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A Sign Of Our (Old) Times
The old Victoria Drive Grocery at Victoria and William has been a bit of a wreck for the last twenty years. The folks who used the letters from the old board to make “Dr. Vigari” added a certain...
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Update On The Shelly Sign
A little while ago, I reported on the finding of the Shelly Baking Products sign on the side of the old Victoria Drive Grocery that is being converted to a pizza restaurant plus apartments. The good...
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WTF?
The TV was on this afternoon. I guess it was one of our time-shift channels because all the ads were for Toronto and Mississauga. The ad I happened to catch was for a Toronto TV station’s morning...
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Keep Calm and Carry On
The story of how the “Keep Calm and Carry On” poster came to public attention. A nice piece.
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Another Ad That Reaches Art
As I have mentioned before, some ads are simply genius. This is the latest I have found that meets that level:
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Product Improvement Fail!
As a diabetic, I never use processed white sugar. When I need a bit of sweetening I use packaged chemicals (which no doubt have their own problems, but …) At home I use Sugar Twin which used to come in...
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Censorship in Vancouver
Billionaire Jim Pattison’s Outdoor Billboard company — which is almost a monopoly in the city — has refused to accept the following poster: The ad was an attempt to recruit membership in the Centre for...
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Why We Eat What We Eat
Some years ago, Eric Schlosser wrote the devastating critique “Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal” which took us all inside the often hideous manufacturing processes of the...
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Les Sapeurs Rise Again!
One of the most popular posts I ever wrote on this blog was about Les Sapeurs in the Congo. That post was from more than five years ago and I still get hits on it every week. Just the other day I was...
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How Will We Die?
I was drawn to the World Health Organization’s recently published “The Global Burden of Disease: 2004 Update” through David Kenner’s review article in Foreign Policy. The WHO’s report is a snapshot...
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Pizza Branding
I was in marketing for quite a while before I retired. I still have a fascination with the art of marketing, and applaud when it is done well. So I am a sucker for “insider” stories about major brand...
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Update On The Shelly Sign
A little while ago, I reported on the finding of the Shelly Baking Products sign on the side of the old Victoria Drive Grocery that is being converted to a pizza restaurant plus apartments. The good...
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Man On The Moon
The John Lewis stores in England have been known for decades as a fine employee-owned company. They are, I believe, one of England’s largest retailers, with more than 80,000 owner-employees. My...
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Vinyl Album Cover Art Awards
Man, there are some truly wonderful artworks in the world today. And some of the strongest can be found in the cover art for vinyl albums. and for example. These are just two nominees (Robert Beattie,...
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Large Scale Public Art Brings Stars To The City
I was intrigued by a detailed article in Creative Review about a large installation Stella Artois beer is bringing to New York and Buenos Aires. “There are many upsides to city life, but one of the...
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Billy Clark
The image and the following text are from an article on the always interesting Creative Review. Norwich University of the Arts graduate Billy Clark has been producing some lovely illustrations of...
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Big Brother IS Watching #2
Do you remember Foursquare? I guess it is still around but I haven’t heard of it for quite a while. It was an app that directed you to stores and restaurants close to where you were physically located...
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Nissan Are The Rogues
This winter, the Nissan motor company has been running a series of TV commercials for its Rogue car, and each one appalls me more than the one before. The conceit of each ad is that some aspect of...
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