What if there were no stop signs…
…and a major corporation was charged with inventing one?

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It’s the logo that spawned a million t-shirts and just about as many bad tattoos. The original artwork of the “Tongue and Lips” logo, designed by John Pasche in 1970, was sold recently at auction for the sum of £50,000 ($92,500).  The buyer was London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, the world’s greatest museum of art and design.
Mr. Pasche was paid just £50 for the original commission, but was later given royalties when the logo was eventually copyrighted. (He later sold the rights.)
Mr. Pasche sold the logo to fund his 11-year old’s  private school education.

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Logo for McCain Foods, a Canadian food company (and also the makers of Ellios Pizza) above, John McCain’s Presidential campaign logo, below. The McCain foods logo existed long before ole’ Johnny’s logo.

Do you think John McCain’s designers did any research prior to executing this design? Even just a subtle color change would have helped. I have seen other variations of the logo on a blue field, but the one shown is the original and the one most commonly used.

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I’m not sure he agrees with some of my numbers.

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“Damn, only a month to go n’ now I gotta deal with this. Recordify my shows, Laura, gonna be home late.”

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Temple University’s Center City Campus
1515 Market Street, Room 222.
7 to 9pm - doors open at 6:30

Philadelphia has a vibrant new media industry, but did you know that the City of Brotherly love is also a powerhouse in the journalism business, rich in Pulitzer Prize winners and a history that pre-dates the American Revolution? 

Today, the news industry in Philadelphia and across the country is being redefined by the Web and the mobile phone. The changes are so profound that Arthur Sulzberger, publisher of The New York Times, has said that he is managing the transition of The Times from a print product to an online product. Journalists everywhere are rapidly retooling from single-media storytellers to multimedia storytelling. Publishers are transitioning from print-based services to Web-based services. The time is ripe for Philadelphia’s new media and news media to come together and explore opportunities for enriching collaborations. 

PANMA invites you to an eye-opening Educational Event featuring new media pioneers from Philadelphia journalism.

Panelists: 

Hai Do
Director of Photography at the Philadelphia Inquirer will speak about the newspaper’s transition from “old” to “new” media.

 Jim MacMillan
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer from The Daily News will speak on his personal transition from “old media” to “new media”.

 Marc Steel
Webmaster, CityPaper will speak about the new media needs of traditional news organizations.

 Joey Sweeney
Owner and Editor of Philebrity, will talk about blogging as a new journalism model.

Light refreshments will be provided. The event is free, but please pre-register here.

This event is sponsored by the Philadelphia Area New Media Association (PANMA) and the Department of Journalism at Temple University.

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Got an extra 7,900 Euros burning a hole in your pocket? May I suggest “Dinner in the Sky“, selected by Forbes.com in the ranking of the 10 most unusual restaurants in the world. You and 21 of your friends are strapped in and hoisted to height of 50 meters via crane. You are then cooked and served dinner by a staff of 3 in the middle, all the while overlooking the scenic location of your choice. Dinner in the Sky can be held anywhere (golf course, race track, castle, vineyard, etc.) as long as there’s enough room for the footprint of the crane (and permission of the site owner). Minimum rental time is 8 hours. I’d go easy on the beverages – I’m not sure what happens if you have to use the bathroom…

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