Comments on: Who owns the asterisk? http://peoplethings.com/andblog/who-owns-the-asterisk/ An evolving design and communication story by Studio Pip and Co in Melbourne, Australia Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:38:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Toward Hansen http://peoplethings.com/andblog/who-owns-the-asterisk/comment-page-1/#comment-35680 Toward Hansen Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:16:31 +0000 http://peoplethings.com/andblog/?p=3251#comment-35680 Hilarious Quan, can you ask Vince if Frost can sell our T* towels on the Frost site, I reckon we could move truck loads... Hilarious Quan, can you ask Vince if Frost can sell our T* towels on the Frost site, I reckon we could move truck loads…

]]> By: Quan Payne http://peoplethings.com/andblog/who-owns-the-asterisk/comment-page-1/#comment-35668 Quan Payne Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:47:59 +0000 http://peoplethings.com/andblog/?p=3251#comment-35668 I for one like your tea towel I for one like your tea towel

]]> By: Tom http://peoplethings.com/andblog/who-owns-the-asterisk/comment-page-1/#comment-35287 Tom Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:41 +0000 http://peoplethings.com/andblog/?p=3251#comment-35287 Interesting to also note the recent re branding of MtBuller and there subsequent winter and summer campaigns all revolving around there new asterix based brand Interesting to also note the recent re branding of MtBuller and there subsequent winter and summer campaigns all revolving around there new asterix based brand

]]> By: kat http://peoplethings.com/andblog/who-owns-the-asterisk/comment-page-1/#comment-34403 kat Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:21:04 +0000 http://peoplethings.com/andblog/?p=3251#comment-34403 check out this article: http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/strong-silent-type/2006/01/05/1136387562739.html "he attached the asterisk after noticing it is used as a symbol for ice on freezers" this explains things - although he is the master of the typographic pun, so I'm sure it was intended to work on a few levels. check out this article:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/strong-silent-type/2006/01/05/1136387562739.html
“he attached the asterisk after noticing it is used as a symbol for ice on freezers”

this explains things – although he is the master of the typographic pun, so I’m sure it was intended to work on a few levels.

]]> By: Toward Hansen http://peoplethings.com/andblog/who-owns-the-asterisk/comment-page-1/#comment-34397 Toward Hansen Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:32:09 +0000 http://peoplethings.com/andblog/?p=3251#comment-34397 That's a nice coincidence. One has a always wanted a surname like frost or Pidgeon or Webb - as their is an idea there ready for interpretation, if you so desire. In the instance of the Frost asterisk I think it may have also came about when he did his book *sorry trees (as depicted) the enormous asterisk on the cover is an enormous footnote mark - that referenced the publication's title - this graphic device, along with the coloured dots with turned corners, became part of their brand's graphic. These are questions for Vince - did the asterisk brand come from the snowflake idea come, or was it the exagurated footnote idea? That’s a nice coincidence. One has a always wanted a surname like frost or Pidgeon or Webb – as their is an idea there ready for interpretation, if you so desire. In the instance of the Frost asterisk I think it may have also came about when he did his book *sorry trees (as depicted) the enormous asterisk on the cover is an enormous footnote mark – that referenced the publication’s title – this graphic device, along with the coloured dots with turned corners, became part of their brand’s graphic. These are questions for Vince – did the asterisk brand come from the snowflake idea come, or was it the exagurated footnote idea?

]]> By: kat http://peoplethings.com/andblog/who-owns-the-asterisk/comment-page-1/#comment-34394 kat Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:52:30 +0000 http://peoplethings.com/andblog/?p=3251#comment-34394 I thought it pertinent to mention that I always assumed Vince Frost's use of the asterisk is a play on his surname, like a snowflake. I thought it pertinent to mention that I always assumed Vince Frost’s use of the asterisk is a play on his surname, like a snowflake.

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