Logo Misappropriation

Brandmerica is under a deluge from marketing radicals. It is true that there is perhaps no other sucessfully managed brand of its magnitude, but really America, is this the best we can do.

I’ve always been slightly irked at the fact that burning a flag is illegal but one can make it into a trucker hat, or a license plate holder, or a beer coozy. Now it seems that wet naps are fair game as well. Who sat in a meeting somewhere in the world and thought, “I bet we can sell more wet naps if we put a flag on em’.” “American’s don’t want to burn their flag but they will certainly step right up and rip it in half to get to a juicy moist toilette?”

I am hoping that Obama can clean up our rogue, tipsy, cowboy image around the world, but as they say, change starts at home. Can we stop putting the American flag on things that aren’t flags? I think it’s dilluting the logo.

What Happened to American Design?

First of all, I need someone to do a voiceover for my life. Everything just seems that much more important and dramatic when told by a booming voice over a subtle soundtrack. Secondly, whatever happened to “American Design?” Does the term still exist in any form outside the walls of Chevrolet? As we’ve all become citizens of the world and extra-American products are considered better, is there still a core aesthetic, and if so what is it?