Friday, June 16, 2006

Essay 696


With this Mickey D’s ad for Asian salads, it appears that design and art direction were completely foreign to the creative team. Even the fake “Exploring Asia” book is poorly executed.

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  1. in this instance, i feel the minority agency (if it is such) seems culpable in depiction of the very stereotypes they accuse others of perpetrating (the heavy use of dreadlocks, kente, woodcut font vis-a-vis the heavy use bamboo, calligraphic font). please, get an original idea.

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  2. Anonymous7:13 PM

    Plus, she doesn’t look very Asian for someone eating an Asian salad, I mean, c’mon people.

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  3. i think kimora lee simmons was busy that day.

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