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GM’s new divisions (banana republic style)

Monday, April 27th, 2009

If 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, 2009

The 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 [...]

Vintage “Bucky Badger” logo t-shirt

Friday, August 29th, 2008

In 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 [...]