From October 2008… this post was caught in WordPress limbo. I publish it now, well after this NYC microtrend has gone national, if not global. The questions remain the same, the scope has just increased…
I’ve noticed a new NYC microtrend of people wearing billowy checkered cotton scarfs around their necks. They remind me distinctly [...]
The billboard industry is—obviously—in the business of getting messages across.
This they have managed to do, with a vengeance.
In anticipation of today's City Council debate on a proposed new billboard bylaw and tax, the billboard industry has been using its own platform to communicate its deep opposition to these measures. The Out-of-Home Marketing Association of Canada [...]
Better do this before tomorrow. These are some of the favorites I’ve seen in the past few months. Post your favorites in the comments…
From Jon Winet’s Electoral College project (now on Add-Art):
Best inadvertent No on Prop 8 in California video (wait for it)
Gay Scientists discover the Christian Gene
Batman for Mayor – the posters
Batman [...]
There’s a national election today. What? A hundred other websites didn’t tell you?
P.S. Bring your book in case there are lines.
This New York Times article from Saturday, October 18th takes a look at Obama’s recent spending flurry. Ads in Guitar Hero? I hear he can shred on Master of Puppets. I’m sold.
This is graffiti:
it’s spray paint it’s done without permission on someone else’s property it’s illegal politicians hate it
It’s the expression of a citizen (or small group of citizens) in public space speaking to fellow citizens. Anyone, willing to take the legal [...]
I know, total cliche’d title. Oh well.
I bought carbon offsets on a Continental flight. I particularly like the fact that you could choose your own science… and your own cost…
I really wonder about offsetting. For a while I thought of it as a useful costing mechanism. And planting trees is a [...]
