Monthly Archives: November 2009

Sociocultural Trends November 13, 2009

Pac Man + Robots

Oh, that’s a headline that’ll grab your attention. Why are we sharing this video with you? Is it because it’s on-trend with location-based awareness? Or online-offline convergence? Or even DIY/hacker culture, which we’ll be getting into in a future Potty … Continue reading →

Sociocultural Trends November 12, 2009

Nonconformist Barcodes

And you thought barcodes needed to be uniform! Check out these clever little guys, courtesy of Japanese firm d-barcode. (There’s a larger collection over at The Dieline.) Besides the fact that this breaks up the monotony of an art director’s … Continue reading →

Marketing November 10, 2009

Competition for the Greater Good

“Corporate social responsibility” and “crowdsourcing” are so ubiquitous in today’s marketing that even mentioning either term generally elicits more yawning than fawning. Of course, both tactics continue to resonate with consumers, so we can’t completely forget about them either. What … Continue reading →

Clients November 5, 2009

Loose Ends from “Mother Knows Best” Posting

A few loose ends, and some follow-up thoughts, on our latest Potty Posting. First things first: we admit that we conflated women and moms because of space limitations in the posting. (After all, we couldn’t fit in all our “little … Continue reading →

Clients November 4, 2009

POTTY POSTING – Mother Knows Best

Yes ma’am, it’s another Potty Posting! Once again, feel free to download and/or pass along the PDF version by clicking here: Mother Knows Best. The PDF includes more pictures like “Whistler’s Mommy Blogger” to the right. (That image, as well … Continue reading →

Marketing November 2, 2009

Hypothesis 1: Fun > Not Fun

In our recent discussion about inserting games into everyday tasks, we called out Volkswagen’s “Piano Stairs” experiment as a simple illustration of this idea. Turns out, VW wasn’t done with the fun and games just yet. Over at thefuntheory.com (thanks … Continue reading →