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Keepin’ it classy
Is “abattoir” just one of those Aussie words everyone there knows, like stickybeak or billabong? Or was “slaughterhouse” just a tad too déclassé? Via ads of the world.
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Interactive artist creates, sells websites
Rafaël Rozendaal is a Dutch-Brazilian visual artist and founder of the DIY curatorial platform BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer). He uses the internet as his canvas and gallery, building colorful and...
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Able to leap tall paradigms in a single bound
Clark&Kent is the smallest ad agency in the world with headquarters in a phone booth in New York. Here is the C&K business card. And of course…it’s a phone booth! That’s all well and good until...
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Cross-dressing: always in style
Chinese teen-girl fashion clothier Yuekou is using a 72-year-old man as a model. World, meet Liu Xianping, grandfather of Lv Ting, the apparel-maker’s owner. According to Ting, one day Xianping picked...
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Do you see any grass between my teeth?
I guess I am a sucker for commercial art under foot. The Brazilians, as I have noted, have it down to a science. Found at I Believe in Advertising
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What is the worst thing a university could do?
Judging by the response, it’s create a new logo. Salon says it’s a sad sign for higher education. The cousin of George W. and Jeb Bush claims it inculcates a “social agenda” in students. Why, even...
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Big Brother Approves
Penguin Press commissioned designer David Pearson to re-imagine covers of five classic George Orwell novels. Among them is this standout cover for “1984,” with both the title and the author’s name...
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When should you ask the prospect a question?
Every now and again clients want to pose questions to their prospects; questions such as, “Is your data really secure?” or “Is your financial software ready for the new millennium?” Today on NPR’s...
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Misinformation Science
Ever since I read about Mary Meeker’s influential misinformation in this morning’s paper, I feel obliged to present my own made-up statistics and fabricated facts: 12 percent of all “lossless” audio...
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