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[DT]: Denver Capitol Building’s Dome Restoration Could Be Financed By Advertising On It

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:58:21 +0000

What’s Your Reaction’ DENVER – The Legislature might allow “tasteful” advertising temporarily on the state Capitol to help pay for an expensive renovation of the dome.

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[DT]: Amazing Feats Of Animal Architecture

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:42:15 +0000

Some animals are born architects. They have an innate ability to build structures that are often even difficult by human standards. Structures found in nature can be a source of inspiration for architects, as exemplified by buildings such as China’s “Bird Nest” stadium and the planned Honeycomb Skyscraper . From an intricate 4,000 mile-long ant colony to the simple, symmetric beauty of a spider …

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[DT]: Men buy Mars, women prefer Galaxy: Gender targeting is advertising industry’s secret weapon

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:14:45 +0000

Galaxy or Yorkie’ Walkers Sensations or McCoy’s’ The choices we make at the supermarket checkout are less down to personal taste or preference than we might like to think. Forget sexual stereotyping, gender targeting is the latest mantra as food marketers exploit the hidden cues in the packaged foods and drinks we buy. It’s what makes Food Doctor Easy Goodness Roasted Basil Chicken with Puy …

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[DT]: Reid Challenger Labeled Tea Party Imposter- Reid Hits Back at Ads Linking Him to Slave Labor

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:48:47 +0000

Jon Scott Ashjian, shown here, is running as a ‘Tea Party’ candidate in the Nevada Senate race. (FNC)

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[DT]: Why a folding plug won last night’s design awards | Justin McGuirk

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:25:19 +0000

How do you compare a social housing scheme and a fashion collection’ As a judge of the Brit Insurance Design awards, I had to decide Last night, Britain’s most prestigious design prize was awarded to a plug . At a ceremony at the Design Museum, the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year award was carried off by an unknown Korean who only graduated from the Royal College of Art last summer. Min-Kyu …

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[DT]: Social networkers swayed by online branding, buying from the brands they follow

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:55:30 +0000

Following a brand on Twitter or Facebook will make you more likely to buy a product from that company, says a new report published by market research firm Chadwik Martin Bailey.

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[DT]: Bright spark wins design award

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:46:38 +0000

A flat folding electric plug by a London student has beaten 90 international competitors to win the Brit Insurance Design of the Year award.

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[DT]: Ads ‘exaggerated climate change’

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:03:50 +0000

Two government press advertisements to raise awareness of climate change are banned for overstating the risks.

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[DT]: Folding electrical plug wins Design of the Year award

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:12:18 +0000

London student Min-Kyu Choi has been named winner of the Brit Insurance Design of the Year 2010 at the Design Museum for his elegant reinterpretation of the humble electrical plug.

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[DT]: Correction: Cigarette Advertising

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:46:38 +0000

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — In a March 11 story about a court ruling that R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. had engaged in deceptive advertising, The Associated Press failed to make clear the source of a quote from “The White Album” by the Beatles . The quote was referenced in the court decision, not in a Reynolds ad.

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[DT]: Fair Trade Organic Teas For Spring

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:13:36 +0000

What’s Your Reaction’ Zhena’s Gypsy Tea’s line of biodynamic green teas are about the tastiest teas out there â€” and are organic, fair trade, and biodynamic certified to boot! I recommend the rich and fruity Caramelized Pear blend.

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[DT]: Change of attitude will prevent bad architecture

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:13:07 +0000

Sir, As a designer working in Inverness, I feel compelled to raise my views in connection with the recent articles in your paper concerning the nomination of our city for the Carbuncle Award.

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[DT]: Der Scutt, Modernist Architect, Dies at 75

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:49:33 +0000

Mr. Scutt was best known for whetting Donald Trump’s appetite for mirrored glass boxes, such as his design for Trump Tower.

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[DT]: Personal Branding for freelancers – marketing YOU to generate leads

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:02:05 +0000

Virgin Money, a financial service company which is part of the Virgin Group, was launched in 1995 using a call centre to field customer enquiries.

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[DT]: Raise the Euston Arch – and get railway architecture back on track

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:10:10 +0000

Plans to redevelop the London station could include the resurrection of its much-missed Doric gateway. Let’s hope so

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[DT]: Young Scots want alcohol ads ban

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:39:00 +0000

A group of young Scots says a plan to charge a minimum price for alcohol will not solve the country’s drink problems.

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[DT]: Claire Beale On Advertising: Fighting crime is clever marketing

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:04:57 +0000

Isn’t it interesting that it’s taken vulnerable corporate balance sheets to really get big businesses thinking carefully about how to make life better for all of us.

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[DT]: British TV Ads Flaunt Their Arty Side

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:15:42 +0000

Next weekend the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts will bring the latest batch of award-winning British commercials to the Bay Area for the first time.

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[DT]: Exploiting the architecture of cancers may lead to their destruction

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:22:03 +0000

To grow larger, solid tumors require a network of blood vessels to nourish them. Chemotherapy exploits these vessels to deliver toxic drugs, but is inefficient if the drugs cannot pass quickly enough from the bloodstream into the tumor. A new study describes a way of transiently making the tumor blood vessels leakier, allowing more efficient drug uptake. This work may ultimately enhance delivery …

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[DT]: Brett King: TV, Advertising, and Newspapers are dead – deal with it…

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:28:16 +0000

You know what – change is a funny thing. For me, I can’t wait untill I can watch all my movies and TV shows on…

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[DT]: Ascentric launches branding service for IFAs

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:59:12 +0000

The service allows advisers to integrate their brand into the Ascentric platform technology and brand each page accordingly.

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[DT]: Peter Bradshaw on the lure of advertising

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:03:29 +0000

‘I’ve been offered £8k to do a razor advert’ The most wonderful thing has happened. I have been offered a telly advert! I have been asked to appear as part of an ad campaign stretching across TV, radio and the internet. And the marvellous thing is that this is a beauty product: the new Gillette Venus Embrace, the “first five-blade razor for women . . . hugs every curve and even lets you shave …

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[DT]: South Africa : Branding that Brings a New Awareness

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:18:30 +0000

Johannesburg — THE culture of gift giving is a universal one and, increasingly, a corporate one. But as mass-produced branded pens, key rings, flash sticks and card holders are all hopelessly 10 minutes ago, companies are having to think laterally about gifts that come bearing their name.

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[DT]: Malcolm Levene: Personal Branding From The Inside Out

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:59:06 +0000

Energy level, facial expressions and body language are important forms of communication. When these characteristics are in place, words become secondary. That’s how powerful your Inner Brand can be.

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[DT]: Hotel chain starts Christmas ads

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:18:56 +0000

Radio listeners in central Scotland can expect to hear the first Christmas adverts of the year in the next few days.

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[DT]: Sculpture centre in bad shape

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:42:51 +0000

A MULTI-million pound arts centre is at risk of never being built unless it raises £450,000 by the end of the month.

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[DT]: Frank Williams, Architect of Skyscrapers, Dies at 73

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:08:21 +0000

Mr. Williams was the lead architect or collaborated with other prominent designers on 20 buildings in Manhattan.

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[DT]: Mayor calls for action on sex ads

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:31:16 +0000

London mayor Boris Johnson urges shoppers to challenge newsagents who allow adverts for prostitutes in their windows.

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[DT]: International Women’s Day Presents The World’s Wost Logos

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:07:06 +0000

International Women’s Day presents the worst logos of all time. Relax, men. You won’t feel a thing. Time to sock it to the men – and other women…

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[DT]: Claire Beale On Advertising: It’s time to go easy on the airbrush

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:19:01 +0000

I was having lunch with a creative director who makes ads starring what you might respectfully call a mature actress. “So how much touching up do you do’” I asked, and it occurred to neither of us that the question might have any meaning other than a digital one.

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[DT]: Florida Lawmaker Pushes for License Plate Advertising

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:33:58 +0000

A Florida lawmaker is proposing allowing corporate logos on the Sunshine state’s license plates.

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[DT]: Alexander McQueen wins top design award

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:06:34 +0000

Alexander McQueen has posthumously won a top design award for his spring and summer 2010 fashion collection.

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[DT]: McQueen collection wins design award

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:47:58 +0000

Alexander McQueen has posthumously won a top design award for his spring and summer 2010 fashion collection.

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[DT]: Venus de Milo snow sculpture covered after neighbour complains

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:21:23 +0000

Police in the US state of New Jersey ordered a family to cover up their snow sculpture of the famous nude Venus de Milo after a neighbour complained.

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[DT]: Ads Posted on Facebook Strike Some as Off-Key

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:03:24 +0000

Advertisers on Facebook are a motley bunch. Some are Wal-Mart and Procter and Gamble. Others are “not only creepy but off-putting,” says a media consultant.

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[DT]: Jarvis Coffin: Advertising is sold, not bought

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:00:28 +0000

The article in Advertising Age this week reliving some of the points that were made at the IAB Leadership conference in Carlsbad, CA, about erosion…

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[DT]: Nigeria : Kaduna Trade Fair Ends

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:04:35 +0000

Abuja — The 31st Kaduna International Trade Fair ended on Sunday, ten days after it opened.

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[DT]: Damien Hoffman: False Advertising: McDonald’s And Coke Are Proud Sponsors of the Winter Olympics

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:23:50 +0000

Given the outrageous obesity and diabetes issues plaguing many Western nation, the last thing we need is fat kids feeling OK with their fries because they believe Shaun White lives on crap too.

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[DT]: SCO’s Linux litigation architect angles for SCO’s mobile biz

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:04:49 +0000

Former CEO strikes back Desperate to fund its seemingly-endless legal battle for Unix copyrights against Novell and others, SCO Group has found someone willing to buy the bankrupt company’s mobile assets – and it’s none other than Darl McBride, the former SCO chief executive sacked as a result of his ruinous crusade to claim Unix.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud

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[DT]: Buyer of Giacometti Sculpture Is Revealed

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:07:10 +0000

The Giacometti sculpture “Walking Man I,” which sold for a record $104.3 million at Sotheby’s last month, was bought by the billionaire Lily Safra, according to Bloomberg News.

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[DT]: Similar advertising strategies used by indoor tanning and tobacco industries

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:16:54 +0000

While the proven negative health consequences of smoking and tanning are undeniable, tobacco and indoor tanning advertisers would like consumers to think otherwise. In fact, a new study comparing the tactics used in advertising tobacco and indoor tanning products found several similarities in how these two industries market unhealthy products.

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[DT]: Is Self-Branding Too Much of a Distraction’

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:28:34 +0000

In the digital age, the idea of improving yourself is under siege by a similar-seeming but utterly different gospel: cultivating a personal brand.

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[DT]: Tunisia : Local Architecture Goes Digital

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:49:34 +0000

Tunis — After the “digital cities”, administrations, services and several other economic sectors, the Tunisian architecture is joining the digital era thanks to www.Archi-mag.com [1], Tunisia’s first online architecture magazine.

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[DT]: Cancun’s underwater sculpture park

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:14:24 +0000

The Cancun and Isla Mujeres Underwater Art Museum’s beautiful and surreal sculptures.

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[DT]: Missile Defense Agency Logo Upsets Right: Comparisons To Obama Campaign, Islamic Crescent

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:31:26 +0000

The new Missile Defense Agency logo has bombed in certain circles.

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[DT]: ‘Tea ladies’ dance for fair trade

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:47:46 +0000

More than 100 “tea ladies” dance through London as part of a campaign to promote fair trade products.

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[DT]: TV ads may be more effective if we pay less attention

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:09:19 +0000

Viewers pay less attention to creative television adverts, shows new research from the UK, but may make themselves more vulnerable to the advertiser’s message.

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[DT]: Government accused of political advertising in schools

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:10:23 +0000

The Victorian Opposition says the Government has been targeting children with political advertising.

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[DT]: Missile Defense Agency, Obama Logos Cause Stir

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:56:20 +0000

Is this Logo-gate’ The Internet is abuzz with comparisons of the “strikingly similar” logos of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and the ubiquitous Obama 2008 campaign.

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[DT]: Iron ‘branding’ sentence doubled

Design / Technology in the News from ClassPress.Net — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:50:05 +0000

An abusive husband who “branded” his wife’s face with an iron at their West Bromwich home has his sentence doubled.

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