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Pan Am had what brands usually dream of: recognition, status, and a clear place in culture.
By 1991, debt, sold-off routes, cheaper rivals, and a bombing on one of its flights had finished it.
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Figma now lets you copy websites into layouts.
“Using references” just got a lot more literal.
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Jun 12
Dutch magazine Volkskrant Magazine used a pixelated porn scene for an issue about how porn affects young people’s sex lives.
Clever or too far?
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Jun 11
If you ever feel useless, just recall Photoshop has a built-in tree generator
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Jun 11
In 1992, Tango released an ad where a half-naked orange man slapped someone after a single sip. Kids unexpectedly started copying it en masse at school. After several cases of perforated eardrums, Tango pulled the campaign.
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Jun 11
In 1997, British fashion brand French Connection turned four letters into a controversy machine: FCUK
Officially, it stood for French Connection United Kingdom. In reality, the brain did the rest.
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Jun 9
In 2006, Sony launched All I Want for Xmas Is a PSP, a fake fan blog supposedly run by two young fans, where teenagers were encouraged to print this poster and leave it as a gift hint.
Users quickly discovered that the domain was registered to a marketing agency.
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Jun 9
Cracker Barrel tried to modernize by removing the old man, the barrel, and all the dusty Old Country Store junk.
The reaction was so brutal that they started rolling it back within a week.
Turns out the dusty junk was the brand.
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Jun 9
Apple finally separated alarm volume from notification volume in iOS 27 beta 1.
Only took 19 years. Small indie company.
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Jun 8
Clippy was born on a Mac.
Kevan Atteberry sketched him in pencil, digitized him on a Macintosh, and Microsoft picked him from around 250 character concepts.
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