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Today We Are SevenNovember 28

Today marks the seventh (lucky seven!) anniversary of All This ChittahChattah!

Photos courtesy of flickr users rgusick, _Harry Lime_, Leo Reynolds, rehuxley, skeeter torino, Juℓiette, korrey

What are your brand attributes?November 28

I received this promotion from a local plumber. In addition to the more typical description of services offered, he provides a striking summary of his personal brand attributes: insightful, mature, courteous. Those are desirable characteristics in any professional setting; they are provocative when highlighted by a plumber.

ChittahChattah QuickiesNovember 27

• Statue Folklore
  It seems to be a widespread instinct for passers-by to touch statues, in greeting or for luck, if they represent a popular personality, as when Tory Members of Parliament rub the toe of Winston Churchill’s statue at the entrance to the Chamber, and Liberals that of Lloyd George. Animal images also attract this affectionate gesture; the nose of a lion-faced door-knocker at Durham Cathedral is well polished by the constant touch of visitors, as is the beak of a certain falcon in the Egyptian Gallery of the British Museum. The other recurrent piece of folklore about a statue is the assertion that it gets down from its pedestal and walks about, or sits down for a rest, whenever it hears midnight strike; the lions at the door of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, either roar or drink from the gutter. Such statements are a catch, for ‘when it hears’ is an impossible condition. (Thanks, Anne!)
  Previously: Desire Lions
• Statue Burnishing Etiquette
  What to touch, and when. Thanks Anne! Previously: Desire Lions

Spammers as culture watchersNovember 26

Just got this bit of sp@m with the subject line: Make Money with Google Bailout Plan

I love how they evoke the government bailouts as something now available to you, potential customer mark, and tie it to Google, a recent blue-chippy money brand. Of course, the image is something they can keep reusing and change the subject line as the cultural story around the economy keeps evolving.

One could track the zeitgeist by following the thrust of our sp@m.

Speed of Innovation: Steve Portigal featured in Lunar Design podcastNovember 25

Steve was interviewed for a Lunar Design podcast about the balance between speed, creativity and innovation in the design process.