Consumed is Rob Walker's New York Times Magazine column about consumer behavior, consumer culture, products, marketing, design, and all things consumed.
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In The New York Times Magazine: Tauntaun Sleeping Bag
28 November 2009, 8:37 am |
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The Product Is You, No. 16
25 November 2009, 11:37 am |
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Marketplace of (others’?) ideas, Part two
25 November 2009, 8:21 am |
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Iraq Inquiry: The logo!
25 November 2009, 5:38 am |
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22 November 2009, 5:53 am |
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Consumed "Using DNA from your favorite celebrities, they are creating custom fragrances using your favorite celebrity's hair samples."
www.popgadget.net
Albert Einstein,cologne,Elvis Presley,Joan Crawford,Katherine Hepburn,Marilyn Monroe,Michael Jackson,My DNA Fragrance,perfume,online shopping guide, news source and product review site for women who technology, gadgets, and toys.
Consumed Firefox extension supposedly replaces banner ads with tweets from your twitter pals. (Of course, your twitter pals may all be self-promoting, so maybe no difference.)
adverlab.blogspot.com
Advertising Lab blog follows the future of advertising technologies and media since 2004.
Rachel Jenkins Love the Tauntaun sleeping bag bit.
Alan Rob, no post on here about the $35 dvd thing on cnbc? wanted to comment, that made me so angry, i agree with your column, i'll make sure to never watch that show (although i have never watched it before).
Consumed Core77's always-interesting gift guide is out. This year: "77 Righteous Gifits for Under $77." I was one of the contributing suggesters.
www.core77.com
Industrial Design content and community site - articles, discussions, interviews and resources.
Consumed Box Vox notes a great detail in an old Marlboro TV ad -- the manly man smoker takes a moment to acknowledge the "well-designed" flip-top box, which he observes is "Interesting and practical." Who says consumers don't appreciate good package design!
www.boxvox.net
From The Leo Burnett Company’s 1955 “Tattooed Man” campaign for Marlboro cigarettes: guy tinkering with his car—one of the plain-spoken, cigarette smokers whose rugged good looks and masculine demeanor helped Marlboro overcome its earlier feminine incarnation. (...as the brand with...
Jason Desjardins How is it going Rob, It has been far to long since we have last talked. Hope all things are well with you.
Consumed Tomorrow's column: The Tauntaun Sleeping bag, which started as a real idea, became a joke, then became a real product.
www.nytimes.com
A lot of ThinkGeek’s customers, fooled or not, didn’t simply want to appreciate the funny idea of a Tauntaun sleeping bag. They wanted to own one."
Consumed I missed this earlier, but the NYT today notes the attached story, saying the estranged wife of adulterous SC Gov Sanford has filed to trademark her name for use on "items sold by an online retailer bearing her name. The merchandise listed on the filing includes clothing, mugs, 'other household items,' stickers, decals, notepads."
www.thestate.com
First lady Jenny Sanford sought to trademark her name shortly after she was thrust into the national spotlight after her husband, Gov. Mark Sanford, went missing in June and later admitted to an extramarital affair.
Consumed This is making the rounds, so you may have seen it, and I still can't believe it's real, but here's an incredibly entertaining kiss-off from designer to erstwhile client. With pie charts. (Also profanity.)
www.27bslash6.com
If I did have a working time machine, the first thing I would do is go back four days and tell myself to read the warning on the hair removal cream packaging where it recommends not using on sensitive areas.
Consumed Have you noticed the Iraq Inquiry logo? Do you think the designer includes this in his/her portfolio or no?
www.murketing.com
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Interesting essay by Rob Horning at Gen Bubble. "As communication technology became more intrusive and expansive, it
appeared that the chance to transform society wasn’t nearly as pressing
as the opportunities to transform the self."
generationbubble.com
The onset of The Great Recession seemed a moment ripe with revolutionary possibility. But as this moment passed another revolution was just gaining impetus, one which threatens to divorce the very idea of revolution from the dream of emancipation.
Devon Ferreira Rob - any interest in being a guest speaker at UCLA Anderson? We'd love to have you come and speak to our Exec MBA class. Lemme know...
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No column in tomorrow's issue (but go buy the paper anyway).
Meanwhile, LA Times says complaints againt airlines are DOWN. Surprising. But suggests service isn't better, people are just tired of complaining. Hard to believe people are tired of complaining.
www.latimes.com
After hearing Jim Engle of Sierra Madre talk about the headaches he and his wife endured on a round trip from Burbank to Detroit on American Airlines in the summer, you might be surprised to hear that ...
Consumed Here's a wrapup on The Significant Objects Project, exploring the relationship between narrative and value. A for-charity sequel is in the works.
significantobjects.com
A few moments ago, the auction for our 100th item (the Missouri Shotglass, story courtesy of Jonathan Lethem) ended. Moment of silence, please. The research phase of the Significant Objects experiment is over; next, we’ll analyze the data. ...
