Politics

Steve Douglas on September 2nd, 2009

Update: Ruh-oh. According to AdFreak it looks like the ad was approved by WWF Brazil and DID run (just once) in a Brazilian newspaper. “WWF Brasil and DDB Brasil would like to jointly express their regret for the unfortunate incident involving the ‘Tsunami’ ad for World Wildlife Fund Brasil. The ad does not convey either [...]

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Steve Douglas on January 17th, 2009

Don’t usually like to get into political stuff on the blog, but as a wonk, I found this pretty interesting. According to a newly launched website, lots of folks are trying to recruit economic commentator, author and stock broker Peter Schiff to run for a Connecticut Senate seat in 2010. On the Libertarian ticket as [...]

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Steve Douglas on January 3rd, 2009

This gem graced the cover of Conservative pundit Jonah Goldberg‘s book Liberal Fascism. And while it’s not a logo in the absolute purist terms, it’s still close enough, and dumb enough, to be named the Dumbest Logo Of 2008. How come, you might ask? Well, there’s the idea that folks on the political left are [...]

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Steve Douglas on December 19th, 2008

Now that the USA Presidential Campaign is over, the dissection of everything associated with it begins. One of the items under the microscope is Barack Obama‘s campaign marketing in general, and the Obama logo design in specific. Interesting to look back at what people thought of the Obama mark at the time (referred to by [...]

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Steve Douglas on May 30th, 2007

Users of search engine giant Google should be familiar with the company’s use of logo variants to celebrate and/or take note of holidays and calendar specific events. Cataloging the various Google logos has intrigued designers and non-designers alike since the inception of the practice in 1999. Logos range from the usual; Christmas and New Years, [...]

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