Instantly Iconic

Here’s a snip from a movie review for Black Snake Moan:

Black Snake Moan is smart and soulful but it’s also red hot. The movie burns with the sweaty heat of the deep, deep south. It’s not afraid of sex, nudity, and smoldering, immorality. The film also knows a thing or two about beautiful, bad […]

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According to Media Post’s Marketing Daily, the Apple advertising campaign of the Mac guy versus the PC guy is an instantly iconic campaign:
The ads’ cleverly implied “Which guy would you rather be?” message and visceral punch have created love-’em/hate ‘em camps, probably roughly split between people who consider themselves innovators versus those struggling to keep […]

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Brands can be instantly iconic, or at least claim to be. Check out this introduction to the (RED) Community Barcode:

“The word Africa doesn’t usually make one consider shopping, but our (RED) Community Barcode ties together Africa and consumers in a striking symbol that’s instantly iconic. The barcode is composed of images […]

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So I was reading the “Postscript” of the Letters section in the March 2007 issue of Vanity Fair. Two words jumped out at me in the opening paragraph, take a guess at what they are:
“Aptly, the lasting image of Vanity Fair’s “London Swings! Again!” article and portfolio (March 1997) is of a doomed couple: […]

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Posting and voting on instantly iconic images, brands, trademarks, bands, actors, etc.

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