by Prescott | 2011.08.10 | brands & branding, Britain, computers & gadgets, WTF
This edition of WTF Wednesday concerns the ever-popular topic of brands branching out way beyond their core competencies. Case in point, Pierre Cardin, the European luxury goods label, has debuted a tablet PC, presumably to capture the super-niche market of technology...
by Prescott | 2011.03.16 | advertising_online, advertising_tv & radio, cinema, the internet, WTF
[SWF]http://perezfox.com/archer/archer_player.swf, 500, 315,...
by Prescott | 2011.03.09 | Britain, design, national identities, politics, the internet, WTF
I had joked a while back that the upcoming Royal Wedding, where heir to the thrown Prince William will wed long-time girlfriend Kate Middleton, will revive the commemorative plate industry. I’m sure it has. I also posted a series of designer-designed plates done...
by Prescott | 2010.12.22 | design_packaging, politics, WTF
I suppose this was inevitable: Julian Assage now has a condom designed in his honour. Presumably, amid his legal allegations in Sweden, these are designed not to break. And in a pun that would make even Myq Kaplan cringe, the name “Dickileaks” graces their...
by Prescott | 2010.08.25 | advertising_tv & radio, WTF
I don’t think one needs speak Japanese to be puzzled by this. My mouth is agape. Wow.