Perspectivist@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoTIL that in 1952 Adidas bought the rights to the "three stripes" from a Finnish sportswear manufacturer called Karhu for two bottles of whiskey and the equivalent of €1,600.message-squaremessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up1179arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1177arrow-down1message-squareTIL that in 1952 Adidas bought the rights to the "three stripes" from a Finnish sportswear manufacturer called Karhu for two bottles of whiskey and the equivalent of €1,600.Perspectivist@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square13linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefelixwhynot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoNike’s swoosh was famously designed by an entrant in a design competition. Which is one of the reasons that designers don’t much like competitions like that these days. I think she won like $100.
Nike’s swoosh was famously designed by an entrant in a design competition. Which is one of the reasons that designers don’t much like competitions like that these days. I think she won like $100.