Side Salad: Some AI-Powered Cheddar Bay Biscuits For the Table?
June 12, 2016
Good morning from Dieline’s editor-in-chief, Bill McCool. Here’s your daily side serving of design news, short musings, brand stuff, and forgotten ephemera.
Admittedly, I have absolutely dogged Coca-Cola and some of its recent limited-edition “collectibles,” but the World Cup jersey cans are the best promo packaging I’ve seen so far for the FIFA shitshow.
Speaking of the World Cup, love this campaign, courtesy of designer Arsh Raziuddin, for Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s City Hall, which draws on sports memorabilia and NYC city signage. How can you not love a Big Apple Soccer ball?
This is an amazing story about design theft. Two candidates for the US Senate in Alaska, Dan S. Sullivan and Dan J. Sullivan, have what is essentially the same campaign sign. Dan S. has used the same logo for 11 years. Dan J. just entered the race a few days ago. I am so, so confused, and it’s so, so funny.
“Oh, you’re going to Red Lobster this weekend? I, too, enjoy Red Lobster, the most “AI-forward restaurant company that exists.” This makes me believe the Red Lobster resurrection won’t be real. Red Lobster CEO Damola Adamolekun would have you believe that data and metrics didn’t exist. Headline slop.
Pizza Hut just brought back the Book It program. I’m a little peeved, too, as a few days ago, if you brought in your Book It pins from the 80s and 90s, adults would get a free personal pan pizza. Oh well.
Logo lovers, rejoice. The 2026 LogoLounge Trend Report has arrived,
First summer mix is in the can. If I had a kiddie pool, the wife and I would be drinking spaghett all weekend.
Go pool hopping this weekend.
-Bill