Above: Ice cream cake! Read below for the full story! Yesterday, Weily, my boyfriend’s sister, mentioned ice cream cake. It was all downhill from there! I couldn’t stop thinking about it and talking about it! Weikai, my boyfriend, was plagued with my begging all night long. At one point, though, he snuck off to his…
While reading a blog post on The Moment about an open call for designers at Henri Bendel, I discovered an interesting product — the Kamelflage. Created by Treger Strasberg and Loren Weiner, the Kamelflage is a product designed to camouflage the dreaded cameltoe… Here’s a little description from the Kamelflage website: Kamelflage is a small…
While on Facebook today, I saw the advertisement above for the McDonald’s campaign entitled “See what we’re made of“. On the website, they describe their supplier relationships with each ingredient, including the lettuce, tomatoes, beef and so on. This is their newest campaign, as it has just recently been phased into packaging designs. By the…
My friend, Weily, sent me a video last night, entitled “Signs”. It’s a short film about communication and has a little undertone of love, directed by Patrick Hughes. Check it out below. So sweet, right? Had me saying “Awwww…” for hours.
Above: An NYC tour bus ad that I spotted in Astor Place. Above: A news stand ad (at Lexington Ave and 53rd Street) for Continental Airlines. Above: A news stand ad (at Lexington Ave and 53rd Street) for Continental Airlines. Above: An NYC subway ad (at Lexington Ave – 53rd Street) for Continental Airlines. Above:…
Meine Lieblingsfarbe ist orange = My favorite color is orange.
Above: An ad placed in the subway by KeepNewYorkMoving.org As an NYC commuter, I’m definitely sad/angered to hear the recent news that the MTA is raising the transit prices yet again. Effective May 31, 2009, a train ride will raise from $2 to $2.50 and the monthly Metrocard price will travel from $81 to to…
It’s the famous little logo that gets everyone interested in the weirdest of products: “As Seen on TV”. What is it about this little logo that attracts customer attention? That’s a mystery that has yet to be solved. And who created it? Is it copyrighted? Now those are questions that I can answer! The As…
Today in my International Marketing Management course, Professor Susan Douglas mentioned that the famous “Aldi brothers”, owned both Aldi and Trader Joe’s. Just to get things clear, I did a little research into the relationship. Trader Joe’s is a chain of specialty grocery stores headquartered in Monrovia, California. They specialize in organic, vegetarian, gourmet, and…
Twittervision is an animated geographic visualization of tweets created by David Troy, an experimental programmer/designer and entrepreneur. Today, his Twittervision creation is being promoted as one of the Twitter definitions: You can follow David on Twitter (@davetroy) or even follow his @twittervision page. There’s even a Twittervision Facebook application. With Twittervision you can update your…
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