January 30, 2007
I'll just say that if this ad were for sale at Ikea, you would not find it in the Kids department. Ikea Commercial :: Tidy Up [youtube via dt reader grant]...
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Anastasia's Pointless Rant About Annie's 1 protagonist, Annie Withey 2 successful yuppie product launches, Smart Food & Annie's Mac & Cheese 1 giant packet of powdered marketing buzzwords 1/2 c. piss 1 T. vinegar Directions Throw protagonist into boiling pot....
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The Philip Johnson Glass House mention reminded me of this August 2006 article from Metropolis about Eliot Noyes, who, in his work at MoMA and later at IBM, helped launch the careers of the Eameses and Eero Saarinen. [And...
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But wait, doesn't that make it Canadian Apparel? Robot Onesie* by Hardboiled, Printed in Toronto, $24 [elswares.com via swissmiss] * Onesie is a registered trademark of the Gerber Childrenswear Co., Inc., the CEO of which has never exposed himself...
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It's not just Japan. Seems the French birthrate is in the news, too. With their 35-hour work weeks, France now has the highest birthrate in Europe. And if the Minister of Health says that "Women are love-making machines," no one...
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The first wire report over the weekend of Japanese Health Minister, 71-year old Hakuo Yanagisawa, calling women "baby-birthing machines" was the Kyodo English service, and though I dug around, I couldn't find the actual Japanese quote anywhere. Was it one...
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