TechCrunch, which makes a sizable income selling advertising that runs adjacent to its popular content, is offering a "sky is falling" piece by Wharton professor Eric Clemmons in order to stimulate debate. Here are a few choice selections from Clemmons' guest post: Advertising will fail. My basic premise is that the internet is not replacing advertising but shattering it, and all the king's horses, all the king's …
“No Logo” Was A Primer, Now We’re On To “No Product”
Journalist John Hockenberry, writing in Metropolis Magazine, wonders "how designers participate in an economy of no product?" Twenty-nine years after George W. S. Trow envisioned an era of no context, it is suddenly possible to discern an economic era of no product. For most of the postwar era, design and marketing have been all about creating aspirational narratives with the aim of getting people to make purchases. …
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Lindsay, Is That You?
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Free Idea # 1: Enough With the Drawn Butter
One of the world's favorite crustaceans is in need of a new image. With a global recession on, people simply aren't buying lobster like they once did, despite steep drops in retail pricing. According to the Canadian Broadcasting Company in January, processors had frozen lobster worth at least $30 million in their freezers, mostly in P.E.I. West Nova MP Gregg Kerr points out lobster has recently been about the same …
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A Campaign That’s More Than Wallpaper
I just really like this Benjamin Moore print campaign from Cramer-Krasselt. My clients would probably say it's too hard to read, has too many words, doesn't show an actual painted room, and would object to the phrase "love child." …
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You Can Count Your Friends On Your Fingers And Maybe A Few Toes
"I know who my friends are. What's confusing us is how the Web is strengthening our loose ties" -Jeff Dachis, founder of Razorfish David Armano heard the above words at SXSW this year. This struck a chord with me. Most of us intuitively know who our friends are. They're the ones we feel comfortable around, they accept us for who we are yet challenge us to be better, they help us get through difficult times and stick …
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Too Cheery? Medicate!
FDA Approves Depressant Drug For The Annoyingly Cheerful …
Beer Speaks, People Mumble
Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma has a killer tagline: Beer Speaks, People Mumble. Their beer's pretty good too. …
