“People who remember when tobacco advertising was a prominent part of the media landscape — and others who recall what they learned in Marketing 101 — probably recollect that actors like Barbara Stanwyck and athletes like Mickey Mantle routinely endorsed cigarettes.” Read When Doctors, and Even Santa, Endorsed Tobacco.
I’m digging the wheatpastes of Vancouver based [...]

Lifecasting is a regularly updated broadcast of events in a person or brand’s life through digital media channels such as Twitter, Tumblr, Flickr, YouTube and blogs. By documenting and broadcasting personal experiences and daily routines, an ongoing and interactive dialogue is created with viewers that connect with the content being created. For brands, these enthusiasts [...]

Memes are thoughts, behaviors or actions that are passed from one person to the next through learning or imitation. They cultivate themselves in the cultural sociosphere in a fashion similar to the contagious behavior of a virus. Examples include: gestures, theories, ideas, fashions, habits and the like.
Experts in the subject theorize that memes evolve by [...]

Firstly, sorry for the lack of posts lately. I’ve been preoccupied with numerous projects at the agency and have been working stupid hours. By the time I get home at night, all I want to do is sit on the couch in silence and sip on an ice cold Pabst. That said, what follows is [...]

There is something inherently psychotic/awesome/viral about these retro Kool-Aid spots.
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Is W+K all about promoting chaos? You decide. Their recent print/outdoor campaign for Nike is accused of flagrant gay bashing by loads of commenters on the W+K site where the work is posted. I’m not sure there’s anything homophobic about these ads. Don’t NBA players love rimming? According to a gay commenter on Gawker, “It’s [...]