February 2011
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January 2011
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The Puffington Host - Portlandia
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Product Placement, Turned Inside Out →
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Mapple Ad - The Simpsons
Stink different. Hehehe!!
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The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Morgan Spurlock will premiere his latest meta-documentary The Greatest Movie Ever Sold at Sundance later this month. The film, which is being touted as the first ever “docbuster,” is a documentary about branding, advertising and product placements completely financed by corporate sponsorships. The above poster was designed by Ron English whose work critiques the marketing practices...
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DougTV - Portlandia
This menu screen featured on Portlandia is a mock-up of DirecTV’s. Click here to compare.
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dPad - Portlandia
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Movies in the Mail - Portlandia
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CitiHall - Futurama
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FatBurger Transforms Itself into Fictional Bob's... →
To promote the premiere of Fox’s animated series Bob’s Burger, grease patty franchise FatBurger converted 64 of its locations into the fictional family restaurant. Read more here.
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Parodied NFL Logos - Just in time for playoff... →
via: t-shirt artist Jon Defreest.
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Starbucks Drops Brand Name From Logo
While not quite the unbranding inititiave it launched with 15th Ave Coffee and Tea, its coffee house that became known as “stealth Starbucks,” the chain is certainly experimenting with minimalism and banking its Siren will resonate with customers sans the brand name.
Read more about Starbucks’ logo update here and click here for my take on unbranding and persuasion knowledge.
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OMG, It Does Exist!!
Rock star logo and identity designer Graham Smith had the good fortune to spot an actual case of Duff Beer at his local off-license liquor spot. This is actual beer, not empty bottles stuffed with playing cards. He posted the above image to his Instagram feed, which is how I came across it. You can read more about here.
When Graham noted the beer was off-license, I thought he meant that it was...