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Get Burger King T-Shirts Designed by Artists, or Yourself

Posted by Adam Kuban, November 14, 2008 at 3:30 PM

King of Deliciousness t-shirt

At Burger King Studio, you can buy specially designed Burger King t-shirts, some contributed by artists, with the chance to design your own. They’re not as bad as you think they would be. Dare I say, even stylish?

Get cookin’ at burgerkingstudio.com/create.

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Tagged: apparel, Burger King, chain burgers, design, T-shirts

Burger Building: The Burger That Ate L.A.

Posted by Robyn Lee, November 11, 2008 at 7:00 PM

Earlier today Serious Eats hipped you to some strange food-related buildings. Today, here’s one we missed: a burger building. Oh, yeah.

This photo of food stand The Burger That Ate L.A. was taken by David Graham and appears in his book, Only in America. Unfortunately, the building no longer exists—a Starbucks is now in its place.

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Tagged: architecture, burger awesomeness, burger weirdness, design

Quarter Pounder, McDonald's No-Brand Burger Japanese Joint

Posted by Adam Kuban, November 11, 2008 at 2:30 PM

We just got this succinct email from Paul Petrunia: "McDonald's opens up no-brand 'Quarter Pounder' joint in Japan."

What's on the menu? Duh!

Anti-branding as a concept isn't new to the Japanese. The successful Muji stores there are based on the idea of "no brand" and in fact Wikipedia says the store's name is "derived from the first part of Mujirushi Ryōhin, translated as "No Brand Quality Goods."

This looks like a pretty cool location and a neat no-branding of a familiar product. It would be even cooler applied to a real hamburger joint serving real quarter-pound hamburgers.

Related: McDonald's Cheeseburger, Interface as Brand

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Tagged: chain burgers, design, Japan, McDonald's

Bobby's Burger Palace Type Design by Pentagram

Posted by Adam Kuban, July 28, 2008 at 1:45 PM

When I posted about Bobby's Burger Palace a couple weeks ago, I couldn't help but notice the bold, playful type design on the BBP website and in the building's signage. Turns out the illustrious New York City design house Pentagram did the job. Nice work.

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Tagged: Bobby Flay, Bobby's Burger Palace, branding, design, signage