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About the Author
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Steven Heller is the cofounder and the cochair of the MFA Designer as
Author program at the School of Visual Arts. He writes the Visuals
column for the New York Times Book Review and the Graphic Content
blog for T-Style; is editor of AIGA Voice; and is a contributor to Design Observer. He is the author, coauthor, and/or editor of more
than 120 books on design and popular culture, including the forthcoming
New Ornamental Type (Thames and Hudson). More information can be found at his homepage.
See all Daily Heller posts here.
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Dali Pops
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by Steven Heller
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Salvador Dali was known for his love of money. His nickname was Avidor Dollars. So, it shouldn't come as a surprise that he did his fair share of paid work for advertising, publishing and even Chupa Chups, the rather tasty Catalan lollipops. The company, founded in 1958 by Enric Bernat (now owned by Perfetti Van Melle), is named Chupa from the Spanish word chupar: "to suck." Bernat's idea was to put a bonbon on a stick (so as not to melt on a child's hands), the rest is lollypop history. In 1969 Dali, never one to turn down a dollar, designed the Chupa Chup logo (above) and like the sticky candy, it stuck. Incidentally, around the same time its slogan, "Its round and long-lasting," was coined.
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Reader Comments
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Love it, great story. There must be other hidden gems out there still.
I only found out the other day that AM Cassandre did the Yves St Laurent logo.
As the saying goes - You're never too old to learn.
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By
tartanbaffies
April 06, 2010
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Well, now I know why I love these pops so darn much!
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Kirvi_Inci
April 06, 2010
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