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I'm not quite sure what to make of this. Writing in the Guardian, columnist George Monbiot laments the necessary evil that is advertising: Some adverts appear to promote intrinsic values, associating their products with family life and strong communities. But they also create the impression that these values can be purchased, which demeans and undermines them. Even love is commingled with material aspiration, and …
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Jarritos is painting the town red. And then some... The Mexican soft drink's new tagline, “We’re not from here” is spot on. I love it when a brand uses a negative as a positive. According to The New York Times, Jarritos' agency, GSD&M, hired Federico Archuleta, a street artist from Austin to paint murals on buildings in Hollywood, Silver Lake and Venice Beach, Calif. I'm also a fan of the well done …
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On the outskirts of Blaine, Wash., a small town north of Bellingham, near the Canadian border, is home to this critical-of-advertising art installation from Lead Pencil Studio. Lead Pencil's Daniel Mihalyo says, "this permanently open aperture between nations works to frame nothing more than a clear view of the changing atmospheric conditions beyond." "Non-Sign II" is made of thousands of stainless steel …
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I keep wanting to click on more and more pages of Flavorwire, the blog by Flavorpill, "a network of culturally connected people." Because the site points to a multitude of visual oddities and things that make one wonder. Like "Masks for the Modern Tribe" by artist Jud Wimhurst. The contemporary masks he envisions are adorned with familiar iconography from companies such as McDonald’s and Chanel. His culture …
Apple's iOS 4 operating system is secretly compiling its customers' location data in a file stored on iPhones, 3G iPads and every computer that users use to "sync" their devices. So, your mobile knows where you are at all times, but can it also detect your mood (via iTunes) and offer you the perfect product or service according to your present status and location? Someday soon... via: Twaggies …
Hardly a week goes by that someone doesn't post or link to creative jobs that pay a pittance. Even agencies are getting lowballed for their services these days. So how do you profit in advertising today? Our knowledge economy has spread the knowledge around quite well. And made it easy for certain jobs – writing, design, photography, videography – to be done and spread by anyone. It’s why there’s much more demand …
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