- “Che Guevara meets Jesus”: Proving that the corporate world can cheapen any coin, the ad campaign for the new Rambo movie features spray-painted graffiti. [Via]
- Logos:
- On the revolutionary tip, I love the RVLTN logo.
- Soothing tasteless clients everywhere, it’s Make My Logo Bigger Cream. [Via]
- Rock Band Logos is an entire blog devoted to the iconography of Black Flag, Bad Religion, and hundreds of others. [Via]
- Corey Holms has constructed a cool visual taxonomy of animals and plants used as corporate logos. [Via]
- The NYT covers the new Xerox logo. On the same topic, Armin at Brand New discusses the logo & its history. [Via]
- Bibliodyssey features Anton van Dalen’s funky logo mashups.
- Wham-O co-founder Richard Knerr recently passed away, prompting Boing Boing to post some cool old Superball packaging. Also cool and barely related: Aimee Mann’s rockin’ Superball.
- Guerrilla artist James Clar’s efforts to draw a smiley face on a Dubai tower have been ground down by The Man.
- Jesse Kaczmarek’s portfolio is loaded with strong work, and the refreshingly clean, simple, and understated Flash UI doesn’t get in the way.
Aimee Mann rules. Sick that she lost the Oscar to Phil Collins, but then the Oscars are a joke anyway.
The Dubai Smiley Face crew got busted, but high-wire artist Philippe Petit got away with his most famous stunt before he was nabbed. The story makes fascinating reading.
The Rambo posters have been all over BART for a month or so. I think they went with the design because it doesn’t remind you that this “gritty action movie” stars a guy in his sixties…