Starbucks and Aldo
Currently pondering how much the Starbucks logo and the Aldine mermaid/siren thingy look alike. Coincidence? Subliminal message?
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Currently pondering how much the Starbucks logo and the Aldine mermaid/siren thingy look alike. Coincidence? Subliminal message?
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Curiouser and curiouser!
Posted by: Rachel V | September 29, 2006 08:25 AM
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oh man, I always knew the starbucks logo was a reference to some archaric mythological form, but I didn't know it was practically pulled straight off the page of an ancient manuscript. that's really cool, is there a story behind the picture?
Posted by: linnea | September 29, 2006 02:50 PM
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I took the picture of the book yesterday when looking at a 1536 printed book from the shop of Aldo Manuzio, a famous early 16th c. printer. I think the mermaid/siren thingy is a "logo" from his print shop...it showed up a few times in the book I was looking at. (An anchor is also a "logo" in another book of his that I looked at.) Beyond that, I have no clue. It would be cool to find out. I smell a SIP topic.
Posted by: Jeannette | September 29, 2006 04:00 PM
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Trippy. This is a special thing that only someone with the right combination of caffeine addiction and scholarly knowledge could find. =)
Posted by: Erica | September 29, 2006 10:38 PM
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I read about that here:
http://www.deadprogrammer.com/starbucks-logo-mermaid
Posted by: Grace | September 30, 2006 12:34 AM
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Wow! That was an interesting article. Thanks for the link.
Posted by: sperlonga | September 30, 2006 12:41 PM