Sep 14, 2011
Forever 21 is whizzing on the same electric fence that JCPenney did by selling a T-shirt that tells girls it ain't cool to be smart.
Aug 18, 2011
The Procedure is North Social’s fifth video in a series called “Fan Page Fail” (fanpagefail.com), illustrating how brands fail at building a Facebook following. North Social, maker of "powerfully simple Facebook applications," calls it “ongoing social commentary on the growing obsession with getting more 'Likes' on Facebook.”
Aug 15, 2011
When the album designer Michael Carney submitted his proposed cover for the Black Keys’ album “Brothers” last year, he and the band were a little anxious. Seeking a change from their previous, illustration-driven packaging, which he’d also designed, Mr. Carney devised the simplest of covers: two sentences — “This is an album by the Black Keys. The name of this album is Brothers” — set against a black background.
Aug 15, 2011
In a truly sustainable world, we would build our homes using only recyclable materials, renewable energy and without any waste. It seems impossible – and yet that is how the rest of nature operates.
Aug 11, 2011
From space probes to royal weddings, LEGO is inserting itself into all sorts of newsy events--and getting that instant exposure which few others have replicated.
Jul 20, 2011
Zipcar take note, Hertz On Demand is in the 'hood and redefining car-sharing.
Jul 13, 2011
The recession isn't new to the mill towns of the Northeast; they hit the skids long ago. Decades before the most recent economic collapse, proud, river-encircled cities from Maine to Pennsylvania had faded to mere shadows of the engines of productivity they were during the Industrial Revolution. In place of idle smokestacks and shattered windows, Shoe Town to Brew Town--billed as "a friendly forum over food and drink" to be held at New York's Brooklyn Brewery--imagines another scene: historic manufacturies throbbing with the yeasty vapors of craft beer, and producing not only brew but sustainably raised fish, hydroponic produce, and enough natural gas to meet their own energy demands.
