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News & ArtsTuesday, September 28, 2010
Design / Chow Oldies = Goodies
Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 1:33 PM
Look at these great old labels for cheese spreads. The text is goofy:
Whatever else you glean from this heirloom label collection, it stands as a graphic reminder that the confluence of art, branding, and food can be a powerful thing, revealing as much about ourselves as the world around us.
1.) Duh, and 2.) Huh? What this heirloom label collection reveals is that design of yesteryear is, by and large, way better than design of today. Also: BARRY is cute.
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Nostalgia is a process where you filter through a century's worth of stuff, discarding the 99% that is crap, and then compare it alongside one contemporary year's stuff, all the crap included. And then declare how much better things used to be.
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