Tag Archives: nyc

gorilla making guerilla advertising

By Michael Mandiberg | Published: September 30, 2008

So this is what the Guerilla Girls have come to? Derivative advertisements for advertisements. Pay SVA 30K+ a year to learn how to be an illegal marketer. Great.

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Advertising wont solve economic problems for NYC

By Steve Lambert | Published: September 16, 2008

Another bad deal to trade public space for money from The New York Sun: Council Member David Yassky of Brooklyn is calling for the city to begin allowing advertising on municipal trash cans and suggested that such a move, which he estimated could bring $2.5 million in revenue, would help during difficult economic times. “We […]

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Murky(ting) Water

By Michael Mandiberg | Published: September 15, 2008

Tap’dNY bills itself as a New York City bottled water company with a local twist and knack for honesty. We don’t travel the world from Fiji to France seeking water or offer the usual bottled water gimmicks. We work with NYC’s public water system to source the world’s best tasting tap water, purify it through […]

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the latest news

By Steve Lambert | Published: September 8, 2008

Quickstyle: 1. Where’s our Anne Elizabeth Moore been? Reporting on the RNC police state crackdown. You can read about it on Daily Kos. 2. Jordan Seiler is finding Midtown is full of illegal billboards. 3. Jordan also found an Avenue C mural that’s been covered with ads. Boooo! 4. If you care about changing the […]

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New York City’s Struggle to Take Down Illegal Billboards

By Steve Lambert | Published: August 25, 2008

from the Village Voice with IllegalBillboards.org‘s own Jordan Seiler. City government and citizen vigilantes wage a losing battle against Clear Channel and illegal ads By Elizabeth Dwoskin Over the past seven years, Jordan Seiler estimates that he’s taken down hundreds of billboards, posters, and other signs to replace advertising in public places with his own […]

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You have got to be kidding

By Michael Mandiberg | Published: August 23, 2008

Okay, I’m going to come out and probably break with Anti Advertising Agency official policy, and say that I support ad-supported bike share programs. It is kind of making a deal with the devil, but the urban planning benefits have been demonstrated strongly. Getting cars out of the city, is worth the extra visual advertising. […]

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Municipal Art Society – OUTRAGE! Nasty Newsracks

By Steve Lambert | Published: August 14, 2008

New video from the Municipal Art Society: YouTube – OUTRAGE! Nasty Newsracks

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NYC: Pandamonium

By Steve Lambert | Published: August 12, 2008

Pandamonium is a costumed, roving, street party, apocalyptic, dance, rock, battle. Saturday August 16th, Meetup 8:30 pm Union Square NYC! This comes from several trusted sources. Everything else about it is secret. Have some fun on Saturday before summer ends and it’s too cold to roam around the city dancing in a panda constume with […]

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IllegalBillboards.org

By Steve Lambert | Published: July 21, 2008

IllegalBillboards.org is a new effort launched by the Anti-Advertising Agency with IllegalSigns.ca to help organize and support the removal of illegal billboards in New York (we’ll get to the rest of the country soon I hope!). IllegalBillboards.org consists of a forum and blog where you can learn how to investigate an illegal sign and track […]

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“Circulars” from MOMO

By Steve Lambert | Published: July 20, 2008

MOMO KILLS IT!!! So simple. So great. Be sure to check out MOMOSHOWPALACE YouTube – MOMO’s Circulars.

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Why You Should Be In New York July 1st

By Steve Lambert | Published: June 11, 2008

Activists estimate that half the billboards in New York City are illegal. Between fudged permits, lack of enforcement, and millions in profit, outdoor advertising has become a corporate black market that wont flinch at breaking laws to get your attention. On July 1st, the Anti-Advertising Agency and Rami Tabello of IllegalSigns.ca will give a free […]

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Hey, NYC Vandal Task Force – Follow the Money!

By Steve Lambert | Published: June 9, 2008

Arresting 3,786 graffiti writers last year, The Citywide Vandals Task Force is back in the news. The squad of 75 (!) officers has received press before. Even an 8 minute segment on This American Life. I think it’s because journalists love to ask the vandal squad if they think graffiti is art or not. Hacks. […]

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On Times Square

By Steve Lambert | Published: June 6, 2008

A tour of Times Square with en eye on the advertising. The video goes into the empty Times Square building to see the computers that control the signs. Wait, did he say the screen could be “controlled by any computer”??? Hmmm… via Gothamist

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How to Live in a City

By Steve Lambert | Published: May 21, 2008

YouTube – How to Live in a City While decades old, this reminds me of the great videos about public space, city planning and transportation put out by StreetsFilms right now. But how did they make a film about public space in New York in that era without Jane Jacobs?

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Subway Poster Remix Graffiti

By Steve Lambert | Published: May 20, 2008

(via Adam Rosen and these guys)

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