remade. That is, how it should be remade to best serve the principal need of the customers.
Creating this little monster took about 5 minutes, but quickly spread around the web [...]
// a tale of brands & branding, design: web, the industry, the internet
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// 07 January 2010, 13:45
I’ve commented on how brands are mortal, and how they die. The latest death is I.D. Magazine (not to be confused with i-D magazine), which for decades had been a rock in the design community. They loved it so much, in fact, that a “wake” was held, celebrating the people and legacy of I.D.
So if [...]
// a tale of brands & branding, the industry
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// 28 December 2009, 14:56
Luckily, the astute folks at the New York Times are highly organised, and thus they have produced for our enjoyment, a grid-based, icon-fueled look at the last ten years in news, business, culture, and other categories of time–space. Love it.
Think for a second that this was done mainly with icons. One tiny image can encapsulate [...]
// a tale of China, New York, brands & branding, cinema, computers & gadgets, design, design: history, fashion, music, national identities, politics, the internet
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