Illustration: Brilliant project You Say Potato compiles everyday mascots

Date
28 October 2013

Find a marker pen in your hand and, as I’m sure many will agree, it’s hard not to draw two goggly eyes, a nose and a grinning mouth on the first object within reach. So when we excitedly posted a picture of one of the little characters Jiro Bevis has illustrated for the It’s Nice That Annual 2013 on Instagram the other day, and were delighted when Clara Bahlsen had commented on it with her own project, You Say Potato I Say F*ck You.

The idea is very simple; she’s made a blog which compiles all the little mascots she comes across on a daily basis, be it in supermarkets, on vans, adverts, packaging or signage. Clara has collated it all in one visual resource and opens it up to hundreds of others to send in their own photographs of similar characters from their own cities.
What’s amazing is the quantity. There are so many.

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Clara Bahlsen: You Say Potato I Say F*ck You

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Clara Bahlsen: You Say Potato I Say F*ck You

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Clara Bahlsen: You Say Potato I Say F*ck You

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Clara Bahlsen: You Say Potato I Say F*ck You

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Clara Bahlsen: You Say Potato I Say F*ck You

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You Say Potato I Say Fuck Clara Bahlsen: You Say Potato I Say F*ck You

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Clara Bahlsen: You Say Potato I Say F*ck You

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Clara Bahlsen: You Say Potato I Say F*ck You

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Clara Bahlsen: You Say Potato I Say F*ck You

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Clara Bahlsen: You Say Potato I Say F*ck You

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Maisie Skidmore

Maisie joined It’s Nice That fresh out of university in the summer of 2013 as an intern before joining full time as an Assistant Editor. Maisie left It’s Nice That in July 2015.

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