“IBM on Brand” by Jon Iwata (by VSA Partners)
via smarterplanet:
“_____ on Brand” is a series of short films created by VSA Partners to capture the current thinking behind leadership brands—specifically, their origins and intent, audiences and ingredients, and business or societal impact.
Hitler Weighs In On SXSW Jumping The Shark. While saying “SXSW is over” is over, this Downfall clip remains relevant at this over-branded marketing event…
via downfallr:
Hitler Responds To Recent Trends At SXSW (by UrgentGenius)
Brand families: mapping the consumer brands and their corporate owners in this graphic.
Because you are what you eat, this chart visualizes the food brands preferred by voters.
Can what you eat tell you something about how you vote? Possibly.
Visualizing media ownership of Television brands; kind of a visual network of TV networks
via ilovecharts:
Pre-Internet Companies Rebranded As Modern-Day Start-Ups
Which names would you add to the list?
via wondertonic:
- StandrdOi.ly
- yoonyun pacificster
- genrl lectricly
- westinghouseable
Android Phone Name Generator
If it ever feels like the names for Android smartphones seem random, you’re not alone
Branding the body politic
Barack Obama and John McCain have raised millions of dollars for their presidential campaigns. In GOOD’s second installment of Political NASCAR, we look at the uniforms the two candidates would wear if companies wanted to use their political donations as advertisements, and if running for president ended with the winner doing donuts on the White House lawn.
There’s a great thread over on Reddit right now, with some good Photoshop work going on.
Clients From Hell: I'll just have to make a quick phone call to my lawyer
When branding is a Steal (literally).
via clientsfromhell:
Me: “So… what you are basically telling me is that you like the completed logo, like the completed slogan, like the completed branding work and that you intend to use it all for your new business. Correct?”
Client: “Yes. Absolutely.”
Me: “And yesterday you called another designer and…
Tumblr Stole My Domain At The Behest of A Corporation
I’ve run pitchfork.tumblr.com for almost a year now. I had several posts up and I followed 28 people with the account. All my posts are now gone and my address has been changed to pitchfork1.tumblr.com. Where my blog once stood now stands the official Tumblr for Pitchfork Media Inc. Watch out, Soup, I hear Campbell’s is gunning for you next.
