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                 The arrival of printing brought the world to a place where looking back was never an option. On a business standpoint, marketing has never been the same since branding now can not only design a marketable design but, are able to replicate it with complete accuracy. It is so common for things to be mass produced that we crave to be different. As a society, we are so used to taking for granted the ability Gutenberg’s press and the Qing’s dynasty left us with moveable and replicating printing.  
                 I am no exception to this rule as I have an over two-hundred fifty piece Disney pin collection that I pride myself on for filling my collection with rare, limited edition, errored in production, and many more distinguishable qualities that make my collection stand out from the rest. The graphic design artist, Ginger Monkey, differentiates himself by putting his creative twist pin everyday items such as playing card boxes. His designs are on everyday items but, the designs he creates differentiates himself and his image.
                 Disney is a company that is no exception to this. Walt Disney himself revolutionized the entertainment industry. Along the way and years after his passing, people began to see that with evolution of perfection, styles change and to upkeep with demand only certain merchandise can and will be sold during a certain time.  Thus, the limited-edition item hunt for memorabilia was on. This is also how a basic lapel pin a man might wear on his sports coat or a woman may pin on her dress turned into a sport and an overall Disney phenomenon. 
            What truly hooked me on this concept was a special person in my life, my late Aunt Brenda. Her and I because fascinated in finding this Mickey Mouse silhouette yin-yang head pin. However, unlike traditional yin yang signs, this one had to white dots instead of one white and one black. Just the idea of this pin intrigued me. How could this happen. Guttenberg developed the printing press in the 15thcentury and since it has only been perfected since then, how could it come to be that in 2010 this error exists? Unlike if I would have found this pin in the 15thcentury, where an inaccuracy in printing was common, what happened and why do I want it? It is clear here that print has nearly perfected ways to make ideas a reality, so much so that we desire things that are not perfect.

 http://disneydose.com/how-did-disney-pin-trading-come-about/#axzz5ioVkFIOv
https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/printing-press

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