A week or so ago, I went to the Michigan Theater to hear a lecture by Ken Segall, a former creative director at Steve’s Jobs’ go-to ad agency, TBWA\Chiat\Day. Segall, who worked with Jobs for over a dozen years, as the maverick tech entrepreneur moved between NeXT and Apple, is credited as having both authored […]
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Ken Segall, the man who named the iMac, on Steve Jobs and the quest for simplicity
Posted in History, Marketing, Uncategorized Also tagged advertising, advertising campaign, Apple, authenticity, Cahoots, IBM, Isaac Newton, Ken Segall, NeXT, Pablo Picasso, Rob Janoff, Ronald Wayne, simplicity, Steve Jobs, Think different, Trove 5 Comments
Our primary platform for communicating our most deeply-held religious beliefs should be fast food packaging
“I just ate at McDonalds and I’m absolutely beside myself. I’m so upset that I can barely type. Do you know that nowhere on the packaging for their Filet ‘O Fish does it mention that Jesus Christ died for our sins upon a cross? It doesn’t even mention that he was known to have enjoyed […]
Posted in Marketing, Religious Extremism, Uncategorized Also tagged brand identity, brand jamming, branding, broiled fish, Christianity, Christians under attack, coffee, cups, Donald Trump, fast food, filet 'o fish, fish, Glengarry Glen Ross, honeycomb, Jesus, McDonalds, packaging, paper cups, resurrection, war on Christmas, What Would Jesus Eat? 31 Comments
The ugly return of EMU’s racist mascot, injuries on the set of A Prairie Home Companion, and naming the band Farewell Phoenix… on episode 15 of the Saturday Six Pack
This show came together kind of naturally. It all started a few weeks back, when I got an email from local musician J.T. Garfield. He’d wanted to let me know about an incident involving a friend of his, Nathan Phillips, a local Native American man. Phillips, according to Garfield, had just stopped by his house […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged accusations of racism, Back to Ypsilanti, balls, Brigid Mooney, Chris Stranad, Chris Sutton, Cleveland Indians, Dan Richardson, David Yow, David Yow's balls, De-Chiefing, Doug Coombe, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Farewell Phoenix, Huron, J.T. Garlfield, Jesus Lizard, Lee Osler, Martha J. Schmitt, Matt Siegfried, Michelle Lietz, Monkey Power Trio, Nathan Phillips, Native American Student Organization, Native Americans, People's History of Ypsilanti, Pete Larson, racism, reface, Six Pack Portrait Project, Skrillex, Wyandots 47 Comments