From Around the Design-o-Sphere VI
What's a defenseless multi-national corporation to do when it's negatively depicted in a photo by a mean old artist? Well, sue, of course. The Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited has threatened Indian photographer Sharad Haksar with a lawsuit for using the Coca-Cola logo in a billboard that comments on the water shortage in the communities surrounding the soft drink vendor's bottling plant.
Julian Beever is an English street artist who is known for his anamorphosic drawings. What's an anamorphosic drawing? Well, don't blame the usual culprit the next time you see a seal swimming among city pedestrians.
As part of Business week online's branding special, "logo doctors" Rob Giampietro and Kevin Smith examine the new DC Comic emblem.
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