In 1969 Dali was approached by Spanish confectioners Chupa Chups to design a new logo, and as the king of branding he insisted that the logo be placed on top of the lollipop instead of the side so that it could always be seen intact. Unsurprisingly, the logo has changed little in 43 years.
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Cold South Koreans use snack sausages as iPhone styluses in winter
It gets cold in January in Seoul and for iPhone users the weather can be a problem when trying to answer them with a pair of gloves on. It’s even harder to answer their iPhone when they DON’T have gloves on because touchscreens apparently rely on the conductivity of the human finger to work and [...]
Female entrepreneurs are doing it for themselves… and their families
Today is International Women’s Day and new research commissioned by online accountants Crunch shows that the challenge facing UK female entrepreneurs is as tough as it ever was. According to Simply Business, in 2011 there was a 12% increase in the number of women setting up their business and now nearly a third of business [...]
Businesses need a five-year plan… and a three-month plan
* This contribution is by Pete Shuttleworth, Executive Director of cool London film company Pretzel Films Time is an increasingly important factor in every aspect of our lives these days. Time, or the lack of it, leads to the constant need to update our priorities. This in turn leads to the inevitable realisation that if [...]
Spending too much time in front of a screen?… go to a Cat Cafe in Tokyo
It’s February, the weather is sh*t, the media bombards us with stories about certain days being the most depressing of the year and mobiles, laptops, iPads, cinemas and TVs drag us into their screens of otherworldliness. The evenings are long, there are no spontaneous outdoor activities and if it wasn’t for sex we’d all go [...]
Why buy a lottery ticket if Twitter and Sixth Story can do it for you?
UK creative agency Sixth Story has come up with a different approach to social media by promising to share in their ‘Lotto win’ with anybody who engages with them on Twitter. All ‘Tweeps’ have to do is RT @sixth_story including an image and using the hash tag #comingupsixes and they’ll be in it to win [...]
London games start-up hits paydirt with Smash Cops iOS racing game
Five ex-PlayStation developers who set up a start-up studio in London’s Shoreditch last year have struck gold with their new iOS racing game Smash Cops. The game launched in the iTunes App Store a week ago after receiving critical acclaim from influential review sites such as Pocket Gamer and EuroGamer and is now at No [...]
