Category Archives: brand

Truth in Advertising.

Written by Peter. Posted on May 29, 2009. Filed under advertising, brand, business, consumer, design. No comments.
Truth in Advertising.
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.
Taking Virgin to the Woodshed.
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 [...]

Zone of Trust?

Written by Peter. Posted on May 27, 2009. Filed under advertising, brand, business, consumer, interactive, internet, technology, trend. No comments.
Zone of Trust?
Interesting Observer article on the ‘culture wars’ going on at the NY Times over the use of Twitter. New guard, meet the old guard. Sounds like a train wreck.

Imagination.

Written by Peter. Posted on May 11, 2009. Filed under advertising, brand, consumer, design. No comments.
Imagination.
What a great campaign, simply titled “Imagination” – it really brings me back to why I loved Legos as a child (and still do). This ad nails it.

CS Nightmares?

Written by Peter. Posted on April 28, 2009. Filed under advertising, brand, business, design, flash, interactive, internet, technology. No comments.
CS Nightmares?
For the full-on CS nerd – icon pillows from My Suite Shop. Found by Vector Living.

Audi gets Owned in Santa Monica.

Written by Peter. Posted on April 15, 2009. Filed under advertising, brand, business, consumer, design, guerrilla, pranks, signs. No comments.
Audi gets Owned in Santa Monica.
There’s a distinct risk involved when, as an advertiser, you take a shot at an established competitor: they may fire back with a bigger gun.

Ramen Profitable.

Written by Peter. Posted on April 13, 2009. Filed under brand, business, guerrilla, interactive, internet, projects, technology, trend, work. No comments.
Ramen Profitable.
Interesting article on Time.com titled The New Internet Start-Up Boom: Get Rich Slow that makes some good observations about new breed small businesses. I particularly like the concept of Noodleconomics. The term ramen profitable was coined by Paul Graham, a Silicon Valley start-up investor, essayist and muse to LILO (little in; lots out) entrepreneurs. It [...]

All the King’s Horses…

Written by Peter. Posted on March 23, 2009. Filed under advertising, brand, business, consumer, design, interactive, internet, technology, trend. No comments.
All the King’s Horses…
Why Advertising Is Failing On The Internet from Tech Crunch.

LED Shepherding.

Written by Peter. Posted on March 18, 2009. Filed under advertising, brand, design, guerrilla, technology, vids. No comments.
LED Shepherding.
Big chunks of this have got to be fake, but pretty cute…

Erik Below Sea Level.

Written by Peter. Posted on March 7, 2009. Filed under brand, business, design, fauborg, flash, guerrilla, interactive, internet, katrina, orleans, projects, trend, user interface, work. No comments.
Erik Below Sea Level.
Our friend Erik ‘the k is black‘ Kiesewetter has launched an updated portfolio here, and it’s (as he’d say) ‘bangin’. He’s a great talent and we work with him often. Ask him about his Bike® Shorts.