Tuesday 19 July 2011

Museum of Brands

Tucked away behind Portabello Road in Notting Hill is a little gem of a place, The Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising. The museum features Robert Opie's collection of all things to do with daily life including food packaging, board games, toiletries, souvenirs, magazines, memorabilia, you name it. Opie first started collecting aspects from his life at the age of 16 with a packet of Munchies and the collections has expanded into a phenomenal size ever since. There is so much to see and because Opie has continued to collect over the years you can see how branding has changed and in some cases stayed true to the original design.

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Branding is a funny thing and I definitely fall victim to buying into certain brands even if the sole reason is the appearance. Anyway, this wonderful snippet of nostalgia is definitely worth a few hours of your time one weekend.

Have you kept anything from the past x

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17 comments:

  1. I want to go museum exploring with you one day, you seem to have such a knack for finding unusual ones! Gotta get me a Smarties river boat :). xx

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  2. Wow! This place looks great!
    x

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  3. Can't believe ive never been to this place. Looks fab.

    X x

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  4. I'd love to visit here! The Heinz and Roses packages are especially interesting. Roses have done a good job of retaining the original idea while still having a modern design

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  5. You always bring incredible places to my attention, like the sound of this as a marketing person. Must plan a longer trip to London so I can visit all of these places.

    Caz x
    www.mystylisms.blogspot.com

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  6. Wow I need to add this on my list. Always on the look out for places to visit in London.
    Sophie
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  7. Wow, this looks like such a cool museum! Turtle soup though, how odd! xx
    Sirens and Bells

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  8. This place looks awesome!!!

    http://lowri-armsaroundamemory.blogspot.com/

    x

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  9. I love old advertising, and your pictures/blog too! I'd love to visit there, it looks amazing!

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  10. that sounds like an amazing museum! I love seeing how branding changes throughout the years. I think the guinness branding is my fave, I love the toucan!

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  11. I definitely want to go here soon, I just know that I'd love it! x

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  12. Hello lovey I’ve tagged you in a blog award :)
    http://talesofalittlehazzelnut.blogspot.com/2011/07/best-blog-award.html
    XX

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  13. ha i actually love this.
    a kind of evolution right before your eyes

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  14. I bet that's a fascinating place to visit. Love the fact that the golden syrup packaging is essentially exactly the same as it always was and yet it doesn't look dated at all.

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  15. When I was living in London last year I could visit there and I loved...it's awesome!

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  16. This Museum looks so interesting. It's crazy how some things have barely changed - like the Golden Syrup - although I'm sure the last time I saw it in the Supermarket they had cartoonified the lion, I was horrified!

    Loving your blog.

    Caroline x

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  17. This is right up my street.. Can't believe I've never heard of this before :/ Got to go ASAP!
    http://asweetandsourtaste.blogspot.com/

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