Defend Oregon: One Huge Door Hanger to Rule Them All
Discovered today, weighing in at 5″ wide by an enormous 25″ tall, printed in three colors + black… a door hanger from the progressive advocacy group Defend Oregon. Click on the thumbnail to see a much larger version.
Is this too subtle a reminder that the election is Tuesday? Seriously, the back of the piece explains the potential impact of state ballot initiatives in fairly exhaustive detail, but we’re not going to scan it. It’s very copy-dense and therefore better consumed at the Defend Oregon web site.
Here in Oregon, such a collateral piece takes on additional urgency because of the state’s exclusive vote-by-mail elections. So, conceivably, one sees the massive door hanger, takes it inside, and fills out the ballot that’s been collecting dust on the kitchen table. It’s an effective piece made more effective because of the vote-by-mail policy. A reminder to go vote on Tuesday—even an ostentatious one—could be forgotten over the weekend.
One additional note: the color scheme bears a slight resemblance to the Pacific Northwest’s only NFL team.
The 404 Files: Seattle Seahawks
A nice and polite 404 page from the Seattle Seahawks. We’re sorry that our webmaster couldn’t purge a busted link from search results before you clicked on it. In three seconds, we’ll take you to our shiny happy home page. Nicely done, and smart without being too cute.
Unfortunate Photo Framing: NFL Hall of Fame Weekend
These are three of the new inductees to the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio (from left to right): Floyd Little (running back, Denver Broncos), Jerry Rice (wide receiver, San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders, Seattle Seahawks) and Emmitt Smith (running back, Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals).
As three dimensions flatten to two in this image, the distance between Little and Smith’s handshake disappears and, well, it looks like there are four hands in Rice’s lap. Jerry’s smile seems a bit more perverse in this context, does it not?
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