Monthly Archives: January 2009

ali baba and the 40 thieves

Self portrait by Picasso.

The ever ongoing debate in all fields of creativity about originality, an object’s worth if it bears resemblance of something else or whether something actually is a copy of something else or not, is one of the most tiresome debates I know, simply because it’s always just the same arguments being poorly [...]

three deep

Le Corbusier liked rulers, glasses and bow ties.

Yesterday I got my third post over at David Report published, it’s a trying to be thought provoking piece about the value of awards in general and the need for a clear competitive frame so that people knows on what grounds they’re competing. The post focuses on The [...]

the september issue

There is much talk about The New York Times not doing so well, in fact, they’re doing awful and the question is whether they will survive. It’s when an institution like NYT, who has defined what journalism is for over 150 years, won 98 Pulitzer prizes and has one of internet’s most visited websites, has [...]

the target’s audience

Last week I handed in two assignments in subjects that both are major parts of my degree; one in a course called Advertising Effectiveness & Interpretation and one in International Advertising. Both of the assignments were concerned with target audiences, segmentation techniques and how the target audience differ from the target market. The theory I [...]

a new low

Looking back through the posts I’ve written on this blog I see that the quality for the last few weeks have been noticably low. I’ve had an almost extreme amount of school work that I finished and turned in on Friday. So hopefully, this will mean that I will start thinking more and writing more, [...]

fallon’s back

Fallon’s new ad for Cadbury’s was just released and it is a worthy sequel of Gorilla. You know this will go viral on your ass, because it is, original, quirky, a bit scary and just something you want to share with anyone close to you. Enjoy.

promiscuous endorsements hang over

I don’t know how many readers I lost yesterday with my pointless rant about vodka advertising.I assure you that I don’t expect anything less from liqour brands or from advertising either for that matter. But I thought I’d make it up to you today with another endorsement/model/collaboration that actually makes a lot of sense. It’s [...]

promiscuous endorsements

Rapper endorsements is not something new, this post is quite tired for several reasons but I just found this to be a peak of a lot of trends. First of all, it’s a behind the scenes video from the shooting of a commercial that I found on Hypebeast which is a popular culture/street wear blog [...]

russell davies pt. 34

Russell is going mental with insights over on his blog at the moment. His concept of “post digital” is like a gin and tonic with an excessive amount of ice in a hot summer day. If you’re interested in planning, digital or just some random thoughts about the future of things, read meet the new [...]

meaning

Clip with Viktor Frankl, found via swissmiss.
I celebrated for two days and know I’ve been sobering up for two days. Suddenly, with a less abstract future, when I for the first time in many years know what I’m going to be doing in a year’s time I’m not less confused, rather the opposite. My perception [...]