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Friday, November 18th, 2011Bo knows baseball, but T-Bo knows prayer! Based on Nike’s “Bo Knows” ads (from 1990) for their cross-training shoes, here’s a parody update with Tim Tebow praying. Cross-training indeed!
Photo image: Tim Tebow prays right after scoring the dramatic winning touchdown on November 17, 2011. Parody ad bonus: Reebok and Nike logo confusion.
More Tebowing.
World Trade Center 1988 brochure
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011I picked up this brochure in 1988 while working as a college co-op student on Wall Street. I was amazed every day at the WTC Concourse with its shopping mall, hotel, offices, parking garage and subway station.
Click images for full-size. (And for memories, if you were ever there.)
Aside from the history, this brochure is also [...]
Vader Vest t-shirt design
Saturday, June 4th, 2011What a week for Buckeye Nation. After Jim Tressel’s resignation, we now try to figure out if he’s good or bad. This reminds me of another good/bad icon, Darth Vader–whom the younger generation sees as generally good, but the older generation does not.
After the OSU press conference debacle earlier in the year, it was obvious [...]
Battle of the Blue Dogs
Monday, April 4th, 2011Tonight’s NCAA Finals between Connecticut and Butler feature two blue dogs as the mascots. The blues are very similar, but UConn’s blue (Pantone 281) is warmer (has more red) than Butler’s blue (Pantone 541) which is cooler (less red). Just remember the in-game personalities of the two coaches–UConn’s Jim Calhoun tends to get “warm” while [...]
Super Bowl XLV: Packers Gold = Steelers Gold
Saturday, February 5th, 2011The Packers and Steelers share the same yellow gold color, Pantone 1235:
This would make a decent flag…
…for my friends, whose house is divided:
Another flag option, a horizontal tricolor:
Jamaica flag!
GM’s new divisions (banana republic style)
Monday, April 27th, 2009If this were a banana republic, the recent removal of GM’s CEO and board would open up all kinds of possibilities—like renaming the divisions for cabinet members! Here are some revised logos with actual (often humorous) taglines.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gets Chevrolet, the largest brand.
Vice President Joe Biden, the old guy, gets Buick—the maker [...]
College Football Rivalries
Thursday, January 8th, 2009The 2008 college football season ends tonight (a battle of two Ohio boys), so here are some random design observations from two games I attended–arguably the two best rivalry games in the country.
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Ohio-State Michigan. Years ago there was a gray “O” at midfield, and I greatly preferred it. In fact, I think Ohio [...]
College football team colors
Monday, October 27th, 2008The top four teams in this week’s AP poll have uniforms that use only one team color and white. There are other teams that do this (Michigan State’s dark green and white comes to mind), but most teams use a combination of two (Scarlet & Gray, Maize & Blue, Garnet & Gold, etc.) Since many [...]
Flip-flopping the candidates’ logos
Monday, September 22nd, 2008Here’s what happens when the logos and fonts are switched for the candidates…
“WHAT?! The symbol of hope and change being used for old McCain? He’d be the oldest president ever at 72! 72 years, people! This design is a mockery! A travesty!”
“WHAT?! A military look for two guys with no military experience? The last time [...]
Vintage “Bucky Badger” logo t-shirt
Friday, August 29th, 2008In honor of the start of a new college football season, here’s a t-shirt I bought in 1988 as a co-op student living and working in Madison. It’s interesting because the logo is unfinished (is it showing the revisions made during the trademark licensing program of 1988?) and because it has non-photo blue (!) grid [...]
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