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Bush Street Renamed Obama Street in San Francisco

January 20th, 2009 · No Comments

Timed with today’s inauguration, Bush Street signs in San Francisco were changed to Obama down the entire length of Bush Street from Presidio to Battery. Photo gallery and story at Laughing Squid.

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Smart & Final

December 11th, 2008 · No Comments

For those of us who toil in a nerdly field, the presence of a maverick who stomps on the terra, chokes every bead of bile from life’s clogged ducts, and then vaporizes in a defiant, atavistic lunge, elevates us all. In the Name Game, that man was John Smart of Interbrand.
This year marks the tenth [...]

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What’s a soul worth these days? Ask Anthony Shore

July 23rd, 2007 · 10 Comments

Via PRNewswire:
Landor Associates, one of the world’s leading strategic branding and design consultancies, today announced the appointment of Anthony Shore to Global Director, Naming & Writing. Shore was previously Creative Director of Naming & Writing at the San Francisco office of Landor.
In 2006, Shore was charged with establishing and leading Landor’s first naming-oriented Global Knowledge [...]

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125k per word

May 24th, 2006 · 1 Comment

From the Baltimore Business Journal:
Though they weren’t invited to “Get In On It” themselves, many Baltimore advertising experts are keen on the city’s new slogan to be unveiled on Wednesday at the Hippodrome.
“Get In On It” is the city’s new tagline developed by San Francisco’s Landor Associates on behalf of the Baltimore Area Convention and [...]

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