Veroni's meat wagon comes to us via Flickr user, Myriapod. …
Nike Says Only The Beautiful People Can Just Do It Right Now
Here's an interesting story from the New York Post about the NIKEiD 255 Studio, an eye-catching storefront with a floor-to-ceiling sneaker display located in NYC's NoLIta neighborhood. Only the shoes aren't for sale--at least for the common folk. It's a "design lab" where a select few (designers, celebrities and athletes) have been invited to customize their own Nike footwear. But that doesn't stop Nike from luring …
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When WiFi Alone Won’t Do
We recently reported on Casa Camper, the Spanish shoe manufacturer's boutique hotel in Barcelona. According to Hotel Chatter, Apple Computer is now getting in on the hospitality action. The Tribeca Grand Hotel has just announced their new iStudio - a premium room outfitted with Apple's latest multimedia technology. The iStudio comes equipped with: *a fully-loaded G5 computer outfitted with film, photo and sound …
AOR Is So Last Century
All agencies want to be Agency of Record. Just like all agencies want to be a partner, not a vendor. All agencies need to get over it. According to Adweek, Old Navy, which used to do some great advertising in-house, is over it. "We've changed our model," Jonathan Finn from Old Navy said. "We're looking at our business from a long-term perspective. Our creative needs are complex and they're evolving. Interactive, …
Nazis Adopt New Logos
According to Spiegel, German neo-Nazis are sporting New Balance running shoes and other brands that meet their approval (for reasons surely lost on the brands themselves). So now they wear something they call the secret insignia of the right-wing scene: New Balance shoes. The "N" on the shoes is supposed to stand for "national." Brands like Masterrace, Pit Bull Germany and Thor Steinar are especially popular among …
Rousting Rost
While watching 60 Minutes last Sunday, I was impressed with their piece on the artificially high pricing of pharmaceutical drugs in this country (and the simple remedy to this corporate ill). The centerpiece of the story, Pfizer's marketing vice president, Peter Rost, impressed me as a brave and honorable man. Of course, Pfizer is going to see him a bit differently, since he's calling them on their bullshit on …
Celebrating Creative Genius
The Newest Industry points to Google's logo de jour. The logo commemorates Frank Lloyd Wright's birthday in 1867. And while Wright had nothing to do with advertising, the man was truly a creative's creative. …
