I had the honor of joining Angela Natividad and Bill Green on the AdVerve podcast, where we discussed plagiarism in advertising. Coincidentally, AgencySpy had a take on the subject yesterday in response to a blog post from Mike Wolfsohn at High Wide & Handsome. So it's a topic of discussion and debate amongst lots of people lately. …
Making Complex Matters Less So
Impossible Hamster is a project from the new economics foundation, an independent think-and-do tank based in the U.K. [via Osocio] …
Welcome To The Dumping Ground
Clients From Hell, a collection of anonymously contributed client horror stories from designers, is excellent. Here's one of today's offering: Client: "I googled my name and there is some nasty stuff about me on the Internet. There is this guy saying in his blog that I am an idiot. I want you to remove that blog and block the Internet if they write shit about me." Us: "We cannot do that." Client: "Well, get someone …
Who Wears Plaid Anymore?
The agency formerly known as Plaid has been acquired by Source Marketing (an MDC Partners company) and is now known as Humongo. Naturally, those formerly known as Plaid are very excited about the development, maybe a bit too excited: Living proof that small is the new big, and that Humongo is the new ginormous. We built the greatest agency in the land to be nimble, smart and filled with awesomeness. And then we …
Men’s Wearhouse Turns Social Kids Into Sales Reps
"Turn your friends into cash!" Damn, let's get right to business, why don't we? According to Clickz, Houston-based Men's Wearhouse is using social media marketing to boost its referral program and encourage tux rentals for the prom. Last year "prom rep" participants had to visit a local store to enroll. This year, the entire program can be executed at a dedicated Web site, MWTuxonline.com. The site gives registrants …
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Devo Wants To Poke You, Make You Wake Up
Why is the band Devo doing a color study? That's sort of like asking why they play music with flower pots on their head. To promote their first album in 20 years. Duh. Bob Garfield of Ad Age tries to explain: Ahh, but of course. The agency here is Mother, whose Swedish principals pioneered Devo-ish ultra-postmodernism at Paradiset back in the mid-'90s, for Diesel and roboticothers. If ever a client and an agency …
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Spotlight On NW Creative: Sustainable Design
Sustainable Business Oregon, a new publication from Portland Business Journal, asked Debbie Driscoll, account director at Ziba, and Eric Park, Ziba's creative director, to address the topic of sustainable design. Design for sustainability was almost unheard of a decade ago, but as green goes from niche to mainstream, businesses of all types are beginning to take it seriously. Whether to respond to customer demands …
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