Leisure Suit Legends of the 80s

Fab Ciraolo, an illustrator based in Santiago, Chile, gives 1980s cartoon heroes a more laidback look. Can we all agree on how awesome this is? See the rest the pictures here.

James' Face

Oli Beale, a writer at Mother London, is one funny guy.

Here's his description of the photo above: I like going onto my friends facebook page, taking photos of him, changing his face slightly then putting them back up on facebook. He doesn't like me doing this.

See the rest of this series and have a good laugh over here.

Essential Organization

Artist and comedian, Ursus Wehrli, makes me feel like I'm not alone with his new book, The Art of Clean Up. In the book, Ursus rearranges everyday objects and environments as he sees fit. See more pictures like above at PSFK.

Enal & His Pet Shark

Whilst few young children are now born on boats, the ocean is still very much their playground and whilst they are getting conflicted messages from their communities, who simultaneously refrain from spitting in the ocean and continue to dynamite its reefs, I still believe they could play a crucial role in the development of western marine conservation practices. Here Enal plays with his pet shark.

Read more about Enal's home and culture here. Photograph taken by James Morgan.

Don Kenn's Monsters

Don Kenn writes and directs children's TV shows. In his spare time, he makes these amazing monster drawings on post-it notes. Tons more on his blog here.

Mad Men Season 4

It's not as good as season three's poster, but I'm excited none the less.

Underground NYC

Author, Lindsey Scheider, gives a first hand look at the people responsible for bringing water, subway lines, sewers, and gas mains to the residents of New York City. The pictures are absolutely incredible. She discusses how the tunnels are made and the risks the workers take on a daily basis to make it happen. You can read the article and see the pictures here. Just click to enter and flip through it like a virtual magazine.

Knights

Larry Nicholson

Just A Thought

Some advice I should take myself: always have a "plan b". Isn't that .gif above hilarious? Haha. Picture above my Omar Noory. His website is nice.

Passive Agressive Wi-Fi Networks

A funny way to tell your neighbors how you really feel. Via Gizmodo.

Taking off until January 4th

If you get bored, browse through the archives if you haven't already. You might find something interesting. Have a great holiday and I'll see you guys in the new decade.

Interesting

Wait, what? By GoranDA

African Dandies

Sapeurs are a group of impeccably dressed men living in the Congo. The photographs are amazing. You can read more about it on my post at Envy Magazine, and see more pictures here at ZoneZero.

A Post A Day

Today is the start of my goal to post at least one interesting thing a day. Since I'll be posting more often, you'll see a lot more than just advertising news. This should get very exciting.

Above:Clever Stuff by DDB Denmark

Evolve

"The significant problems we have today cannot be solved at the same level of thinking
with which we created them." -A. Einstein

Picture: Mo' Money, Mo' Problems

08/29/58 - 06/25/09

Still Alive

Hey Everyone. I just wanted to let you know that I'll be back to regular posting after I return from "vacation" August 14th. If you missed the post on what I've been up to, read about it here.

Below are a few special links from my archive to tide you guys over. The first is a book by Bob Hoffman who writes a blog under the same title. The pages aren't full-sized, so it's a fast read. If you're interested in branding, then this is for you. The rest of the links are just fun things I picked out. If you liked these, feel free to browse through the rest of the archive.

The Ad Contrarian: 73 page free online book (no d/l required) by Bob Hoffman

How Howard Moskowitz invented variety and changed Pepsi forever

If you sign to a record label owned by a soda company, is it selling out?

One man sets out to burn all of his branded goods to live brandless

Win Without Pitching, stop giving away services for free

Michael Crichton's guide to fighting properly with your significant other

Pictured Above:

Japanese Architecture combining living space with garden space (more pictures)

Texas: America's Future

July 11th issue of The Economist I love Texas.

Things Marketing People Love

A blog listing the more common interests of marketing people. I admit, I share a few of the interests listed on the site haha. It's still relatively young so maybe you'll have something to add. Pictured above: moleskin journals.

Visit Things Marketing People Love here. Related: stuffwhitepeoplelike.com

Madison Ave Returns

Mad Men returns Sunday, August 16th for it's third season. Anyone excited?