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Would you like Nine Inch Nails with that?

December 19th, 2007 by nomad

This is all over the net; seems to have first popped up here.nin / mcdonalds artwork comparison      mcdonalds advertisement The side-by side really shows the similarities. The clincher for me is the chopped off logos. Would be kinda funny if it wasn’t McDonalds (big, nasty multinational) ripping off David Carson (genius designer).

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13 Responses to “Would you like Nine Inch Nails with that?”

  1. on 19 Dec 2007 at 4:22 pm   Justin

    Absurd.

    It’s horrible if McD ripped off Carson’s NIN design. It’s actually comedic. It may be even more horrible if Carson did the design himself (as discussed on the board you linked to), but I doubt that’s the case.

  2. on 19 Dec 2007 at 4:47 pm   Alfonso

    This must be a joke. I am in awe at how blatant this is!

  3. on 20 Dec 2007 at 2:04 am   Kevin

    Do you really think this isn’t a postmodern homage?

    I do.

    It’s NIN, that’s someone’s favorite band somewhere, so they tipped their hat to them.

    Design Wants to be Free

    Electronic Frontier Foundation

  4. on 20 Dec 2007 at 2:35 am   Anthony to the S.

    less of a homage, more of a straight rip.

  5. on 20 Dec 2007 at 9:29 am   paul s.

    I don’t think David Carson is worth shedding any tears over, especially because his own clients have included American Express, AT&T, Citibank, CNN, Microsoft, Nike, Pepsi, among others…

  6. on 05 Jan 2008 at 3:54 pm   numpty bishbosh

    Beautiful.

    Designers as most people know are a load of desperate wanabe intelectuals.
    The word “genius” is overused and as common as a cheeseburger.
    I like idiot designers. At least you know where you are with them. We are mostly honest and hard working. None of this Free design electronic mindthought bumwash.

  7. on 08 Jan 2008 at 2:17 pm   Tim

    @Paul S.:

    So?

  8. on 10 Jan 2008 at 9:14 pm   DJ Velveteen

    Now we know what to do next time McD’s sues someone for copyright infringement.

  9. on 12 Jan 2008 at 12:01 am   Khepa

    can anyone say Banksy! ; )

  10. on 17 Jan 2008 at 10:13 pm   mike

    i think this is awesome. would like to upsize your head like a hole?

  11. on 11 Feb 2008 at 12:15 am   Philip Goodfellow

    I recently interviewed David Carson for a magazine and would like to dispel any suggestion that he was involved or even knew about McDonald’s intention to use his imagery – it really is that blatant a rip off. He’s fairly appalled by the whole thing and is looking into it now, though it appears that an agency in France by the name of Atelier Archange are the one’s to blame as they are the company hired by McDonalds to create the interiors in question. Apparently McDonald’s have stated that they haven’t done anything wrong, though have interestingly said that all of the images will be removed.

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  13. on 17 Feb 2009 at 1:18 pm   jim

    “David Carson (genius designer)”

    He is no genius designer, over hyped! The quark ad for “keep paddling” what a mess of a lyaout.

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