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29-SEP-2009 David Mingay

Sep 29: Branding

There can be few people in this world who don't recognise this branding. Even though you can see so little of it. Right now, there's a huge fuss over at iStockphoto.com due to their plan to sell 'stock' logos. It seems that it'll cause the end of the world. Just like stock photos for a $ did. But it seems to me that the best known trademarks are clever typography: CocoCola, Sony, IBM, or a very simple but beautifully executed graphic: Apple, Nike, Shell. As you can't do the former, and the latter is very easy to steal/recreate outside of iStock, it'll be interesting to see how it'll work.

Canon EOS 5D
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Date/Time29-Sep-2009 23:08:42
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ModelCanon EOS 5D
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Focal Length70 mm
Exposure Time1/125 sec
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ISO Equivalent100
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Guest 04-Oct-2009 19:00
Since you mentioned typography, you should rent this. It's a interesting look inside how fonts are made, mostly about helvetica but also explains the font industry as a whole. http://www.helveticafilm.com/