Here's the winning design of New York City's Condom Wrapper Design Contest: [IMGLINK]http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/images/condoms/contest-top.jpg[/IMGLINK] [IMGLINK]http://media.ny1.com/media/2010/3/9/images/condom_wrapper_winner50468900-5ce5-4021-8129-da7e2c7f85a1.jpg[/IMGLINK]
About right: - Push to turn it on. - Occasional unintended acceleration. - occasional difficulty slowing down. Though in this case, you don't want it to break.
Aren't these three conditions/parameters a well known elements of the OEM firmware/hardware? The unit under consideration has a long history of self-initiated auto-start, running, "as if it has a mind of it's own." The unit does not come with an Owner's Manual. Neither does the independant recieving unit. Typically, for both units OJT is informal; mostly just individual, unsupervised hands-on familiarization.
Am I the only one who thinks the linear object inside the slit in the circular object suggests another bit of innuendo?
I don't think it does, I know it does. It's a clever bit of advertising if you ask me. It implies to "turn on" as well as using a subtle Phalic image. All in a simple graphic with an efficient 2 color print scheme.
Well, and how clever to have the design contest in the first place, it attracts attention to the issue of increasing condom use, put it in a cool wrapper, hell, it'll be a conversation starter in bars and clubs in no time.
"There's a subtle message in the shape, so I figured if I don't get disqualified, it will work great," said contest winner Luis Acosta, a 29-year-old graphic designer." Read more: Online voters choose Luis Acosta's computer power button design as new NYC condom logo
That's it. I'm calling Toyota tomorrow AM to complain that the condom dispenser in my Prius doesn't work.
