Archive for August, 2009

  • Plastic fantastic

    Plastic fantastic

    (Far from sealing the fate of the newspaper industry, a new generation of e-readers may be its savior.) At 912 pages, Roberto Bolaño’s novel 2666 is two inches thick. At 500g,

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  • Destined for Greater Heights, my dear Watsons?

    Destined for Greater Heights, my dear Watsons?

    Whatever it may be called, “Destination Marketing” is a relatively new term to me. Trust the marketing people to coin a new jargon for everything (which I don’t blame being a marketer myself but I have to admit it’s a wide term).

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  • Symbolic Gesture

    Symbolic Gesture

    Brand icons are designed to last, but not all do. Take, for example, Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Last month, it unveiled a fresh visual identity following a merger earlier this year, when Bank of America acquired Merrill Lynch to prevent it from collapsing. The logo is based on the previous Bank of America identity, [...]

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  • Tear Down That Line

    Tear Down That Line

    The only line that’s worth a ‘pinch of salt’ is the finishing line Just ask Usain Bolt. Many years ago, former US president, Ronald Reagan asked the Russian President, Mikhail Gorbachev to ‘tear down that wall’.

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