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Quote
of the Week:
It's all about context
Sometimes the most familiar visual symbols create confusion. How? Bad context. This is just a humorous example, but think about it: has your brand, or marketing message, been in this position?
image via Jalopnik.
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9.02.2008
13 years
The office is closed today, on the occasion of my marrying the most amazing woman on the planet 13 years ago, today. We'll resume operations tomorrow.
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8.29.2008
Corn Dogs and Ice
It's Friday, so get yourselves out of town and enjoy life! The Colorado State Fair is happening down Pueblo-way, with all the cotton candy and corn dogs you can eat. C'mon, you know you want some!Labels: advice, photography, typography, vacation
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8.28.2008
George Rorick interviews Charles M. Blow
From the world of infographics:Via Update"George Rorick interviews Charles M. Blow: "You can't miss this interview. George Rorick, the creator of the weather map of USA Today on the early 80's interviews Charles M. Blow, the man who made the infographics deaprtment of NYT the most respected in and out the walls of the newspaper. The topic is Blow's new job as visual columnist of The New York Times
One of Blow's 'visual nuggets'
And if you still want more, check the new Charles Blow's blog on nytimes.com, called 'By the numbers'(Via Infographics news.)
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8.27.2008
For all the Trekkies Supporting Obama...
My friend Joysa brings this to my attention:
via the Wandering HebrewLabels: humor
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In Protest of a Longmont Ad Club
The Longmont Egotist announces a new Longmont Ad Club. In reply:As a Wheat Ridge resident and business-owner, I am annoyed at you northern urbane Longmonters. I’ll have you know the Wheat Ridge Ad Club and Grange has been active since 1863, when a former miner won fifteen racks of woodtype and fresh-off the boat-from-Europe Clarendon type-sets. Did he choose to locate his soon-to-be prosperous business in Denver City? In Longmont? In Cripple Creek? NO! Wheat Ridge was the place for him. It’s the place for me, and it’s the place for any creative and success-oriented marketeers and visual entrepreneurs who want the pristine vistas, carnation greenhouses, and sweet Clear Creek water that we, as educated and righteous folk, DESERVE! Longmonters: throw open your doors, then walk out of them, southward, to Wheat Ridge!Labels: humor
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Packaging that both reminds me of the old generic packaging of the mid-'80s, and at the same time looks fresh.
BVD: "
Nice packaging deign from BVD
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What makes it work for me is that the product is what creates the texture needed to offset the otherwise rather bland (on purpose) type.(Via The Serif - Your daily dose of design inspiration.)
Labels: graphic design, packaging
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8.25.2008
Travel Posters for Intra-solar system Tours
Steve Thomas in Minnesota has created some fanciful travel posters for many lovely tourist hot-spots of the future, right here in our own solar system. They borrow from the styles of travel posters from the '20s through the '50s, and are a lot of fun. Check them out, and buy one, if you like one.Labels: advertising, graphic design, illustration
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8.22.2008
Coors Aims Its Silver Bullet At Women
News from the Coors front:Coors Aims Its Silver Bullet At Women: "Coors is in the process of launching a series of products aimed at women.It is a bold attempt, which many have tried before.The brewer has set up a separate business unit code named 'Eve' and will introduce a beer called "Blue Moon"...
I mentioned in my comment to this post up at 5 Blogs Before Lunch that, um, Coors already has a beer called Blue Moon. In fact, they have a lot of other beers branded within the Blue Moon sub-brand architecture. So, what will they do with this already well-selling niche-marketed belgian whitbier and its progeny? Can it?(Via 5 Blogs Before Lunch.)
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