The Retrospective

httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=woOu_4l3lio If anyone at Wieden+Kennedy reads this blog (lord knows I read theirs), please pretty please let me sit in on a briefing! I’d love to watch your minds at work as you craft beautiful works like this commercial. I totally geek out for ads like this, not because they’re hocking a product and I […]

httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=7urZe6r5CGU Ghost in the Shell is, in my opinion, one of the greatest anime feature films ever to hit the silver screen. If you were to ask any anime fan what their top 3 anime films were this would most likely be one of them. The film centers on the members of an elite law […]

httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=8VwiRnQ0M4M Steve Nash’s story revolves around the fact that he is a Canadian point guard for the Phoenix Suns, but that’s not the point of this post: He has accomplished two very uncommon things in the last few months that were of some interest to us. First he teamed up with Nike to release the […]

While searching for a Saul Williams interview a couple of years ago I stumbled upon a site called Evil Monito. I had no idea what it was at the time; After reading the interview and going through the archives I found several interesting essays ranging from identity politics to capitalist consumption. As I browsed through […]

httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=uIdYyhtaeuM This is why Wieden + Kennedyare a powerhouse of an ad agency. This is the most recent 30 second spot for Nike’s new “SPARQ Training” program that was anounced this week. Everything from the copy to the attitude that the athletes execute sells, “Hey, maybe I should go out and pick up some Nike […]

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDo_vs3Aip4 In my office at home I have a small TV and unfortunately it’s not hooked to cable or a DVD player. It’s sole use is to watch videos, which I don’t own many of to begin with. But going through my small collection I stumbled upon a gem: Nick Park of Aardman Animation’s “Wallace […]