<story><title>An introduction to North Korean graphic design</title><url>https://www.creativereview.co.uk/north-korea-graphic-design-book-phaidon/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>gbog</author><text>North Korea is a good inverting mirror of our modern societies, and there is always something of inspiration in the diametrically opposite. I, for one, would welcome a brandless packaging of most products, where a pack of coffee would just be a dark brown folded paper with &amp;quot;coffee&amp;quot; written on it. Same with sugar, yogurt, butter, etc. We are brainwashed into believing that sugar X is different from sugar Y but it is the same thing with different packaging, often produced in the same lines in the same factories.&lt;p&gt;Muji is a successful Japanese brandless shop where I get my clothes. We have generics drugs that are less expensive. I think a brandless Walmart would be successful too, for those who refuse to be brainwashed.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>FabHK</author><text>&amp;gt; brandless packaging&lt;p&gt;I stayed in Yanggakdo International Hotel on Yanggak Island in the river Taedong in Pyongyang on a tour, and there were two restaurants, and they were called &amp;quot;Restaurant 1&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Restaurant 2&amp;quot;. I found that quite refreshing.</text></comment>
<story><title>An introduction to North Korean graphic design</title><url>https://www.creativereview.co.uk/north-korea-graphic-design-book-phaidon/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>gbog</author><text>North Korea is a good inverting mirror of our modern societies, and there is always something of inspiration in the diametrically opposite. I, for one, would welcome a brandless packaging of most products, where a pack of coffee would just be a dark brown folded paper with &amp;quot;coffee&amp;quot; written on it. Same with sugar, yogurt, butter, etc. We are brainwashed into believing that sugar X is different from sugar Y but it is the same thing with different packaging, often produced in the same lines in the same factories.&lt;p&gt;Muji is a successful Japanese brandless shop where I get my clothes. We have generics drugs that are less expensive. I think a brandless Walmart would be successful too, for those who refuse to be brainwashed.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lost_my_pwd</author><text>In the US in the 70s-80s this used to be a thing:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;gbnfgroceries.blogspot.com&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;from-misc-foods-aisle-generic-brands.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;gbnfgroceries.blogspot.com&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;from-misc-foods-ai...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;There were actually a few no-brand brands from supermarket chains like this that I can recall.</text></comment>