I was born with a mission, a calling to honor the familial tradition, on a continuum of the cultural alternative movement to the most powerful, as symbolized by the Campbell’s Soup can (no offense intended to Campbell’s Soup).
Campbell’s Soup was the symbol chosen by Warhol, a historical figure who shares Trump’s inexplicable hold over a base (celebrities). I have written about how Warhol rose from a working-class background and turned the hierarchy upside down, making the workers celebrities and celebrities into mass-produced products in his images of identical portraits arranged like soup cans on a grocery shelf.
Warhol came from the working class and held court over wealthy celebrities; Trump was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and holds sway over a working-class base.
When Andersen Design started, about a decade before Warhol emerged, there was a great middle class. I think Mum and Dad chose to target a product affordable to the middle class because they had enough experience…
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