Recently I purchased a crucifix for $5.69 (shipping included) on ebay. I might be receiving a kitty cat stamp instead. Curious thing. The seller sent me a message saying “the stamp” has been shipped and the following warm message, “May you enjoy the use of the stamp.” Here’s my reply:“I’m in no hurry to receive …
On ebay there is regularly someone selling a box of game-used Major League baseballs. The photo accompanying this listing offers great visual interest. In fact, it would serve as a good example to any Foundational Art course. Repetition. That’s easily noted. You wanna be an artist? A reliable foundational technique is repetition. The inherent order …
Today Amazon announced Amazon Coins. This is quite a clever piece of marketing. As I visited amazon.com to research Pietro Cavallini the large presence of gold coins on their homepage announcing this service was striking. Want a clever way to enhance your product? Have its core imagery based on gold coins. Certainly the desire for …
Today Apple announced revised plans for its 2.8 million square foot headquarters building. If you haven’t seen it, it’s shaped like a giant spaceship doughnut, one that will hold 12,000 employees. What will be at the very exact center of this circular campus? From the renderings it looks to be just an open field of …
Today, the Chicago Cubs shared more images of their proposed changes to Wrigley Field. One image is particularly misleading. A somewhat detailed look can be found at the Chicago Tribune along with a caption (to the second image above) explaining where actual advertisements will be placed (Full caption pasted in comments below). To the Cubs’ …
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