Comments welcome
Posted by Rob Walker on February 20, 2008
Posted Under: Buying In (the book)
Posted Under: Buying In (the book)
Further diversion may be found at MKTG Tumblr, and the Consumed Facebook page.
MURKETING
[ The Journal Of ]Some Projects
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--> The Metapoll. Take it.
Things That Look Like Other Things.
Counterfunctionality (A Gallery).
MLK BLVD: Open-source photography project: Contribute to the Flickr pool; browse the blog.
Zine
"Where Were You?" Annual.Comic book
Titans of Finance: True Tales of Money & Business
. With Josh Neufeld. Now available for the iPad! Go here.
The Consumed Facebook Page. I started this in connection with my NYT Magazine column, and intend to maintain it until further notice. 
The Hypothetical Development Organization
Imagining implausible uses for unpopular places. A project in collaboration with Ellen Susan and G.K. Darby.Significant Objects
Great creative writers invent stories about thrift-store objects. A project in collaboration with Joshua Glenn.
Letters From New Orleans, by Rob Walker.Some books to which I have contributed
Foreward to Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits
Introduction to Ad Nauseam: A Survivor's Guide to American Consumer Culture
Essay for OBEY: Supply & Demand - The Art of Shepard Fairey - 20th Anniversary Edition
Consumed column about Obama as muse is included in Obama: The Historic Journey.
A piece I wrote way back when for Slate is included in Sponsorship: The Fine Art Of Corporate Sponsorship/the Corporate Sponsorship Of Fine Art
Some stuff for which I was interviewed
Gary Hustwit's industrial design documentary Objectified.
Anne Elizabeth Moore's book, Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and the Erosion of Integrity.
Kaya Oakes' book, Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture
Elizabeth Currid's book, The Warhol Economy: How Fashion, Art, and Music Drive New York City
Kim Fellner's book Wrestling with Starbucks: Conscience, Capital, Cappuccino
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Reader Comments
If I squint hard enough I think I can make out a Neandertal skull…
I think it is more important that the jacket of your book intrigue passers-by about the content of the book. As far as I can tell, your face just isn’t that interesting. How would a QR code help?
Well, neither my face nor the QR code would be on the FRONT cover — it would be where the author photo traditionally goes. On the inside back flap or whatever.
Just to clarify: We would DEFINITELY NOT make either QR code or a picture of me the cover of the book. Under any circumstances. At all.
But if you want it, you win the prize. Please email me for details: rw@robwalker.net.
Thanks for this by the way: “As far as I can tell, your face just isn’t that interesting.” Funny.
Emergence?
I think a photo of the author on the jacket (or back) of a book is still something that a lot of people are interested in (myself included). Despite the fact that an image should not help or influence people’s own ideas on a book’s content, it curiously enough adds to establish a mental picture of the book as a whole (also including layout and cover design).
Are enough people able to decode QR codes yet? I don’t think it hasn’t quite hit the US market yet, certainly not the European, but it might definitely land good response in Asia.
n.b. I’d take the QR as a pun. I’d tell myself I had an idea about what you’re aiming at. But I guess many just won’t be able to decode it and put it to good use.