Projects tagged
Advertising & Consumerism
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Occupy Ikea: A great tactic behind a questionable cause.
Read more: Occupy Ikea: A great tactic behind a questionable cause.Woman Spent 15 Days And Nights Occupying IKEA A woman, with the help of Portuguese creative agency TBWA Lisboa, went on ‘protest’ at an IKEA store in Portugal. Called ‘Occupy IKEA’, the movement was to urge IKEA to set up…
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Is A Barbie Body Possible?
Read more: Is A Barbie Body Possible?With her long slender limbs, small waist and ‘flawless complexion’ (at least when she has makeup on), it is no surprise that many young girls dream of being just like Barbie. However, it turns out that attaining Barbie’s dream bod…
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Creative Activism in the Service of Corporations
Read more: Creative Activism in the Service of CorporationsMcDonald’s wanted children in Hong Kong to spend more time with their imagination after a study showed that children spend an average of 5 hours studying per day. In its new ‘I’m Amazing’ campaign, the fast food chain challenges these…
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Benetton ‘Unhate’ Campaign Ads: White House Issues Statement on Obama Kiss
Read more: Benetton ‘Unhate’ Campaign Ads: White House Issues Statement on Obama KissIt seems a lot of powerful people hate Benetton’s new ‘Unhate’ Campaign ads. The recently unveiled images show world leaders like the Pope and U.S. President Barack Obama kissing their perceived enemies. On Thursday, the White House issued a statement…
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The Merit Shop
Read more: The Merit ShopThis shop is more interested in people than it is in profits. If you’ve got some mad dance skills, or even just some mediocre ones, you can purchase a variety of goods at The Merit Shop in San Francisco. The…
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Wait Watchers
Read more: Wait WatchersFrom the photographer’s website: For my series, Wait Watchers, I set up a camera in a heavy-traffic, public area and take hundreds of photographs as I perform mundane, everyday tasks as people pass by me. I then examine the images…
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Attractive & Fat
Read more: Attractive & FatJes Baker is cutting retailer Abercrombie & Fitch down to size. Baker, who blogs under the name “The Militant Baker” and wears a size 22, changed the brand’s A&F logo to “Attractive & Fat” in a mock, black-and-white Abercrombie ad…
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Fat Barbie
Read more: Fat BarbieFor those of you unfamiliar with the wonderful Worth1000, it’s a website that hosts creative contests of all kinds, most notably for photoshoppers who are outstanding at what they do. Hell, just look at the first question on the site’s…
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H&M Ad-busting
Read more: H&M Ad-bustingArtist Daniel Soares pasted Photoshop toolbar stickers on these H&M posters as a nice little reminder that not all is as it seems. Y’all know how Photoshop messes with our perception of beauty, and I think this is a smart…
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Supercopy LaCoste
Read more: Supercopy LaCosteBy adding screen print with the wording ‘SUPERCOPY’ on to copies of LaCoste polo shirts bought at a street market in Thailand SUPERFLEX turns a copy product into a Supercopy – a new original. As a result, LaCoste took legal…