Packaging: the end of Uncle Ben's
Considered racist, the packaging of the famous Uncle Ben's rice brand representing a smiling black man should soon disappear. "The time has come to evolve the Uncle Ben's brand, including its visual identity, and that's what we're going to do." The Mars Group, which owns the rice brand, explains in a press release.
The singer (and graphic designer) Jain dresses up France2
The television channel France21 called on the singer Jain to graphically redesign its airwaves during the summer. « Graphic design is fully integrated into my musical creation and painting opens up new perspectives for me", explains Jain. The artist has designed all the logos and motifs from her graphic tablet, with the desire to offer a world that she describes as "festive and floral".
An exhibition on vinyls
The Musée de l'imprimerie de Malesherbes opens this Sunday, June 21 the exhibition "Le temps des vinyles" which focuses on music of course, but also on graphic and plastic arts. There are no less than 280 covers, including some signed by great artists such as Picasso, Warhol or Basquiat.
50 impressions of stamps in Boulazac
The Phil@poste stamp printing plant in the Dordogne celebrates its 50th anniversary. The first stamp came out of the presses of the stamp printing house in Boulazac on June 13th 1970. Today, it is there that all the postage stamps of France are printed, that is to say a little less than one billion impressions per year. Before 1970, French stamps were manufactured in Paris.
