Entries tagged “culture”
Crispin Porter + Bogusky gives baby carrots the junk food treatment.
“…Just in time for the battle over what’s gonna be in millions of back-to-school lunches, Bolthouse Farms and nearly 50 other carrot growers today will unveil plans for the industry’s first-ever marketing campaign. The $25 million effort sets its sights on a giant, big-spending rival: junk food…”
—via USA Today
more iPad madness: “Across the Country, the Devoted Gather for the iPad”
(article and slideshow via The New York Times)
In E-Book Era, You Can’t Even Judge a Cover
“…Among other changes heralded by the e-book era, digital editions are bumping book covers off the subway, the coffee table and the beach…
A good jacket is unlikely to save a bad book, of course. But in a crowded market, a striking cover is one advantage all authors and publishers want. To get a sense of the odds, in a random analysis of 1,000 business books released last year, Codex Group, a publishing consultant, found that only 62 sold more than 5,000 copies.
Even in the digital era, publishers believe that books need graphic representations —
if only for the online marketing campaign. Regardless of the format, “they all seem to need what we know of as a cover to identify them,” said Chip Kidd…”
—Motoko Rich for The New York Times,
(worth reading the full article to also catch a quote from Mario J. Pulice)
The Heinz ketchup condiment packet gets a redesign.
“…A true packaging breakthrough, the Heinz Dip & Squeeze dual-function package gives ketchup lovers two ways to enjoy Heinz Ketchup: either peel back the lid for easy dipping, or tear off the tip to squeeze onto favorite foods…The new Heinz Dip & Squeeze product marks the first ketchup packet makeover for the foodservice industry in 42 years. In the past, on-the-go eaters have struggled to open multiple ketchup packets while worrying about making a mess…” —from Heinz Ketchup press release
In ’Twas the Icon of Christmas, Steven Heller looks at the visual history of Santa Claus and illustrators of the past. (article via AIGA)
“21 Things That Became Obsolete This Decade”
(via nytimesbits on twitter, via the business insider,
photograph of phonebook via Wallula Junction)
R.I.P chalkboard
“…As dusk creeps across the German capital on Nov. 9, 20 years to the hour after East Germans first began hammering away at the original concrete Berlin Wall on their way to the West, the first section will be pushed over, and the rest will fall — like dominoes…” —Wall Street Journal
(photo credit: Almut Schoenfeld/The Wall Street Journal)
“Longtime curators and local artists Jordin Isip and Rodger Stevens know a lot of other local artists — they recruited 300 of them (many with day jobs: graphic designers, illustrators, lighting designers, etc.) for Dime Bag 3, closing at Giant Robot in the East Village on August 12…”
See What 30 Local Artists Stuffed Into ‘Dime Bags’
(via Vulture, above “Dime Bag” illustrated by Ray Fenwick)
“The Art of Rebellion,” Steven Heller reviews “New visual books on the comics artist Harvey Kurtzman, classic underground comics, political posters from the Lebanese civil war and mug shots” (via NYTimes.com)
“The World’s Most Beautiful Currencies” slideshow (via CNBC.com)
“…Lori Tharps shares the motivation behind the new line: ” As the mother of two mixed kids and a journalist who often writes about race and identity, I knew that the phrase ‘What are you?’ is one of the most annoyingly pervasive questions people ask of those who don’t look like the stereotypical definitions we have for racial categories…”
(first discovered via Visual Culture)
The Changing Face of Everyday Design: From air steward uniforms to Corn Flakes cereal boxes…how has everyday design evolved over the last half-century?
looking at the evolution of design from 1950s to today in pictures
(discovered via The Guardian)
