Category Archives: advertising

CSS Fu.

Written by Peter. Posted on July 6, 2009. Filed under advertising, annunciation, business, design, interactive, internet, projects, technology, work. No comments.

Our friend Travis in Breaux Bridge has released CSS Fu – a batch CSS Gallery submitter. It’s still in beta, and submissions are currently free – check it out!

Building Gets Blown.

Written by Peter. Posted on July 1, 2009. Filed under advertising, brand, business, consumer, design, guerrilla. No comments.

From Copyranter: I’m assuming this was a real placement, since the ad won a Media Bronze Lion at last week’s Cannes Festival. That’s the Haitong Securities building in Shanghai, fairly famous in the architectural world for its unique wave design. Opposite it, is a large billboard for a Midea fan, created by Firstell Communications.

Fu*k All from PSFK.

Written by Peter. Posted on June 30, 2009. Filed under advertising, brand, business, consumer, design, interactive, internet, technology, trend. No comments.

Great stuff from George Parker about the devaluation of original content and labor in the age of social media. He references LinkedIn’s new wage for translators ($0) – reported in the NY Times.

When No One Is Watching.

Written by Peter. Posted on June 26, 2009. Filed under advertising, brand, consumer, design, guerrilla, interactive, technology. No comments.

Wow. I’ve always been a fan of provocative or disruptive advertising, and this bus shelter for Amnesty International promoting domestic violence awareness is just spectacular. Using motion sensor and recognition technology, the display changes depending on whether you’re looking at it or not. Brilliant. More info at Copyranter.

Truth in Advertising.

Written by Peter. Posted on May 29, 2009. Filed under advertising, brand, business, consumer, design. No comments.

As always, death is macho. Smokers, knock yourselves out.

Taking Virgin to the Woodshed.

Written by Peter. Posted on May 28, 2009. Filed under advertising, brand, business, consumer, design, graffiti, guerrilla, signs, trend. No comments.

Hilarious post from The Anti-Advertising Agency taking Virgin Airlines to task for its forced and intrusive ‘faux guerrilla’ marketing stumble. I get queasy when companies go ‘street’ – to me, it just smells disingenuous. I give some credit to Virgin for its provocative and creative legacy, but this awkward ‘Flydealists’ marketing propaganda just strikes me [...]