Carson Sloan and Luke Watkins, two graphic design graduates from the University of Delaware, are on a mission. They are also on a road trip. Before we take that leap, before we accept that first job, and before we dive into the competitive world of design, we have one last class to take… call it an independent study. The classroom is three thousand miles of open road and the professor is anyone with an open door …
Making Machines That Think
Today's New York Times explores "the semantic web" or Web 3.0. The classic example of the Web 2.0 era is the “mash-up” — for example, connecting a rental-housing Web site with Google Maps to create a new, more useful service that automatically shows the location of each rental listing. In contrast, the Holy Grail for developers of the semantic Web is to build a system that can give a reasonable and complete response …
Mississippi Goes On A Charm Offensive
A new ad campaign aims to change people's perceptions of the state. From The International Herald Tribune: When anyone has wanted to know the country's poorest state, or its fattest, or least educated, or sickest, or most corrupt, the answer has most often been Mississippi. It has even been rated the worst place to raise a child. Mississippi has long chafed at those perceptions, which in some cases spring more from …
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Activist Judges Pave The Way For A Burrito Invasion
Okay, so the headline's a bit overstated. This BusinessWeek article focuses on a lawsuit filed when Panera Bread tried to prevent Qdoba Mexican Grill from opening nearby because Panera contended "a burrito is a sandwich." Panera has a clause in its lease that prevents the White City Shopping Center in Shrewsbury from renting to another sandwich shop. Panera tried to invoke that clause to stop the opening of an Qdoba …
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Creator Director/Currator Presents Work By Photojournalist/Anthropologist
Saddam Mania by Teun Voeten is a complex and challenging photo exhibit of images of Iraq's former leader that carves out new unexplored territory at the intersection of art and journalism. The exhibit is curated by Sharoz Makarechi, founder and creative director of Think Tank 3, Modern Day Think-Shop. This is the first exhibit by Think Tank 3 at their new storefront location at 447 Hudson Street in New York City. The …
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A Star Shredder
According to the Boston Globe, Staples' $69.99 MailMate junk-mail shredder has been cast in a supporting role in the Nov. 16 episode of the NBC sitcom "The Office," a centerpiece of the network's Thursday night lineup. "The Office" cameo is no mere product placement, said Staples vice president Todd Peters; the Staples MailMate, which is billed as a defense weapon against identity theft, has been "integrated into the …
Web Users Love To Go Fast
Edward Cotton of Butler, Shine, Stern and Partners attended the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco recently. Here's a small sample of what he heard. Marissa Mayer, Vice President of Search Product and User Experience at Google gave a short, but extremely smart talk at Web 2.0 conference about the most significant thing that the company has learned its short history. The answer was speed and this was an insight that …
Wal-Mart’s Big Boo-Boo
You may recall Wal-Mart's use of Nazi imagery in an ad meant to fight an "anti-big box" measure in Flagstaff, Arizona. Now, there's another ugly incident. Bent Corner is reporting that t-shirts emblazoned with the Totenkopf or "Death’s Head" are currently available for purchase at your friendly neighborhood Wal-Mart. [UPDATE] Edleman, Wal-Mart's PR firm, is all over this. This post has been up but 30 minutes and …
