It’s a classic propaganda technique: demonise your opponent by making him appear less human. This can be done metaphorically, with words, or more intimately, with images. FOX has recently attempted this tactic and failed horribly.

FOX has been caught blatantly altering the photos of two New York Times writers. These alleged members of the so-called “Liberal [...]

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This one’s a quick let-it-be-known post:

AOL Money & Finance has compiled a list of the 25 most memorable and icons advertising spokespeople. This list is packed full of nostalgia for a kinder, gentler time, when advertising was a sentimental craft. We welcomed these fictional characters into our homes; we laughed and cried with them. Today, [...]

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You know those ads in Times Square? Yes, I agree, they’re incredibly assenine, but they are actually a marvel of technology. If case you’ve never given a thought to those mammoth-sized animated screens, have a look at this video.

Can you believe that building is empty? I mean, seriously, they’re missing out on tons of cash. [...]

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This is already a few days old, but I want to let you all know what’s going on.

The D&AD is a professional society for design, which also provides education and training, and also runs the massively popular and hard-to-win awards contest every year. Winning a D&AD Pencil can make a career from nothing, and can [...]

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I just finished reading Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. And I wouldn’t be writing about it except for the fact that it was absolutely brilliant!
If you are at all interested in human psychology, cognitive recognition, subliminality, symbolism, colour theory, or biochemistry, (which as designers, I would hope you are) [...]

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The following is an internal promotional video produced by Microsoft to get their Vista sales team into 5th gear. Seriously.

To say this video is uncool would be a dramatic understatement. In fact, it is so drowned in dad humour and overall cheesiness, we have to wonder if the entire thing is done in irony. But [...]

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McGriddles? Are these even food?
My sister just texted me to proclaim to oddness of a TV spot she just saw. After showing a couple of buffoons (I assume twentysomething guys) try and fail to cook breakfast, we are told “leave breakfast to the experts.” No problem, except when did McDonald’s become experts in breakfast?
The chain [...]

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