Foreign Office’s reel of advertising in Children of Men.
If you haven’t seen it, you might want to skip this reel until you do; but it’s a great example of how a movie can be given an urgent sense of place and time simple through the adwork and the signs in the background. Foreign Office put together one of Children of Men’s most compelling aspects by answering questions about what advertising and interface would be like in a world without hope.
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Speak Up’s “Idiocratic Design” (not safe for work)
Again, if you haven’t seen Idiocracy yet, you might want to skip this. While Idiocracy’s plotline and characters left something to be desired, the meat of its hilarity was in the graphic design…a huge amount of hideously-redesigned logos, dumbed-down brands, and typography miscarriages. Despite the great jabs at current brands and styles, Idiocracy’s finest moment was probably the 2-second shot of the St. God’s Memorial Hospital sign.
But it’s got electrolytes!