CHRISTMAS - DAY OFF - HAPPY NEW YEAR - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - THIBAULT - PEACE&LOVE

hey hey hey, ho ho ho.
For the, let's say, 3 people that are actually following my blog's adventures, I am these days in about the same state of hangover as the bad bad bad santa on the picture.
I'll be back and improved beginning January.
Until then, enjoy Xmas and get ready to live 007 as if it was the best year ever.
hey hey hey, ho ho ho.

LEGO - PRINT AD - SAATCHI&SAATCHI - FIRED - BLACK WU - DARREN CHEUNG - WORLD TRADE CENTER - NEW YORK - THIBAULT

Black Wu and Darren Cheung both work for Saatchi&Saatchi Guangzhou, China. Lego is not their client. But one night... alone in their large (or small) office, they decided to make this ad.
Brilliant.
They got fired.
Check their apology letter and the network sucking document.
(click on it baby, click).
thanks to Adrants

THE INFLUENCERS - INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED AUTONOMY - MEDIA ACTIVISM - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - D-I-N-A.NET - iSEE - LITTLE BROTHER - IAA - STREET WRITER

Still on my "activist" trip (after this post, I'll take a break…). Well, again, smart, conscious and interesting people: The Institute For Applied Autonomy.Here are some examples of their work.

The i-SEE project
How to walk around a city without being filmed by security cameras
The Street Writer
Fucks up the streets with any message you'd like to write... everywhere... which you can not do, 'cause you're not a robot.
Little Brother
It can. It's a robot.
You'll find loads of info and documents (press releases, videos, etc.) on the site, but please remember: these are not for fun.
They are real, and Lord knows how much our society deserves it.

(by the way, I discovered many of these groups & people at the "The Influencers" festival, a place to be, to see and to act, in Barcelona. Organised by d-i-n-a.net).

NOAM CHOMSKY - MANUFACTURING CONSENT - MEDIA ILLUSION - MEDIA LIES - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - CHOMSKY - CHOMSKY.INFO - MIT - LINGUISTICS

How to even say the word "media" (see post below) without referring to The Professor aka The Brain, Mister Noam Chomsky.
The fish's too big for me, I won't even try to make a "résumé".

Look at any of these videos, you'll understand.And again to get more, here's his site and the MIT one.
Respect. (who am I to say that?)... well, even Ali G has respect for the man (not).

JOEY SKAGGS - MEDIA SATIRIST - INFORMATION - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - ACTIVIST - TV - MEDIA - HOAX - THIBAULT - FAT SQUAD - CATHOUSE FOR DOGS - CNN - BBC

In these times of media power, information war and bigger than life entertainment, let me introduce the Hoax Master not to say the Inventor of media manipulation, Joey Skaggs. He describes himself as a "media satirist" but also a storyteller, myth-maker, skeptic, philosopher, writer, performer, and, of course, artist. He's been using all the major worldwide medias (from CNN to BBC trough the Washington Post, just to name a few) with some hilarious and controversial hoax projects such as: The Cathouse for Dogs, The Celebrity Sperm Bank, Portofess, The Solomon Project, The Fat Squad, Sexonix, Hair Today, Ltd., and Metamorphosis - The Cockroach Vitamin Pils, etc... and believe me, he's good at it. As an introduction, have a look at this documentary on his achievements. Then have a closer look at his personal site for further information.
Enjoy.

EBOY - PIXEL - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - BERLIN - NEW YORK - DESIGNERS - ARTISTS - INTERNET - PIXEL JEWELLERY

Usually not a huge fan of that kind of graphic expression but Berlin's eboy collective artists are really killers. Hit the "browse" button and enjoy these fine pieces of pixel jewellery.








thanks to Pboy

ACTIVISTS, PRODUCTINVASION.COM, CONSUMERIST.COM, THIBAULT-THIBAULT, BRANDS, KMART, SHOPPERS BITE BACK, AMERICA

Activists, Activists, Activists!
Come on consumer!
Fight, Fight, Fight!
but... think, think, think!
And, maybe, check these two american "conscious consumerist" site-to-see.
Not to take example straight away, just food for thought...
First site, the entertaining one (in a way...):
Product Invasion... spoofs, jokes, realTV, fake behind the scenes, hard core product placement. What you see is what you sell.
Second one, the real shit:
The Consumerist, ''shoppers bite back'', the name says it all. Very reactive, well informed and strongly involved in about every brand-to-consumer and consumer-to-brand moves. Worth a (at least weekly) check.