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Friday, December 16, 2011 at 11:10 PM

Rock the vote for Irish EU logo! (VIDEO)

Logos were digital before there was digital--quick hits, with immediate impact and lots of message delivered in a tight, clean package. A powerful visual tweet designed “to aid and promote instant public recognition” a good logo can quickly communicate brand, image, backstory, aspirations and propaganda.

A new Irish logo is about to go prime time and you can help decide which of the four prototypes will become the official logo for Ireland’s European Union (EU) Presidency during the first six months of 2013

Vote now until Dec. 31 (by 5PM Irish time) at the Irish government site, merrionsteet.ie, where you’ll find a complete write-up on the four finalists, summarized here in brief:



Friday, December 09, 2011 at 04:33 PM

Ireland ups flow of greatest export - culture

While economic storm clouds were joining all the other clouds that typically gather over Ireland, the government decided to increase the flow of its greatest export to its most significant market. Lacking much in the way of currently accessible oil reserves, rare earths, precious metals, athletic shoe factories or excessive amber waves of grain, the government placed a $5.2 million bet on something hard to quantify -- culture -- in an initiative called "Imagine Ireland, A Year of Irish Arts in America 2011," which is now drawing to a close with a flourish.





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