Capital One had a commercial for their new Venture card. I didn’t hear much of the commercial, but the image I saw on TV intrigued me. The card pictured had the name Lee N. Cardholder. At least I thought it was an ‘N’. If it was an ‘N’, that would be ‘lean’ or ‘lien’, which being a graphic designer, I can recognize a subliminal message faster than the average bear. I do it, all graphic designers do it. It’s creative and fun, a hobby of sorts for us. It’s like a designer’s secret language.
I also see that Jimmy Lee is one of the guys heading the national small business lending division of Capital One. So is Jimmy Lee actually Lee M.? I have no idea, but I do know this. This is the designer’s ‘get out of jail free’ card if some non-designer cracks the secret language code. If you’re a designer, keep a few of these with your business cards. ;)
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