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Man Behind The "O"
Steven Heller of New York Times spoke to Sol Sender, the Chicago designer responsible for the now iconic "O" mark used by Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. We were excited to work on the logo and energized by the prospect of Mr. Obama’s ca...
Command P
This ad by Ignited for LA Weekly puts blue space to good use. It also reminds us of a fundamental truth. Be that as it may, I asked Sarah Hughes, the copywriter on the campaign, if it wasn't a bit odd to use a "computer speak" to relay the brand's...
Spotlight On NW Creative: Sub Rosa Spirits
Mike Sherwood, the alchemist behind Sub Rosa Spirits wrote to us today to say that his packaging received an Award of Merit at The Rosey Awards last night. "The folks at Magneto Brand Advertising did a great job with the Sub Rosa Spirits label...
Introducing the Pioneers of Columbia's Greater Outdoors
The Columbia Sportswear account changed hands last spring. After a 30-year run with Portland's Borders Perrin & Norrander, Columbia opted for Marin County's Butler Shine and Stern. Here's some of the new work from BSANDS: Hat Tip to Zorigit...
Drop The Scooter And Head To Cinci
Google and P&G—two companies with vastly different cultures—have been swapping workers this year in effort to learn from one another and to tighten bonds between the two firms. According to The Wall Street Journal closer ties are crucial to both ...
A Postcard From Sweden
Björn Borg is a Swedish company that sells clothing, footwear, bags, eyewear and fragrances mostly in the Netherlands and Sweden. They also have a store in Manhattan.
Prescient dreams
I was reading the Wikipedia entry about Kurt Cobain* and saw this, and it freaked me out: Near the end of the vigil, Love arrived at the park and distributed some of Cobain’s clothing to those who still remained. Somehow I had never heard ...
links for 2008-11-21
Reclusive Leftist » Blog Archive » Bitches ain't shit "These boys don’t even know what sexism is. Never heard of it. Racism is bad, of course, and I’m sure these kids are reading the same textbooks Anna Belle was telling us about a few weeks ...
Twitter updates for 2008-11-20
Working from home today, the first day of the 5-day cleanse. After the first round of pills I threw up. :| But that might’ve been the juice. # @nikkistrick - Yeah I’m sticking to water from now on too in reply to nikkistrick # Yes...
Transgender Day of Remembrance
As I mentioned a few days ago, today is the 10th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. As I write this the candlelight vigil is about to start at the Georgia State Capitol. I’m not going because it’s the first day of this cleanse and ...
(Long) Quote of the day
Today’s winning post comes from Sarah at season of the bitch. In studying journalism, it’s been pointed out to me several times that women journalists and journalists of color are always presumed to be biased when dealing with issues that r...
links for 2008-11-20
SambearPoet’s Rambling + Podcast » » They don’t make 30 year old windows… "Today, I finally got an answer for a question I've been asking myself every time I've come to work. 'Why is the Peachtree Plaza Hotel still looking like it h...
Twitter updates for 2008-11-19
Today is World Toilet Day http://is.gd/86Ui # Looking fwd to our annual Thanksgiving potluck at work today # @spaceyg - There’s a joke in there about Dick Cheney in reply to SpaceyG # Obama picked Eric Holder for AG? Boooo!!! >:P Ren has...
Utah's Snow Isn't This Flaky
There's more at Utah.travel. [UPDATE] The campaign appears to be coming from Struck in Salt Lake City.
Fight Economic Malaise
Tom Asacker is the change agent's change agent. So it's natural that he has some thoughts on changing one's behavior when different/better results are sought. You have the talent, the ability and the contacts. But do you have the vision and cour...
Need Some New Clients? Buy Them!
Marc Brownstein of Philadelphia's Brownstein Group thinks this is a good time to buy an agency. That's right. One of the smartest strategies over the next 18 months will be to grow through acquisition. Seek out an agency that complements the stre...
Textin' Turkey
Cooking the bird on Thanksgiving can be a nerve-wracking experience. Your family and friends are counting on you. There's little room for error. That's why Butterball instituted a help line, 1-800-BUTTERBALL (1-800-288-8372) back in 1981. Since...
Wayward Journalist Builds Storm Shelter, Invites Colleagues
MSNBC kicked Dan Abrams to the curb this fall. Now the lawyer, color commentator, show host and former MSNBC General Manager, is organizing a new PR firm that he plans to staff with journalists. According to The Wall Street Journal, Abrams Resear...
links for 2008-11-19
Towards a New Proposition K | The 'Real' Princess Diaries "I think this, or some derivative thereof, would address the substance of the majority of the complaints and concerns that doomed the original Proposition K, and would allow ...
Twitter updates for 2008-11-18
Maybe today I’ll look for a flight to DC for Feminism2.0 # Today’s ATL Twitter zeitgeist, apparently: going to the dentist # Lunch consisted mostly of a cupcake. I figure the restaurant tonight will have huge portions. # Coworker thoug...
Twitter updates for 2008-11-18
Maybe today I’ll look for a flight to DC for Feminism2.0 # Today’s ATL Twitter zeitgeist, apparently: going to the dentist # Lunch consisted mostly of a cupcake. I figure the restaurant tonight will have huge portions. # Coworker thoug...
Twitter updates for 2008-11-18
Cleaning my desk *again*. I hate that it gets dirty so quickly. Gross. # I love the sweater I’m wearing today. It feels like cashmere but it’s not. I should’ve bought one in every color. # @gvonk - That’s happened to me bef...
Adweek Is 30. Will It Make It To 35?
I’ve been reading Adweek every week for 15 years, ever since I took advantage of its cheap student subscription rate. And back then, it was more valuable than any college class if you wanted to get a feel for the ins-and-outs and weekly machinatio...
From Sweet Talker To Sweet Maker
Some marcom execs invent brands as intrapreneurs, others simply hang up their agency cleats and start fresh. Brian Pelletier, 41, a public relations executive at Fleishman-Hillard in St. Louis, is one of the latter. According to St. Louis Beaco...
Lee Clow Wins Again
The man surfs and wears flip flogs and a long beard to meetings with the world's most loaded marketers. And he wins them over, time and again. According to The Wall Street Journal, the Pepsi account is leaving BBDO, where it's been for 40 plus ye...
If You're So Smart, Go Ahead And Invent Something
We know that some of the brightest bulbs in Adlandia like to invent their own products and bring them to market, when they're not busy polishing their reels. It's a healthy exercise and all that... According to Ad Age, London's Bartle Bogle has a...
I love this
Here comes a big blockquote! Bolding mine, for the parts I love the most. (And yes, I know the post I’m quoting from is over a year old. But I just now found it.) Maybe it makes me feel safe to think that I think that if I tell you all my s...
Real Journalists Scraping By Online
I don't mind saying I'm fascinated by this story on startups in online journalism. At the center of the piece is VoiceofSanDiego.org, the creation of San Diego venture capitalist and entrepreneur, Buzz Woolley, and a rag tag crew of journalists...
Why same-sex marriage matters (part 8,456,789)
And if the last paragraph doesn’t drive home the definition of privilege, then I don’t know what will. From Republic of T: Add it all up, and inequality is expensive for black same-sex households. Cannick is right that there are too m...
Newspapers Use Old Ads To Remind Advertisers To Keep Advertising
With the economy apparently diving worldwide, they're using old imagery in the UK to promote advertising. The Guardian has more: A campaign featuring famous press ads, including the Guinness Toucan and Volkswagen's 1950s "Lemon" ad, is to laun...
links for 2008-11-18
Astarte's Circus: Drama "Hey, I love drama too – on TV. In books. In a life well lived, it inevitably creeps in. Seeking it out via tearing down other feminists? Not on." (tags: feminism blogging internet) Prop 8 Protest in San Francisco, C...
Twitter updates for 2008-11-17
Seriously I’m going to have to get some pumpkin cheesecake tomorrow before class Ok, if @alexkingorg can’t give me an explanation on why Twitter Tools now posts 10+ times a night, I’ll have to disable it. Cleaning my desk *again...
Makers Of Media, Please Stand And Identify Yourselves
It was fortunate that Ad Age had a reporter in place to hear Ted McConnell, general manager-interactive marketing and innovation at Procter & Gamble Co. speak at a Nov. 15 forum on digital media presented by the Ad Club of Cincinnati Let's examin...
Houses, redux
Against my better judgment, I upgraded to the newest version of Twitter Tools, because Alex King kept saying it was crucial to update. Ever since I did, it’s been going crazy and posting my tweet digest like 50 times - and Alex hasn’t ...
The First Lady of Brand Advocacy
According to The New York Times, Mrs. Obama gave a big shout out to J. Crew during her Oct. 27 appearance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. Dressed in a $148 pencil skirt, a $148 yellow and brown tank top and a $118 yellow cardigan, she seeme...
"If Mom says no, ask Grandma" (Or Oma!)
I wonder who got him this shirt... manipulation starts early And yes, folks, his hair is STILL blond out here in Arizona, although I realize that in these photos, it looks red. Don't know what to tell ya, but I swear it's blond. Swear.
links for 2008-11-17
WindStar Wildlife Institute Blog: How To Hand Feed Wild Birds (tags: howto birds) season of the bitch » Blogging our bodies "This may be why I resist the typical journalistic fetishization of 'objectivity' as a good in itself, because ...
Twitter updates for 2008-11-16
Awake, trying to get moving so we can go to breakfast at J. Christopher’s. Didn’t sleep well last night. # @alexkingorg - I updated Twitter Tools yesterday and it auto-posted my tweets like 15 times. I knew I shouldn’t have updat...
What A Backache
There are times when a brand misses its cue. Sometimes it's worse than that. Sometimes the brand offends. That's what happened when Motrin (whose site is down at this time) ran an ad that offended, of all people, moms. You don't want to get mom...
Something For The Next President To Chew On
I like dogs. I like ads that are topical. And I like Barack Obama. I guess that's why I like this ad. TBWA/Chiat/Day is the agency responsible. They've done a bunch of nice work for Pedigree.
Houses, again
Now that gas prices have come down, we’ve resumed our weekend “driving around looking at houses” routine. It’s mid-November, meaning at this point we’re a bit closer to the territory where the houses we see for sale m...
It's Hard To Skip Through A Field of Daisies, While Wearing Exxon's Oil-Soaked Boots
Renewable fuels, like solar, wind and biofuels, will grow at a brisk pace but they will account for just 2 percent of the world’s energy supplies by 2030, according to Exxon. The front page of this morning's Sunday Business section blares a provo...
links for 2008-11-16
Why We Need To Talk About Whiteness and Privilege (Womanist Musings) "Socially there is an imbalance in knowledge. For the sake of survival POC have had to learn about whiteness and how to negotiate it; whereas no such knowledge has been necessar...
Twitter updates for 2008-11-15
Gotta fill out a survey today about blogging and consciousness-raising # Sounds like our upstairs neighbor is dropping beads all over the floor. I really want to go up there. # Ha! RT @SusanSusanSusan - “trust me when I tell you I’d ra...
How apt…
See, my college major wasn’t a sham! (FTR, I also spent part of the afternoon reading about Old English strong and weak noun declensions.) — Your result for Howard Gardner’s Eight Types of Intelligence Test… Linguistic 24% ...
What If We Drenched Our Advertising In Pornography?
ESPN's Kenny Mayne is starring as himself in a fictional web series called "Mayne Street." In the episode below, the show's second, the creators skewer marketers something fierce. Which, of course, makes it a pleasure to watch. NyQuil is a fea...
Transgender Day of Remembrance: Candlelight vigil in Atlanta
November 20, 2008 is the 10th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. There will be memorials, vigils, marches, and other events held around the world, including a candlelight vigil at the Georgia State Capitol. “Community United for the Gre...
Video: Sex workers do harm reduction
Wonderful video… listen to sex workers talk about how they are doing harm reduction in their own communities. Remember: sex work itself is not the harm! And, yes, the video addresses “the Swedish model.” All of you who think the ...
links for 2008-11-15
change is in the air - After Hours| random discourse from a retired escort "The CNBC show has ruffled feathers for various reasons, one of which is the expected sighs over its portrayal of a small segment of the industry. While high-end escor...
Twitter updates for 2008-11-14
Home from #smcatl. Relaxing before bed. # Apparently I’m on Google’s No Fly list. http://tinyurl.com/559r4y (via @tonycomstock). Lucky me? :P (@rustytanton isn’t on the No Fly list.) # Going to write a quick blog post (w/ screens...