Michael Wolbert's Blog » T-Mobile http://michaelwolbert.nl/blog Thu, 06 May 2010 12:44:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Free magenta from the evil minds at T-Mobile http://michaelwolbert.nl/blog/2008/09/free-magenta-from-these-evil-minds-at-t-mobile/ http://michaelwolbert.nl/blog/2008/09/free-magenta-from-these-evil-minds-at-t-mobile/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:26:40 +0000 Michael http://michaelwolbert.nl/blog/?p=16 T-Mobile tried to patent the color magenta, preventing other companies from using it in their branding. Thus freemagenta.nl (Dutch) was born. Designers across the globe sent their design and quotes to protest against this nonsense.

Some funny quotes translated from freemagenta.nl:

  • “By claiming a color, you prevent everyone from having a colorful existence” -
  • “Claiming a color is nonsense, colors belong to God” -

I also sent my concerns.  My work also got published in a small book which can be ordered from freemagenta.nl

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Luckily the deal didn’t went on. Bad companies..

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