May 2009
28 posts
Happy Planet Shots Revisited
So like a week or so ago I wrote up this link to Happy Planet Shots, a product-line meant to bring holistic health and design to the supplement-shot category. Maybe it was a slow day, maybe I was just on an excessively nerdy tear, but I spent some time speculating about the fact that Happy Planet products might run into problems because their packaging is less-than-clear on what provides their...
Sometimes you read the Internet, and sometimes the... →
Sincerely Yours. I made this over the weekend. My...
___ is the new ___
Old is the new New
The results verified our initial findings: about... →
Nice to know the Nielsen Company is still sort of paying attention.
Suki Suki Switch - Antenna
Try not to want to...
Kidlandia →
Kidlandia creates custom personalized fantasy maps for kids. According to Coolhunting, whose very nice photos I’ve swiped:
The site evolved from illustrator, entrepreneur and former Disney producer Brian Backus’ intricate, personalized maps that he started making a few years ago. His custom-made maps of fantasy kingdoms featured names and places that were part of the child’s...
Haamonii Shochu →
In other words: your product will always be your product. But your brand is only as resonant as the media it exists in.
On a related note, my Marshall McLuhan books should probably gather less dust these days.
maristella:
While most brands are calculating just how transparent they want to be about their “social media strategy” this little known Soju brand is completely and utterly naked...
The bigger fear is that this will turn off... →
Gawker is pretty accurate on this. Building a money-making business on the mercurial asset of ‘popularity’ is like building a house on a fault-line.
But I’m still posting this so Tumblr still wins for the moment. Hey, free webhosting is free webhosting.
UPDATE: Reblog this to increase your tumblarity.
VEGA - No Reasons
When the rain clears in like...
Banks Violette at Team
Banks Violette, the artist responsible for the somewhat mind-blowing salt church installation at the Whitney in 2005 is doing his solo-show thing at Team Gallery.
From the release:
Sculptor Banks Violette has always referred to his drawings as “film cells from the world’s slowest movie.” As with the cinema, meaning does not adhere solely to individual images but rather to their accretion over...
Kickstarter →
Get your ideas funded.
Boomerangs
I would like one for the summer. Anyone know where I’d get it, and what brand it should be?
Brooklyn Bike Jumble →
“On May 31st, JJ Byrne Park and the Old Stone House will host the 1st Brooklyn Bicycle Jumble, New York’s only outdoor bicycle flea market and celebration of New York City bike culture.
At this one-day-only-event, private, non-professional vendors will be on hand to sell bicycles, bicycle components, and clothing to the public.
If you’re looking for kid’s bikes,...