Comments on: Yikes! Online Museum of Brands, Packaging, and Advertizing: Poor Function and Poor Design…by Holly M. http://hmoir.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/yikes-online-museum-of-brands-packaging-and-advertizing-poor-function-and-poor-designby-holly-m/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:08:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Anna Mellows http://hmoir.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/yikes-online-museum-of-brands-packaging-and-advertizing-poor-function-and-poor-designby-holly-m/#comment-29 Anna Mellows Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:01:02 +0000 http://hmoir.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-29 Thanks for your comments Holly! I recieved them through a google alert. Robert Opie Trading is not our website, the museum's site is www.museumofbrands.com. The website you are commenting on is nothing to do with the museum, they just sell replica goods. Each of the letters in our logo is from a different brand (I'm suprised you didn't spot that!) and no, we didn't pay anyone for it, we are a small charity, so we are on limited budgets. Actually we really like the logo, and most 'brand' people do to, but it isn't meant to be serious, you're right about that. However we do indeed have half a million items and 12,000 in a beautiful new museum in Notting Hill. We suggest you visit the museum, rather than our website, as we have not aimed to present the collection virtually. I also love the V & A website. To get a rough comparision - V & A have 200 staff - including a web team - and we have 2 and a half with no technical staff. We are hoping to get funding for a new website in future. I look forward to your visit Thanks for your comments Holly! I recieved them through a google alert. Robert Opie Trading is not our website, the museum’s site is http://www.museumofbrands.com. The website you are commenting on is nothing to do with the museum, they just sell replica goods.

Each of the letters in our logo is from a different brand (I’m suprised you didn’t spot that!) and no, we didn’t pay anyone for it, we are a small charity, so we are on limited budgets. Actually we really like the logo, and most ‘brand’ people do to, but it isn’t meant to be serious, you’re right about that.

However we do indeed have half a million items and 12,000 in a beautiful new museum in Notting Hill. We suggest you visit the museum, rather than our website, as we have not aimed to present the collection virtually. I also love the V & A website. To get a rough comparision – V & A have 200 staff – including a web team – and we have 2 and a half with no technical staff. We are hoping to get funding for a new website in future.

I look forward to your visit

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