Author Archives: TomK

Slime Balls

Written by TomK. Posted on July 15, 2010. Filed under • Blog. No comments.
Will the BP Gulf Coast disaster finally convince us that you can’t afford to say you’re one company and be another?

Over Share?

Written by TomK. Posted on May 10, 2010. Filed under • Blog. Tagged , . No comments.
Turns out, Facebook can see your underpants. Here's what we share in clear graphic detail.

Smoker’s Hack

Written by TomK. Posted on April 29, 2010. Filed under • Blog. Tagged , , . 1 Comment.
Australia is proposing a ban on branded packaging for tobacco products, which may be the first time a government has ever attempted to legislate bad design.

ALL EARS

Written by TomK. Posted on April 22, 2010. Filed under • Blog. Tagged . No comments.
A missive from the Mecca of American Consumer-tainment.

Relax, we’re doomed

Written by TomK. Posted on April 12, 2010. Filed under • Blog. No comments.
NY Times’ David Brooks contrives the term Moral Materialism as a new brand of positive consumerism but misses the bigger, scarier point.

Truth Sells

Written by TomK. Posted on March 3, 2010. Filed under • Blog. No comments.
The results are in. Domino's brutally honest, our-pizza-used-to-suck marketing strategy seems to be working. That's the good news.

Blight or Art?

Written by TomK. Posted on February 25, 2010. Filed under • Blog. No comments.
Here's an idea: A gallery in LA is replacing unused billboards with artwork. Why not use them to promote organizations seeking to improve the local community?

Article 1: Brand Existentialism

Written by TomK. Posted on February 15, 2010. Filed under • Blog. Tagged , , , , , . No comments.
You can't afford to have a brand anymore. You have to be one.

The Coughin’ Collection

Written by TomK. Posted on February 10, 2010. Filed under • Blog. Tagged , . No comments.
A nicely done sampler of the sometimes hauntingly beautiful and often ingeniously deceptive ads that got your parents, and their parents, to smoke.

Holy Bowlers

Written by TomK. Posted on February 8, 2010. Filed under • Blog. Tagged , , . 1 Comment.
The Saints won Super Bowl Extra Large Four. Now let’s pass some serious judgment on the advertisers.