Category Archives: consumer

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.

Periodic Picnic Table.

Written by Peter. Posted on November 2, 2009. Filed under consumer, design, pranks. No comments.
Periodic Picnic Table.
This clinches it – I’m a sucker for goofy furniture.  See also the Tennis Ball, DIY Cardboard and Drinking Straws chairs.

Bipolar Nation.

Written by Peter. Posted on October 21, 2009. Filed under brand, business, consumer, design, politics, trend, user interface. No comments.
Bipolar Nation.
I’m a sucker for infographics to begin with, and this one’s a doozy.  Interesting to see this all spread out for analysis… A concept-map exploring the Left vs Right political spectrum. A collaboration between David McCandless and information artist Stefanie Posavec, taken from the book The Visual Miscellaneum (out Nov 10th).

Refill 2.0

Written by Peter. Posted on October 14, 2009. Filed under annunciation, consumer, design, food, interactive, signs, technology, user interface. 2 Comments.
Refill 2.0
Allan at Vector Living sent me this illustration, figuring I’d appreciate it (being an absolute caffeine junkie). Love it.

In case of Vampire…

Written by Peter. Posted on October 13, 2009. Filed under advertising, brand, consumer, design, graffiti, guerrilla, signs, trend. No comments.
In case of Vampire…
I go back & forth on the Vampire phenomenon, but really love this type of creative ‘disruptor’ advertising. Nice.

Apple Tablet Rumor 543.

Written by Peter. Posted on August 28, 2009. Filed under consumer, interactive, internet, technology, trend, user interface. No comments.
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Mmmm, delicious: According to rumors, Apple is in the final stages of developing the Apple wet dream, a 10-inch tablet allegedly running the iPhone OS…

MIT Personas.

Written by Peter. Posted on August 24, 2009. Filed under consumer, design, interactive, internet, technology, trend, user interface. No comments.
MIT Personas.
Pretty cool web presence visualization piece from MIT.   It scans the web for all artifacts relating to your name, and generates an interesting chart based on what it finds.  I am, apparently, partially criminal in the online world.

Big Mac Buying Power.

Written by Peter. Posted on August 21, 2009. Filed under business, consumer, food. No comments.
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From a blurb in The Economist.  I don’t eat McDonald’s, but even if I did, I can’t imagine working for that long to afford one.