Archive for June, 2010

Museum of Brands, Packaging & Advertising, Notting Hill, London – Part 2

Hope you enjoyed my last post on Museum of Brands, Packaging & Advertising, Notting Hill, London…

A brand can play an important role in creating social awareness. And a well established brand finds it easier to do so as somewhere through its advertising it had connected with its customers on an emotional level. Here are few interesting advertisements and branding exercises from the World War II time that I saw at the Museum of Brands, Packaging & Advertising in London.

Lifebuoy

Lux

Vim

Bovril

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Priya Q on June 21st 2010 in Advertising / Marketing, Travelogue..My Travel Diary

Museum of Brands, Packaging & Advertising, Notting Hill, London

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Ponds

In my travels through Europe, almost every other day I would visit a museum as it is one of the easiest way to bring oneself upto date with the history of the place I was in. Some of these museums had some unique exhibits & almost every city that I had been to did have a local flavor to their museum.

Harpic

But it was in London city that I came upon this unique museum dedicated totally to “BRANDS”. Did you know that Vim is a brand that was launched in 1904?  And Harpic in 1924?  Did you know there was an Indian tonic water by the name Hunts?  Read more...

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Priya Q on June 11th 2010 in Advertising / Marketing, Travelogue..My Travel Diary