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Tag Archives: consumer resistance
In Paris, an anti-ad insurgency – Los Angeles Times
February 9, 2009 – 9:00 am
Reporting from Paris — Over the centuries, the French have cultivated the fine art of rebellion. The list of targets encompasses tyrants, wars, colonialism and, above all, capitalism in its many manifestations. The latest enemy may seem unlikely: billboards. The Dismantlers, as a nationwide group of anti-ad crusaders call themselves, aren’t violent or loud or [...]
“The Dog Dies” all over Los Angeles
December 29, 2008 – 11:51 pm
via TomorrowMusuem via via Cinema Blend
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October 10, 2008 – 12:44 am
What I’ve been reading this week:
New York Magazine on “Product integration, 30 Rock, and the trouble with using brands to write TV.” New York Magazine (again): “Slice and Dice – One man’s vandalism is another’s political art. Just ask Poster Boy, the Matisse of subway-ad mash-ups.” [...]
Delete your Facebook
August 27, 2008 – 9:00 am
“delete your facebook its the cool fucking thing to do” & “kill your TV” written in sharpie on the wall of a Dunkin Donuts in Spring Creek on the New Jersey shore. Oh Facebook, the rebel tweens are turning on you already.
Dothegreenthing.com: Tears Of A Cloud
August 24, 2008 – 12:00 pm
YouTube – Dothegreenthing.com: Tears Of A Cloud
iPhone 3G: Advertising vs. Reality
August 23, 2008 – 4:00 pm
from core77:
We still love the iPhone, but it’s good to see some sharp observers calling some of its advertising to task. This simple, clear video shows the ad side-by-side with the reality, plus some brief comments. And no, there is no iPhone on earth that works as quickly and smoothly as the one in those [...]
“The reason I have eyeballs is because of my irreverence.”
August 15, 2008 – 12:56 pm
Emily returns with another in our series on mommy bloggers!
Today the New York Times reports on a “trend” of women bloggers as a target for advertising.
Advertisers are betting that the trust and intimacy that come from talking about sex after motherhood or reading about a blogger’s battle with postpartum depression will translate [...]
“We’re All Going To Die,” Industry Laments . . . Again
August 12, 2008 – 11:44 am
An article in yesterday’s AdAge titled “Ad Skipping? Just Wait. It’s Going to Get Worse.” bemoans last week’s US Court of Appeals ruling that would allow—oh, it’s bad—”network DVR” technology, essentially allowing viewers at home to watch whatever they want on cable, whenever they want to watch it, without buying any fancy new equipment or [...]
The Bubble Project
September 9, 2005 – 11:29 pm
Designer Ji Lee’s Bubble Project is a set of stickers in the form of cartoon talk bubbles designed to “transform the corporate monologue into an open dialogue. The stickers encourage anyone to fill them in with any form of self-expression, free from censorship.” There is a manifesto and downloadable PDFs available on his [...]
