The Decade In Logos
Few of us, we are all pleased to report, look the same way we did ten years ago (with some notable exceptions). Likewise our favorite brands — the past ten years provided a surfeit of logo redesigns, each documented, critiqued, lambasted and praised on the internet. Here are a few of the makeovers we’ve seen in the last decade.
The Art of the (Online) Poster
One of the more appealing things about living in New York City is that the high number of pedestrians means that an archaic mode of communication remains viable: posters. (One of the less appealing things: that those posters occasionally advertise things like this.) Posters were our forefathers’ billboards – but unlike those-that-shall-never-be-lovely-as-a-tree, posters are at [...]
Don’t Get Cocky, Twitter
Yesterday morning, I was up early with big plans for knocking out a few Twitter Lists, boom boom boom. Ha. As if. I could NOT believe how what a time-waster it was — not only do you have to add everyone one by one, but you can’t even type a name in quickly – you have to type in the name in the search box, search, then click on a drop-down menu to select the applicable list. Really? How about just go through your list and CLICK A BOX? But no, multi-adds aren’t possible and won’t be for a while.
The Fatal Flaw of Slate’s “Bidenisms”: Joe Biden
Before there was 30 Rock, there was Mean Girls, Tina Fey’s look at the vagaries of high school relationships – and Lindsey Lohan’s last competent performance. The above clip (produced by a much more energetic fan of the film than myself) isolates one of the most memorable lines: “Gretchen, stop trying to make fetch happen! [...]






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