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Branding and Marketing Strategy, General
Astroturfing: You’re Doing it Wrong
08.28.09 | Permalink | Comments OffWiki:
Astroturfing is a word in English describing formal political, advertising, or public relations campaigns seeking to create the impression of being spontaneous “grassroots” behavior, hence the reference to the artificial grass, AstroTurf.
Facesofcoal.org, a pro-coal mining (and burning) industry advocacy group, gets busted using stock photography to represent it’s ‘members’ by the people who live [...] -
Design, General
Fukasawa Keeps Promise in Package Design
One of a series of Naoto Fukasawa’s incredibly thoughtful, satisfying fruit juice packaging. This horse has been beaten all over major design sites, but is worth repeating, satisfying the ‘Delight’ and ‘Deliver’ principles of design. (LOL on the brazen Chiquita logo reference..or is it Del Monte? ) More examples can be found at one of [...]
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Bad News, General, Politics
Plot Point: Somali Pirates and the Rebel Rabbit
Seriously. Because they’re having a really good time, and so am I, following their exploits. Below is an extensive catalog of ships believed to be currently held for ransom by Somali pirates, and their cargo. Crude Oil, Tanks and Munitions, it’s all fair game and as long as they treat the [universally fillipino?] crews well, [...]
