// 25 June 2008, 10:09
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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// 05 May 2008, 18:17
If you’re like me, you’ve simply grown to ignore that mess of scaffolding around Columbus Circle. But lo and behold that the Museum of Arts & Design is finally unfurled for all to see. The new exterior look is not without its criticism, which is appropriate, I suppose. Check out the photos.
Gothamist has more details, [...]
// a tale of New York, design, design: history
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// 01 May 2008, 14:55
This turned up the other day on the always-lovely Smashing Magazine. If you’re like me and your just utterly turned on by retro and vintage art/design, have a look.
Ads, posters, illustrations, etc. and modern stuff which harkens back to that.
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// 27 April 2008, 17:59
I just finished reading Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. And I wouldn’t be writing about it except for the fact that it was absolutely brilliant!
If you are at all interested in human psychology, cognitive recognition, subliminality, symbolism, colour theory, or biochemistry, (which as designers, I would hope you are) [...]
// a tale of New York, advertising: tv/radio, brands & branding, design: history, design: packaging, the industry
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// 06 March 2008, 00:15
This isn’t a political blog, per se, but lately the US elections have been intruding upon the design profession. The latest drama surrounds a TV spot from the Hillary Clinton campaign in which the image of Barack Obama was altered to exaggerate his ethnic features.
The Daily Kos, a high-profile liberal blog, broke the story yesterday, [...]
// a tale of computers & gadgets, design: history, photography, politics, the industry
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// 31 December 2007, 19:31
As readers of this site know, I spent some time in England. And it didn’t take long to realise one of the first touchpoints of British design, the typeface Gill Sans. The unofficial font of Britain can be found on everything from government forms to outdoor advertising to television branding. It is in many ways [...]
// a tale of Britain, design: history, national identities, typography
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