MURKETING

Stand by, continued

Following up this post, and this one, another take on the stand-by color bars pattern:

Stained Glass Test Pattern on Make site; click for more.

Nice!

Stand by, continued

For those who recall this earlier post about my interest in color-bar test pattern riffs:

Via Craftzine. Click pic for details.

Time out!

The truly brilliant among you noticed that last week’s column included a note specifying that Consumed is on hiatus until late March (thus: no column in today’s magazine, you see).

Meanwhile, I’ll continue to post links of note at the Consumed Facebook page. Also of course the action will continue unabated at Significant Objects, where I sometimes contribute actual writing in additional to my, uh, curatorial skills.

And there’s always the fascinating MKTG Tumblr, and the scandalously underrated Things That Look Like Other Things, and all the other stuff hyped in the sidebars on this very site, all for your entertainment and edification. Oh, and here’s something I wrote for The Awl. Enjoy it all, why don’t you.

Stand by

No column in the NYT Mag today, but of course you should go buy the Sunday paper anyway. As always you can check out murketing.tumblr.com or facebook.com/consumed if you’re bored, I tend to update those even when I’m too busy to say anything here, as I have been lately. I hope to get some half-written stuff finished and onto this site in the week ahead, but then I hoped that last week, too.

Meanwhile I’ve noticed a few “Stand By” graphic treatments lately. My opening slide when I was doing Powerpointy self-promotion in connection with Buying In was in fact the classic stand-by color bars. Often the A/V guy would find it confusing. I’ve wondered if anybody else even remembers the image, so I guess I’m glad to see evidence that people do. Anyway if you happen to know of more examples I’d love to see them!

Sewing Room TV Cover by modernjax

By Frank Chimero

Also by Frank Chimero, whose work is excellent.