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Plinth Issue 2: The Hate Issue

Our buddy and Spear Collectiver Tom Judd is at it again over the pond in the U.K. This time he has joined up with a group of other talented illustrators and Scott Lockhart to publish Plinth Issue 2 (The Hate Issue). In all, 20 artists have come[...]

Old Farts Fight With Wise-Ass Youngsters Over Ageism

A recent thread in an industry forum focused on the issue of age and ageism in advertising. Like diversity, it’s a hot issue and people take sides. One line of thinking holds “old folks” have no business in the… Published by ScampContinue reading: Old Farts Fight With Wise-Ass Youngsters Over[...]

Au revoir, really loud commercials

Tell me this isn’t a moment we’ve all been waiting for: At this week’s mega International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Dolby is showing off a new technology called Dolby Volume that is supposed to level out the audio… Published by Catharine P. TaylorContinue reading: Au revoir,[...]

Missing Pages

I sent around these ads at i-merge, the agency I used to work for, because at that time they really added to the creativity issue we were dealing with. We’ve used the concept in a different context (I blogged about it here) and I really wanted these for keepers. Back[...]

Art Prostitute: Mark Rydden

For Mark Ryden fans, the latest issue of Art Prostitute (for an additional $73) will come with a signed limited-edition offset print. It also comes with 3 offset prints by Richard Colman, Swoon and Erick Swenson. Given that an issue is already $27 (and well worth it), this[...]