// 10 March 2010, 16:55
Mad Men is a hit show — we love it. It’s about advertising, vaguely, and the characters have become quite iconic in only a few short years. So naturally, they’ve been made into Barbie Dolls. What?
Four characters from the show are being made into Barbies. But my immediate WTF reaction stems from the disconnect between [...]
// a tale of advertising: tv/radio, brands & branding, design: product
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// 04 March 2010, 11:42
This is a clever idea and I’m surprised someone didn’t think of it earlier. But I can’t help but wonder why the company producing these didn’t just go ahead and make them black or white. Or why doesn’t Apple themselves start giving these away at the Apple stores — what a great brand-bolstering giveaway.
via Brand Infection [...]
// a tale of brands & branding, computers & gadgets, design: product
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// 16 December 2009, 13:21
I do hate myself a little for compiling an end-of-year top ten list, but in the spirit of professional altruism, I’m sharing with you, dear readers, ten brilliant blogs I’ve discovered, and have since become addicted to, in 2009. In no particular order:
1. It’s Nice That Touches my soft spot for Britain and provides daily [...]
// a tale of New York, computers & gadgets, design, design: history, design: packaging, design: print, design: product, design: web, photography, the industry, the internet
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// 10 June 2009, 16:36
It seems that the Adobe Creative Suite pillows were only the beginning. Responding to an apparent market desire for software-inspired home decor, (aimed specifically at design geeks, I suppose), Meninos has created coasters in the style of the application icons, as well as magnet sets for the Photoshop and Illustrator toolbars and palettes.
The coasters are [...]
// a tale of brands & branding, design: product, the industry
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// 02 June 2009, 16:42
Summary: A solid, feature-packed, pair of headphones. I hope they fit you, and I hope they last.
The Audio-Technica ATH-ANC7 QuietPoint Active Noise-Cancelling Headphones are one of the highest-rated headphones on Amazon.com. In fact, they are one of the highest-rated products I’ve ever seen. With over 1000 reviews, most of them positive, it’s safe to say [...]
// a tale of computers & gadgets, design: product, music
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// 25 May 2009, 20:45
Summary: Not bad, but not brilliant. A good introductory pair to ‘expensive’ headphones, if they fit you.
The Plane Quiet Platinum were recommended to me by a fellow Twitter user when I put out the call for recommendations. And since it’s you can’t fit a pair of headphones through the Internet (yet), they stood just as [...]
// a tale of computers & gadgets, design: product
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// 23 May 2009, 09:56
Summary: Gorgeous specimen of audio engineering. Not intended for outdoor use.
The first model in my road test are the most expensive and most professional of the lot. The K271 MKII from AKG were recommended to me by a professional sound engineer for concerts and recording sessions, I knew these meant business. But it was difficult [...]
// a tale of computers & gadgets, design: product, music
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