// 28 October 2009, 16:38
Brooks Brothers has introduced a new exclusive edition suit inspired by the popular show “Mad Men”. They’ve actually teamed up with the show’s costume designer Janie Bryant.
This one is quick and to the WTF-point. The show outfits the characters in period-specific revivals of fashion. And now folks want to dress like characters on the show. [...]
// a tale of New York, WTF, brands & branding, fashion
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// 28 October 2009, 14:50
We’ve already been using the letters WTF to describe the London 2012 Olympics for over two years, but let’s continue the trend, shall we.
The Olympic pictograms — you know, those airport-signage-looking icons to describe each event without the use of words — have been revealed. And by my eyes they are shockingly ordinary, conventional event. And [...]
// a tale of Britain, WTF, national identities, politics
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// 25 October 2009, 21:33
Not that I want to sit here and comment on the tempest-tossed magazine industry, but I spotted a news item last week that got lost among the business section. Bloomberg, the financial data and media company run by New York Billionaire-Turned-Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has bought the popular BusinessWeek magazine.
One shocking figure is how cheap an [...]
// a tale of New York, brands & branding, design: print
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// 25 October 2009, 20:59
Lucie Jones rocks. http://bit.ly/3dTOBD #
trying to put the job search out of my mind and concentrate on client jobs and side projects. For now. #
nevermind, it's ifixit.com #
what's the site that tells you how to take apart Apple products? #
// a tale of The Week in Tweet
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// 21 October 2009, 10:50
Facebook Facelift – Home & Profiles from wearetol on Vimeo.
I have to admit, I don’t often say “wow” to a website redesign, but this video definitely caught my attention. Talk about a radical approach.
What I like here is the large-scale rethink of the site. It’s no longer a news-based page, it’s an application. Almost like [...]
// a tale of design: web, the industry, the internet
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// 18 October 2009, 20:59
Laundromats are loud, but warm. #
young Obama totally looks like my father. http://bit.ly/j6ZI2 #
I can't tell if these are the effects of caffeine withdrawl, or the sudden changing from flesh into Lead. #
consider the sleep debt repayed. #
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// 15 October 2009, 18:25
Obama covers, photo by Johanna Perez-Fox
If you’ve been following the design news, or even the regular-ass news, for the past week or so, you’ve learned once again that magazines are in trouble. Condé Nast recently folded four titles, and with folks still losing jobs and having to scale back recreational spending, it seems that the [...]
// a tale of design, design: print, fashion, photography, politics, the industry
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