“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.
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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 [...]

Julius von Bismarck’s Image Fulgurator is a modified camera that’s capable of projecting images onto street furniture (a bench, wall, sign etc.) where they appear in the photos of strangers, but remain invisible to their eyes.
So how does it work? According to Wired, the “half guerrilla-art stunt and half homemade-gadget awesomeness” has a “slave unit [...]

Pam Anderson was initially discovered at a BC Lions football game. Dressed in a Labatt’s Beer t-shirt, she was randomly selected from the crowd and her image was projected on the stadium’s wide screen. Since then, she’s converted 90% of her body to plastic, sniffed loads of powder, dated rock stars, contracted hepatitis C and [...]

I recently found out about Pasona O2, an underground rice and vegetable farm located beneath an office building in Tokyo’s Otemachi business district. Once the vault of a major bank, the 1,000 square meter facility now produces rice, tomatoes, lettuce, strawberries, and other fruits and vegetables, as well as 100 different flowers and herbs.
Hydroponics (a [...]

Wars were once fought with spiked clubs, swords, flails and bare fists. It’s ancient technology when compared with todays assault rifles, IED’s (improvised explosive devices), missiles, artillery and droids.
Perhaps one day ground-level battles will no longer claim the lives of so many foot soldiers. Instead, remote controlled SWORDS (miniature ground robots reminiscent of a child’s [...]

A fancy watch, luxury car, second home, designer clothes and corner office are no longer enough for today’s super rich. With advanced technology becoming cheaper to produce and distribute by the year, it’s more difficult than ever for the status-conscious consumer to stand out in a crowd. A niche market of super-luxury goods is emerging [...]

Any modern-day twenty-something do-it-yourself entrepreneur will likely tell you that the Internet is the new hustle. In order to successfully get your brand, product or personal message out there, communication over a wide variety of digital media channels is the new mandate. Blogging, podcasting, Facebook, Digg, Delicious, Flickr, etc. all take a lot of work [...]

Last night I met with Kris Krüg at The Irish Heather Pub, where, over a few beers and burgers dressed with Guinness cheese, I picked his brain. Kris is a well-known Vancouver-based fashion photographer, author and technologist. In 2004 he co-founded Bryght, a company that specializes in online community building and uses Drupal, a [...]