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Is Advertising a Tax on the Unremarkable?

I first heard "advertising is a tax on the unremarkable" on a podcast (The Beancast - well worth adding to your list). It's a slight variation on quote attributed to Robert Stephens who founded Geek Squad.

The context was a conversation about design killing marketing, inspired by a Fast Company interview with a former Ikea's design chief.

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