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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.
Clown Motel – Tonopah, Nevada, originally uploaded by Vintage Roadside.
Caption is: “We just got home from a 6000 mile road to Nashville, TN and back. We capped off our final night on the road at the one and only Clown Motel in Tonopah, Nevada.”
Suddenly I want to go to Nevada.
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BIG TEX – 2009, originally uploaded by arkansasridgerunner.
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typed 66, originally uploaded by Aqua-Velvet.
More here.
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“The 7-11 at the corner of Connecticut Ave and Porter St. I used to get comics here after grade school down the street.”
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The mighty fiberglass rooster, originally uploaded by Vintage Roadside.
Seen in his natural environment – on a mini-mart rooftop in Longview, Washington.
Slight delay on Murketing.com activity owing to work-travel obligations. I’ll be back soon. Thank you for your patience.
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ties for sale, originally uploaded by Samm Bennett.
Ikebukuro station, Tokyo
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From a set titled Infinite Bushwick: “Green Village Used Furniture and Clothing – Bushwick, Brooklyn.”
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shopping baskets, originally uploaded by Samm Bennett.
“Seen in Inagi, Japan.”
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The pied piper that goes by the name of Mr. Greedy, originally uploaded by crookhaven.
“Mind that child! I suggest to watch it big.”
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Bumblebee Transformer – Highway 41, California, originally uploaded by Vintage Roadside.
“The incredible Bumble Bee Transformer outside of Lemoore, California along Highway 41. Made from a Volkswagon Beetle. His feet are the front fenders.”
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Caption says: “The recession is fueling an increase in human sidewalk advertisements. This photo is from Cleveland. This article is from Seattle.”
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Those of you familiar with entries in this site’s series, The Product Is You, should be interested in this recent contribution to the Murketing Flickr pool.
I’ll let the caption explain:
This is Oxygen’s latest subway ad for the 2009 upfronts. Last year Bravo and Oxygen upfront ads were plastered all over New York. I thought it was weird to display ads that are so obviously industry specific in such a public arena. This picture was taken at the 49th station along the R line, which makes sense for the location since Media:Edge and MediaVest offices are nearby.
I really didn’t think Bravo and Oxygen would run this type of marketing campaign this year because of the economic climate, but I guess “affluencers, trenders, spenders, and recommenders” don’t know the meaning of the word downsize.
Click “all sizes” for more detail and to read the fine print. The graffiti is courtesy of a very insightful straphanger.
Thanks GladiolaBean.
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caramel candies, originally uploaded by flapjax at midnite.
“Seen at a store in Greenville, South Carolin,” notes the caption. This is from a really great set: “clusters, jumbles & accumulations.” Check it out.
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Mini Golf – Redding, California, originally uploaded by Vintage Roadside.
Caption explains: “I’ve wanted to get a shot of this one for quite awhile:-) Today was the day. Located along old Highway 99 in Redding, California. If you’d like to see what else we ran across today, day 2 of our road trip to Palm Springs is posted on our blog here.”
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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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