Word: logo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard archives, one can see examples of the posters from pre-desktop publishing Harvard: clean, elegant composition, perhaps a simple logo, and all the pertinent information. A far cry from the font-crazy ravings of today that, in their witty enthusiasm, often leave off important pieces of information. There are too many organizations promoting too many things. As students sink in information overload, organization's sink into the muck of cheap puns. Their audience, ever more weary of the insipid posters and T-shirts that have become inescapable, get even harder to reach. And so the cycle continues...
...doubt that commercialism has reached its high tide, and organized religion its low ebb, when the faithful shill for the Prince of Peace, slogan courtesy of the "King of Beers." Perhaps the clever Budweiser motif can continue. Maybe we'll soon see bumper stickers emblazoned with the logo, "Jesus: Proud to be Your Bud!" It may be crass, but it will sure be an attention-grabber...
Indeed, what did I have to lose? An innocuousFM logo on my forearm, I thought, without ink.Just pain and burning flesh and a small, misshapenscar. After no small amount of finagling, I cameup with two hand-held tape recorders, three oldNikons, three photographers, (my two roomates,Nick and Dave, and Dan, a longstanding friend,and, more importantly, an artist) two rolls of3200 speed film, and a '75 two-door Volvo. Safestcar on the road, they say. And with Dan at thewheel, we needed all the protection we could get.It was dark, it was raining, it was shoppingperiod...
...large truck--an 18 wheeler--painted with splashy graphics," Baldwin said. "There was an awning attached to the truck, and on top it was a huge `RL' logo...
...much stock in guarantees delivered by hired celebrities, and because major stars find it demeaning to recommend any product explicitly, mainstream celebritocentric advertising has become a subtle, weirdly stylized genre. Michael Jackson and Madonna don't do much more than appear in the vicinity of the Pepsi logo; Michael Douglas and Gene Hackman hire out for commercial voice-over work but -- We're major artists! -- decline to appear in ads or be identified by name. This is the age of virtual endorsement...