The good news: Ottawa has a CFL team again. The bad news: They are called “RedBlacks.” That’s right. Seven years after the city’s last team, the Ottawa Renegades, disappeared from the Canadian Football League, a reddish-blackish phoenix has risen from the ashes to take its place, apparently in a bid to attract children as fans. […]
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And the best Super Bowl ad is…
The best Super Bowl commercial of 2013 (probably).
B.C. Government insults hipsters. Hipsters give no fucks.
The British Columbia government is being criticised for its latest efforts to encourage youths to get off the couch and get a job. A new ad series put out by the B.C. Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training features catchy zingers such as “Hipster is not a full time job.”
Much ado about branding at the Coca-Cola McDonald’s Olympic Games
The London Olympic Games haven’t even started and are already entertaining us beyond what one could possibly expect. You can thank the U.K. government’s draconian rules meant to enforce strict adherence to Olympic branding policies.
Twitter has a new logo and they’re being total dicks about it
In a blog post today, Twitter unveiled a new bird logo that will replace all of the company’s other identifying symbols, including the lowercase “t” used on most websites. This Prince-like move to simply become a symbol is being taken very seriously.