Category Archives: business

Bankrupt Mall of America.

Written by Peter. Posted on December 22, 2009. Filed under advertising, brand, business, consumer, design, trend. No comments.
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Delicious infographic from the economic crisis blog.  Apparently something called Consumer Sentiment is down to its lowest levels since 1980.  Coincidentally, so is my Frequency of Visits to Crappy Stores at Crowded Malls index.

Puck the System.

Written by Peter. Posted on December 15, 2009. Filed under annunciation, business, consumer, design, interactive, technology, user interface, vids. No comments.
Puck the System.
This is pretty rad – a RFID wireless ‘puck’ that can be used as a remote to interact w. sensors to control whatever parameters you’ve got set up – in this case, mood lighting…

Cool AR Biz Card.

Written by Peter. Posted on December 15, 2009. Filed under advertising, brand, business, consumer, design, flash, interactive, internet, technology, trend, user interface, vids. No comments.
Cool AR Biz Card.
This is pretty neat – nice application of augmented reality in a business card context. AR Business Card from James Alliban on Vimeo.

Thirst or Idiocy?

Written by Peter. Posted on December 11, 2009. Filed under brand, business, consumer, design, politics, trend, vegetarian. No comments.
Thirst or Idiocy?
Bottled Water costs 10,000 times more than Tap, and is generally more polluted and less regulated.  Signs the Apocalypse is Nigh… Click for large view.

Chilean Deliciousness.

Written by Peter. Posted on November 10, 2009. Filed under brand, business, consumer, food, trend, vegetarian. No comments.
Chilean Deliciousness.
My buddy Tom Caestecker is a Chicago-based wine reviewer – check out his latest column on Chilean reds here.  I just like hearing things described as “total fruit bombs”.  And what other wine review references the ‘sixth’ Rolling Stone?  Little Red Rooster, indeed.

Social Insecurity.

Written by Peter. Posted on November 9, 2009. Filed under business, consumer, politics, trend. No comments.
Social Insecurity.
One of many really nice infographics from visualeconomics.com.

Brooklyn Fare.

Written by Peter. Posted on November 5, 2009. Filed under advertising, brand, business, consumer, design, user interface. No comments.
Brooklyn Fare.
Beautiful brand & packaging design work featured recently on Behance. Brooklyn Fare is a new, full service grocery store located in Downtown Brooklyn. The identity is very simple: one custom proprietary typeface (Fare Serif), four colors, and lots of witty copy. The text is useful in highlighting the store’s diverse range of quality products and [...]

Hell’s Trademark Attorneys.

Written by Peter. Posted on November 4, 2009. Filed under advertising, brand, business, consumer, design. 3 Comments.
Hell’s Trademark Attorneys.
Hells Angels win legal battle with fashion label Mambo over death head logo. WHEN the Hells Angels saw their “death head” logo on a Mambo sweatshirt, they reached not for the baseball bats of stereotypical bikie lore, but for their lawyers, in a bid to protect their intellectual property. The Australian has revealed that Gazal Corp [...]

Social Media Ghettos.

Written by Peter. Posted on November 3, 2009. Filed under brand, business, consumer, interactive, internet, kids, technology, trend. No comments.
Social Media Ghettos.
I’ve noted before that the vast, competing social networking sites seem to be aligning to members based on socio-economic status. The Globe And Mail’s Lisan Jutras continues the topic: Last year, Facebook overtook MySpace in numbers of members. If you are like me, you made the switch because information was better organized on Facebook, and [...]

Come On, Apple.

Written by Peter. Posted on November 3, 2009. Filed under annunciation, brand, business, consumer, design, flash, interactive, internet, technology, trend, user interface, work. No comments.
Come On, Apple.
I saw this described as passive aggressive warfare this morning.  Adobe’s taking the gloves off re: Apple’s mobile Flash support (or lack thereof).  Seems they’re taking a lead from the ‘Death to IE6′ shame campaign also being waged very publicly.