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The Modern Kitsch Experience

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Defining art has never been all that controversial; it’s the "good" part that carries the debate. New tools have made discernment tougher still. It’s not all that hard to make the work appear good through imitation or mechanized craft and then assert its worthiness.

The Ultimate Cool: Art-o-mat

Monday, February 1, 2010

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I’ve always loved the Art-O-Mat concept. It’s fun and feels contemporary and retro at the same time. It’s the ultimate in cool to have a machine in your venue. The story behind Art-o-mat® The inspiration for Art-o-mat® came to artist Clark Whittington while observing a friend who had a Pavlovian reaction to the crinkle of [...]

In a Quest for Originality, Don’t Forget How to Be Good.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

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“Don’t try to be original, try to be good.” – Paul Rand. On first read I thought, “hell, I can be good, just don’t ask me to be original”. Original is like asking me to be something I’m not; original is someone else.

PTS :: Creative Marketing Watchlistapalooza for 2010

Thursday, January 7, 2010

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Predictions? No. Trends? Uhhh, not really, but mainly because I refuse to be called trendy. What the PTS Watchlistapalooza represents are ideas that make sense for the next five or more years. All of these points are especially important for the creative professional since we are the tip of the spear.

SOUR ‘日々の音色 (Hibi no neiro) – Co-Created Video

Friday, August 21, 2009

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In this Video: BBH band fans world wide submitted webcam footage for this co-created celebration of the band's music. It's an example of crowd sourcing creative content. Crowd sourcing is somewhat controversial because many professionals feel they are being at once undercut, but also that non professionals, when tapped through crowd sourcing, contribute to the marketing efforts of large companies that return millions in profits without being justly compensated.

I’m Not Trendy

Sunday, August 17, 2008

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Call me a blog cruiser. I mostly lurk when I’m short of time. Given an additional disposable minute, I make questionable, not fully fleshed comments that typically incite ridicule. We all hit walls to scale and all my blog cruising reminded me recently of a tall one of mine: I’m not trendy.