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In 2000, Despair, Inc. obtained a registered trademark in the US for the familiar frowny emoticon:-(when used on "greeting cards, posters and art prints". In 2001, they issued a satirical press release, announcing that they would sue "anyone and everyone who uses the so-called 'frowny' emoticon, or our trademarked logo, in their written email ...
Motivational posters can have behavioral effects. For example, Mutrie and Blamey, [4] of the University of Glasgow and the Greater Glasgow Health Board, found in one study that their placement of a motivational poster that promotes stair use in front of an escalator and a parallel staircase, in an underground station, doubled the amount of stair use.
Poster for the Holzer Fashion Store, 1902 Police can sometimes put up a poster to let the public know about a criminal.. A poster is a large sheet that is placed either on a public space to promote something or on a wall as decoration.
The popularity of the meme quickly spread, inspiring a series of remix videos on YouTube, various image macros and demotivational posters on 4chan, as well as parody sites dedicated to the phrase. [3]
The rival of Scriber's was the Chapbook, which hired Will H. Bradley to design a poster in 1894 to celebrate Thanksgiving. This poster, called The Twins, with its two-dimensional format, similar to Japanese prints, and bold sinuous lines, is considered the first American Art Nouveau poster. [10]
Historic poster artists. The Beggarstaffs, active 1893–1899; Róbert Berény (1887–1954) Gino Boccasile (1901–1952) Sándor Bortnyik (1893–1976)
“There is only one road to human greatness: through the school of hard knocks.” — Albert Einstein “Dreams do not come true just because you dream them.
Avolition or amotivation, as a symptom of various forms of psychopathology, is the decrease in the ability to initiate and persist in self-directed purposeful activities. [1] [2] Such activities that appear to be neglected usually include routine activities, including hobbies, going to work or school, and most notably, engaging in social activities.