If you recognize the slippers above it may give you a feeling of nostalgia, at least it does for me. They are the famous Taiwanese 藍白拖 that are so important they have a Wikipedia entry in Chinese. Now that summer is here and school is out I can once again wear them, and get […]
Yet another ad in Coca Cola’s campaign for the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
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Wired.com has a short gallery on Lenovo’s Olympics torch design here.
Another of many advertisements building up to the Beijing Olympics. Li-Ning Company Limited is a sportswear retailer founded by Chinese gymnast Li Ning in 1990. They have been endorsed by Shaquille O’Neal in the past and have an intense marketing campaign for the Olympics.
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M-Zone is China Mobile’s marketing towards the younger generation. This campaign that pushes forward to the Beijing Olympics is done by Ogilvy China. For some flash ads from a different campaign for M-Zone click here.
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This Chinese conversion of the Coca Cola logo was done by Hong Kong based Alan Chan Design Company. Alan Chan is one of the pioneers of modern Chinese graphic design and is known for incorporating Chinese elements into the Western style that was being taught in Hong Kong during the 1980s. Some of his posters […]
I highly recommend watching this short video from Monocle. It covers some of the ways China is preparing Beijing for the Olympics this summer with a focus on architecture and urban development.