Britain’s Blitz Babies
An advertisement for ROWNTREE’s COCOA in the Sunday Post 2 April 1944
Tag: branding
The Public Image
From ‘The Public Image‘ by Muriel Spark:
The pestling of the Hippocratic oath by a market-driven world
I have come to consider mortar & pestle pharmacy signs as representing the pestling of the Hippocratic oath by a market-driven world, aided and abetted by existential fear. One of … Continue reading The pestling of the Hippocratic oath by a market-driven world
“Our family of brands”
The Neon Yellow Preservation Society is delighted to announce the aquisition of the following brands: GLOWNEON and FUTURAMA:
The NEON Yellow Preservation Society [brand, business model and regulations]
Please note: this is a FICTIONAL Society [no such Society of this name exists] Long ago, the editorial team that established the British Journal of Psychiatry chose to front-cover their … Continue reading The NEON Yellow Preservation Society [brand, business model and regulations]
Irn Bru
A branded liquid: IRN BRU glows artificially bright.
BIG BRAND NAMES
A headline and subtitle from the Scotsman, 29 March 2021. [I struggle to find identity, meaning and all that is important to me in ‘BIG BRANDS NAMES’]
‘Comms’ department
From ‘Stories We Tell Ourselves’ by Richard Holloway: