» symbolism http://www.fredleo.com Music for license or listen. VO and writing for hire. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:18:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Is there a red star warehouse? http://www.fredleo.com/2009/06/03/is-there-a-red-star-warehouse/ http://www.fredleo.com/2009/06/03/is-there-a-red-star-warehouse/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:14:52 +0000 fred http://www.fredleo.com/?p=663 Continue reading →]]> Graphic design played a huge role in Obama’s campaign, as we all know. Simple designs repeated endlessly were the norm and still are because advertising has taught us to internalize “brands” via cool-logo shorthand. But in politics, there is no such thing as art for art’s sake. So when I went to Pelosi’s website I was surprised to find the red star symbol.No I wasn’t. And I’m pretty sure Pelosi isn’t sponsored by Macy’s or Heineken?

Here’s some background on the red star symbol.
I suggest a twitter hashtag for monitoring red star appearances in the apparent visual campaign. #rstars or something.
And now some visuals.
The red star at Nancy Pelosi's website Ayers in red star T Dohrn with red star pin Hugo and the red star.

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