On a side note....

Horse Slaughterhouses May Reopen After Five Year Ban

The Branding of the Occupy Movement

Kalle Lasn, the longtime editor of the anticonsumerist magazine Adbusters, did not invent the anger that has been feeding the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations across the United States. But he did brand it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/business/media/the-branding-of-the-occupy-movement.html?_r=1&hp

Tuesday, November 29

1 on 1

Collection of ads from around the world

http://adsoftheworld.com

City Cab Posters

http://www.designer-daily.com/city-cab-poster-by-mehmet-gozetlik-20994

my last Happiness Factory post, i promise.

If free soda, pizza, flowers, balloon animals, light-up glasses, and 6-foot subs don't make you happy, I don't know what will. The Coca Cola Happiness Factory strikes again on a college campus with a guerilla vending machine that's giving away more than just soda...

Coca Cola Happiness Machine

It's Nice That

 

It's Nice That

A top-notch art and design review website for you.

Prepare to be obsessed.

Check out Fab.com!

There are tons of really interesting products...and great to visit for inspiration.

Type Geek 2

You're too busy doing homework, but…

Stems

strokes, and counters…this is getting geeky.

Relevant

For all the typography geeks / Ryan Gosling afficionados, I know you're out there.

http://typographerryangosling.tumblr.com

Extended version of a Coca Cola commercial

Like a bear, or a space man, or a space bear.

Push Pin Studios

Push Pin Studios

Push Pin Studios is a graphic design and illustration studio formed in New York City in 1954. Cooper Union graduates Milton Glaser,Seymour Chwast, Reynold Ruffins, and Edward Sorel founded the studio.

Don't forget to...

Keep Drawing

No Comment Necessary...

As If I Needed More of A Reason to Eat At Chipotle...

Check out the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMfSGt6rHos

Vitange Ads

sohautestyle

 
 http://www.sohautestyle.com/

Shoot to win

This photography competition could be a great opportunity. Good luck.

Attention Typography Nerds:

Here's a fun online kerning game that might end up driving you crazy:

http://type.method.ac/

Saul Bass

The NYTimes has a great story on Saul Bass, and how he made film titles more than just type at the beginning of a movie.

Creative Block?

A useful article about how to tackle creative block.

http://the99percent.com/tips/7088/7-Types-of-Creative-Block-(and-What-to-Do-About-Them)

Rashaad Newsome

http://rashaadnewsome.com/

The performance pieces are quite interesting. Brings together a crazy array of performers and visual elements.

Superhero posters inspired by Art Deco

These anachronic posters by Greg Guillemin, a french designer, are awesome. He takes superheroes and creates posters in the Art Deco style for them.

http://www.designer-daily.com/superhero-posters-inspired-by-art-deco-20605

Doggleganger

An unusual and entertaining idea presented by Pedigree. Find your Doggleganger, and maybe adopt 'em too! (Hopefully you don't get paired with an english bulldog...)

Next Class at Cooper Union

Our next class is Tuesday, November 8th at 6:30 pm. We're being given a special tour of the exhibit "Pharma" by the curator, Alexander Tochilovsky. Please gather at the new Cooper Union building at 41 Cooper Square at Third Avenue & 7th Street.

The Red M&M is a Bully, says Australia.

http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/australia-spends-two-months-deciding-whether-red-mm-bully-133957

He's the sarcastic one, but is the red M&M also a bully? The Advertising Standards Bureau in Australia seemed to think so, had a two month long debate about it, and then decided the ads were "humorous rather than bullying." Slow clap for Australia.