by Shawn Robare | Dec 29, 2017 | Branded in the 80s, Read
As a kid growing up in Florida for most of my formative years, winter was more of a concept than an actual season. Sure, there were days in Orlando when it dipped down into the 40s and I’d break out a pair of sweatpants to wear to school, but by and large I...
by Shawn Robare | Dec 14, 2017 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Over the past year Publisher Insight Editions has comes across my radar a lot. In addition to the super cool Ghostbusters: A Visual History that I was gifted a couple Christmas seasons ago, I suddenly realized that I had a ton of their books either on my wish list or...
by Shawn Robare | Dec 12, 2017 | Branded in the 80s, Listen, Read
On this new episode of the Branded in the 80s podcast I’m going to attempt to solve a mystery, a cold case 30 years in the making. It’s a twisted tale of deception, a famous advertising slogan, mistaken identities, and murder. Welcome to Cereal, presented by Branded...
by Shawn Robare | Dec 7, 2017 | Branded in the 80s, Read
One of the aspects that I adore about collecting and sifting through 80s era ephemera is finding all the hidden gems and weird little connections between things that nine times out of ten we’d all miss until we really started paying closer attention. Whether it...
by Shawn Robare | Nov 30, 2017 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I want to preface this piece by bringing up a simple fact. Sometimes real life sucks. It’s awkward, weird, painful, and tends to derail us when we least expect it. Last August my father was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer and just a year after I had made...
by Shawn Robare | Nov 25, 2017 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Not only am I a professed lover of the 80s, and in particular 80s era cartoons and animation, but I’m also pretty damn interested in branding and design (I mean, I did kinda name my site after that.) So when these paths cross I can get pretty nerdy. I mean...
