I’m growing further distain to AdBusters right now. In an article by Rob Wipond, Rise of the Internet Police State, Issue May/June ‘07, he talks about his concerns of how Google may be collating information on its users. Targeted ads, Gmail Content, Google Apps are all just the tip of what Google could be nosing [...]
I’ve took a peak into the subversive world of AdBusters, Canada’s answer to a modern day Jesus Christ. They believe in; non-profit and anti-consumerism, and describe themselves as:
A global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age. Our [...]
If I can talk about it for a while because I feel it has complete relevance. I was recently given a lend of Novum, a German based magazine about graphic design. A section in it caught my eye, “Predicting changes in consumer tastes.” It talks about London/New York based design agency Pearlfisher and their [...]
I’m sure people would love honesty in politics. “We invaded Iraq for the oil.” “We we’re bored.” “The NHS is failing.” I do believe there is a time and a place for honesty, and believe that there is a right way to approach a topic and a wrong way.
Tutor: Chris Murphy
Module: Exploration & Enquiry
Discussion:
I began to explain how I moved away from my initial ideas back in June about installation art advertising, onto what I was thinking over the summer months about ethical/moral/organic advertising; how that would be achieved and more importantly, what exactly that might be in terms of an approach, a [...]
Things have been a bit deep this week. I feel like Neo. My mind bending lecture on Tuesday helped me to think a little bit differently, and apply my mind in ways I never thought before.
My night class too was deep and meaningful. We were given a chapter/paragraph to read from “The Curious Incident of [...]
A Masters student of Multidisciplinary Design, whose passion for creating is a little on the scary side.
I build creative web standard websites...
...design them...
...then launch them.