Edward Ruscha is an American fine artist with something significant to say about pop culture and advertising. His work, which sometimes looks like an ad, also has something to teach the makers of pop culture and advertising. According to The Tate: Words and phrases are at the centre of Ed Ruscha’s work and first appear in his paintings as early as 1959. The use of words and text in twentieth century art can first …
Apple Answers To Mother Nature
It's not nice to fool Mother Nature and Apple wouldn't dream of doing such a thing. The company mines precious metals to use in its products and creates a non-renewable waste stream from these same products, and runs massive data centers that suck electricity all day every day, nevertheless, Apple is aligned with Mother Nature. That's what this new piece of branded content says, and who are we to argue with the …
David Droga Is Always Making, Shaping, and Creating
In this on-camera interview, CNBC’s Tania Bryer asks David Droga, founder of Droga5, CEO of Accenture Song, and the most awarded person in Cannes Lion history, what his secret ingredient is. Droga replies, "Not piss a lot of people off...No, I don't know, I've always been restless and curious. I've been lucky that I've worked around the world in different markets, which gave me immense opportunities to work with …
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A Big Idea: “Non-Mineable Land” Inside of Minecraft
Minecraft is the best-selling game in the world. The game teaches players, primarily children, to mine and build whole worlds out of raw materials. Naturally, the raw materials must be secured under duress. A game needs tension, and Minecraft has it. What it does not have is a means to teach players that raw materials belong to a community dependent on the resources for their livelihoods. Due to the increase in …
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Corona Makes A “Living Billboard” That Walks Like A Crab
Outdoor advertising is often seen as a blight on the landscape by millions of passers-by in their cars. In many cases, the critics (and would-be shoppers) are spot on in their disdain for the medium. There are a great number of ads in the environment, and a great number of them fail to connect, entertain, or inform. Corona Peru is on another page with this innovative out-of-home effort made in collaboration with …
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Bias Against Aging People, Like All Bias, Is Idiotic and Unproductive
The truly odd thing about ageism is how every single living creature on this planet is aging. We're all aging right now, as we do each and every moment of our lives. Ultimately, this means our bias against aging people is discrimination against the self, and that ageism is a brutal form of self-hatred. As we know, ageism is also bad for business. This new 45-minute documentary film, directed by Scott Haper, …
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Pinterest Keeps It Positive Says, “Don’t Dont’ Yourself”
The Internet can go from promised land to hell hole in a quick minute. We the people who spend way too much time scrolling and clicking through the digital morass (in order to find meaningful connections, community, and an audience) know this to be true. Academics, doctors, and journalists know it to be true. Even Facebook, like alcohol and tobacco companies before them, knows its product is dangerously addictive. …
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Keep Bastrop Boring
Bastrop County is a fast-growing neighbor to Travis County—the home of Austin, the University of Texas, the state capitol, Austin FC, Austin City Limits, Oracle, Tesla, and so on. Bastrop is also directly downriver from Tesla's new world headquarters and car-making factory. When Elon Musk moved from California to Texas, his Boring Company quickly set up shop in rural Bastrop County, and currently has a permit to …
