Backlash product of the day
We Are The Market says: “If you can’t get with the global hoopla surrounding the release of the limited edition canvas tote by Anya Hindmarch, this is probably the bag for you.” At Cafe Press.
------------------------
--> 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.
1. The Product Is You. Probably done.
2. The 48-Hour T-shirt. Concluded. Although might be reprised some day.
3. The International Review of Wine Packaging and Aesthetics. Discontinued.
"Where Were You?" Annual.
Titans of Finance: True Tales of Money & Business
We Are The Market says: “If you can’t get with the global hoopla surrounding the release of the limited edition canvas tote by Anya Hindmarch, this is probably the bag for you.” At Cafe Press.
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.
Reader Comments
I also came across this “Backlash” flip of the same bag…
http://blog.thisnext.com/blog/im-not-really-green.html
Nice. It’s a bit more clever than this classic by MarissaV:
http://www.frommarissav.com/index.asp?function=DISPLAYPRODUCT&productid=24
Damn that one is pretty harsh! And obviously popular. Sorry I didn’t get around to approving both posts till the same moment, but big thanks to you both, I’d totally missed that.