Advertising Is Good For You

Just what kind of ride are these guys selling?

Vitamin Water ads on rickshaws. Taken last night, in Boston.

We could all use a smile right about now

Tanking stock market. High unemployment. Stupidity rampant in Washington.

It's a good time to remind ourselves that every generation before us at times thought that life as they knew it would never be the same.

That's my plan, anyway. If you have a better one — especially if it will allow me to retire before the age of 80 — please share it!

Via Vandalog

3 ways online retailers get you to spend more

Dell made an extra $25 million in sales by changing its message from "Learn more" to "Help me choose."

Product description videos boost Zappos sales 6% to 30%.

Free shipping results in more spending.

Click here to read more ways online retailers get you to spend more money.

Where little old ladies with bubble cuts go to die

Trudy, Trudy, Trudy. You've gone and scared the crap out of Grandma.

A simple Senior Citizen Special would have sufficed.

Via Happy Place

Celebrity Saturday: Patrick Schwarzenegger for Hudson jeans

Son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver.

Click here to see one of Daddy Schwarzenegger's celebrity endorsements.

Via Huffington Post

Where all those cat videos come from

Click here to see the very funny parody video.

Click here to laugh at another parody video.

Catching motorists' attention in Salem, Wisconsin

Sign outside the Always Remember That antiques store.

Banana Republic introduces a Mad Men collection

Campbell's Soup Cans by Andy Warhol

Today would have been Andy Warhol's 83rd birthday.

 

Found at the MoMA website.

To see a couple of fragrances inspired by Andy Warhol,

Click here to see a couple of fragrances inspired by Andy Warhol.

Typography portraits

Marilyn Manson:

Hugh Laurie as Dr. house:

Bono:

Click here to see 47 more typography portraits.

Click here to see couple of images made with Letraset type.

Floral alphabet by Sasha Prood

Click here to see more of Sasha Prood's work.

Click here to see an alphabet made of high heels.

Via Oh Joy!

Lookalike ad campaigns

Saw this online ad on the New York Times homepage this morning:

Which reminded me of Mullen's current campaign for JetBlue:

Click here to see another example of eerily similar ad campaigns.

QR code on tombstone

The QR code on Judith Medan's tombstone links to a tribute website with stories and photos of her life. Read more at Mashable.

Click here to see a quite different use for QR codes.