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Post by hoffa_nagila on Feb 27, 2020 21:16:48 GMT
Looking at Wynne's website, he's actually pretty competent, if not ground-breaking in his landscapes and still life paintings. His logo designs aren't too bad either. But why are his CD/DVD-related designs so fucking nauseatingly awful?
Maybe he was making them bad on purpose, to see if AF/Blowstein would finally reject them. Each time his work was accepted, he'd make the next one more garish and awful.
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Post by Chicken in Black on Feb 27, 2020 22:48:36 GMT
Maybe he worked on concepts imposed to him by Marsha. “Dude, I have this great idea for an ad.”
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Post by respiratoryproblems on Feb 28, 2020 7:05:40 GMT
My guess is that he’s actually not fond of (or knowledgeable about) rock music at all, so he just works with what he thinks rock people will like, hence the literal interpretation of those Joe Cocker titles.
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Post by sₚⲁᵣₖydₒg on Feb 28, 2020 20:10:32 GMT
Maybe he worked on concepts imposed to him by Marsha. “Dude, I have this great idea for an ad.” Yeah, when I was a graphic designer at Anheuser-Busch Louisville, I was at the mercy of idiot, sports-obsessed dolts who ignored the fact that things they asked of me were offenses I could be fired or prosecuted for. Any dumb-ass request made by our vilest of customers were constantly crammed down my throat.
We were under a microscope by our competitors who reported us to rival beer distributors, Anheuser-Busch or the city/federal government when we crossed a number of legal and ethical lines. And I was looked at as the nerdy wet blanket who got the big bucks for just playing on his computer all day. I got nasty-grams from corporate every time I was forced by my loathsome boss to use and got caught (in ads and merchandise design):
• The protected phrases "Super Bowl," "Churchill Downs/Kentucky Derby," "Ryders Cup" and "March Madness" in periods where we didn't have promo rights. • NFL, MLB, NBA, Kentucky Derby/Twin Spires and NCAA logos and imagery • Blatant appeals to underage drinkers • Beer Pong tournaments • Infringing on Jimmy Buffet's various trademarks • Pictures of Jesus and Santa Claus • Having a custom neon created for a strip club saying "Bud and Boobs"
• Implying endorsement by regional college teams
I still have nightmares about that joint weekly or more. Luckily it let me retire comfortably. But fuck that place.
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Post by Chicken in Black on Feb 28, 2020 21:36:52 GMT
You're retyred?
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Post by hoffa_nagila on Feb 28, 2020 22:49:09 GMT
Maybe he worked on concepts imposed to him by Marsha. “Dude, I have this great idea for an ad.” Yeah, when I was a graphic designer at Anheuser-Busch Louisville, I was at the mercy of idiot, sports-obsessed dolts who ignored the fact that things they asked of me were offenses I could be fired or prosecuted for. Any dumb-ass request made by our vilest of customers were constantly crammed down my throat.
We were under a microscope by our competitors who reported us to rival beer distributors, Anheuser-Busch or the city/federal government when we crossed a number of legal and ethical lines. And I was looked at as the nerdy wet blanket who got the big bucks for just playing on his computer all day. I got nasty-grams from corporate every time I was forced by my loathsome boss to use and got caught (in ads and merchandise design):
• The protected phrases "Super Bowl," "Churchill Downs/Kentucky Derby," "Ryders Cup" and "March Madness" in periods where we didn't have promo rights. • NFL, MLB, NBA, Kentucky Derby/Twin Spires and NCAA logos and imagery • Blatant appeals to underage drinkers • Beer Pong tournaments • Infringing on Jimmy Buffet's various trademarks • Pictures of Jesus and Santa Claus • Having a custom neon created for a strip club saying "Bud and Boobs"
• Implying endorsement by regional college teams
I still have nightmares about that joint weekly or more. Luckily it let me retire comfortably. But fuck that place.
At an old job of mine, the company got in trouble for naming a style of men's shorts Pebble Beach. They also tried to put little leather keychains on all their bags... in the same shape as a Coach tag.
I'd love to hear some of the "blatant appeals to underage drinkers" if you can remember any examples!
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Post by Boozin' Susan on Feb 28, 2020 23:46:17 GMT
I'd love to hear some of the "blatant appeals to underage drinkers" if you can remember any examples!
It must have been the time they used Bill Cosby as a spokesperson:
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