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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.
"Where Were You?" Annual.
Titans of Finance: True Tales of Money & Business
. With Josh Neufeld. Now available for the iPad! Go here.
Brandweek said recently (9/15/2008 issue, but I can’t find a link to the story) that Target is making Domo a centerpiece of its Halloween promotional efforts.
Erik Nakamura declares Domo is now dead, backs up his argument with pictures.
[Domo licensing was the subject of this July 22, 2007 Consumed.]
The Consumed Facebook Page. I started this in connection with my NYT Magazine column, and intend to maintain it until further notice. 
Imagining implausible uses for unpopular places. A project in collaboration with Ellen Susan and G.K. Darby.
Great creative writers invent stories about thrift-store objects. A project in collaboration with Joshua Glenn.
Letters From New Orleans, by Rob Walker. 
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
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
It’s absolutely true the products are lame, but quite honestly these would be crappy products regardless of the character. Gummy teeth? Is that the best a huge corporation like Target can come up with to exploit this character? Even if it were gummy Mario cap (the most recognized character in the US), the product would still be the equivalent of an A-Bomb of uncool. The thing with Domo is that he isn’t big with the kids. Hell he’s not big with adults either. He’s big with 18-25 year olds on the internet all day. While doing candy shopping for Halloween, who’s going? Parents, with their kids to help guide them into making the right decision. Is a kid (who will assume Target just made up Domo) more likely to get this character they are seeing for the first time on a skewer, or a bag of fun size Snickers or Skittles? Also…man did they kill Domo. Dressed up as a witch? Really Target?
Not cute.