Archive for September, 2008
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Talking about "service deisgn" or "experience design..forget Disney or Club Med, the Belgian chain Le Pain Quotidien (Our Daily Bread) is one best example of great experience design.
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Authonomy lets you vote on unknown authors, by HarpersCollins
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Incspring is the premier online supplier of original corporate brands to entrepreneurs and new
businesses across the world. Our packages of brands, logos and domain names are put together
by our community of professional designers and are available to download now!
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""One bike innovation out of the Netherlands recently caught the attention of one of our spotters: a combination bike stand and tire pump. Designed by Studio HiMom, the Heklucht pump was originally developed for an art project in Ypenburg, a newly built Dutch neighbourhood. With the goal of stimulating neighbourhood interaction, eight of the stainless-steel units—available in multiple colours—were placed in front of eight Ypenburg houses. The Heklucht won a Dutch Design Award back in 2006 in the category of public space products, and has since been installed also in Gent, Vienna and Leeds, Studio HiMom says."
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Start Wearing Purple campaign focuses on innovative ways to celebrate the eccentric side of life, as embodied in Yahoo's official colour. For the "Purple Pedals" portion of the campaign, Yahoo took a fleet of 20 custom-pained Electra Townie 8 bicycles and rigged each one with solar panels and a camera-equipped mobile phone mounted on the handlebars in waterproof housing. Each "yBike," as Yahoo calls them, was also given its own, dedicated Flickr account. The cameras were then rigged to take photos every 60 seconds while the bike is moving, and to immediately upload and geotag them on Flickr.
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Worn Again is Anti-Apathy’s design-led ethical brand which creates stylish and relevant products from recycled materials.
Worn Again is a social business which was set up not only to transform consumption and manufacturing patterns through production of goods made from recycled materials, but also to generate income for Anti-Apathy, a registered charity, kicking sustainable lifestyles butt since 2002
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I wrote earlier this year about Elaine Gennard-Levy and her luxury loo on Oxford street, here's another loo story..
"It's one thing to offer luxury portable toilets for hire at private events, the way Igloo does. For a company like Visa to sponsor similar upscale conveniences as a privilege for its customer members, however, is quite another matter.
Yet that's just what Visa did this summer at San Francisco's Outside Lands music and arts festival, where it set up a VIP Signature Lounge reserved exclusively for the use of its cardholders. Those in possession of a Visa Signature card could gain access to private luxury restrooms a far cry above the porta-potties provided for the masses, along with a private bar and a free blanket gift for visiting the lounge. For entry, cardholders had simply to present their Visa Signature card, their ID and any valid festival ticket."
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"Launching Link@Sheraton in a big way, the hotel brand invited New Yorkers to abandon their desks yesterday to work from Central Park, where it recreated its new lounges and set the right example by stationing around 600 of Starwood's own employees to work remotely using Link@Sheraton's technological offerings. The event, dubbed Global Out Of Office Day, was also celebrated in in Shanghai, where Sheraton took over part of West Nanjing Road, and in Sydney's Customs House. While tumbling markets made for rather awkward timing, especially since Sheraton hopes to attract more business travellers, the concept playfully combined a number of consumer and marketing trends that are still going strong: pop-up spaces, online oxygen, brand butlers and, of course, new spaces for mobile workers."
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Sheraton is the first hotel to offer Microsoft Surface in its lobby, it says, but it surely won't be the last to feature such technology. Following hard on the heels of the hotel chain's recently cobranded Link @ Sheraton experienced with Microsoft effort to turn deserted hotel lobbies into technology-enabled brand spaces, the new lobby experience promises to keep consumers engaged and coming back for more. So far, just scratching the "surface" on this one … other hotels, airports, restaurants—what about you? ;-
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SuperFuture hairstyles
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Authonomy lets you vote on unknown authors, by HarpersCollins
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Incspring is the premier online supplier of original corporate brands to entrepreneurs and new
businesses across the world. Our packages of brands, logos and domain names are put together
by our community of professional designers and are available to download now!
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""One bike innovation out of the Netherlands recently caught the attention of one of our spotters: a combination bike stand and tire pump. Designed by Studio HiMom, the Heklucht pump was originally developed for an art project in Ypenburg, a newly built Dutch neighbourhood. With the goal of stimulating neighbourhood interaction, eight of the stainless-steel units—available in multiple colours—were placed in front of eight Ypenburg houses. The Heklucht won a Dutch Design Award back in 2006 in the category of public space products, and has since been installed also in Gent, Vienna and Leeds, Studio HiMom says."
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Start Wearing Purple campaign focuses on innovative ways to celebrate the eccentric side of life, as embodied in Yahoo's official colour. For the "Purple Pedals" portion of the campaign, Yahoo took a fleet of 20 custom-pained Electra Townie 8 bicycles and rigged each one with solar panels and a camera-equipped mobile phone mounted on the handlebars in waterproof housing. Each "yBike," as Yahoo calls them, was also given its own, dedicated Flickr account. The cameras were then rigged to take photos every 60 seconds while the bike is moving, and to immediately upload and geotag them on Flickr.
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Worn Again is Anti-Apathy’s design-led ethical brand which creates stylish and relevant products from recycled materials.
Worn Again is a social business which was set up not only to transform consumption and manufacturing patterns through production of goods made from recycled materials, but also to generate income for Anti-Apathy, a registered charity, kicking sustainable lifestyles butt since 2002
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I wrote earlier this year about Elaine Gennard-Levy and her luxury loo on Oxford street, here's another loo story..
"It's one thing to offer luxury portable toilets for hire at private events, the way Igloo does. For a company like Visa to sponsor similar upscale conveniences as a privilege for its customer members, however, is quite another matter.
Yet that's just what Visa did this summer at San Francisco's Outside Lands music and arts festival, where it set up a VIP Signature Lounge reserved exclusively for the use of its cardholders. Those in possession of a Visa Signature card could gain access to private luxury restrooms a far cry above the porta-potties provided for the masses, along with a private bar and a free blanket gift for visiting the lounge. For entry, cardholders had simply to present their Visa Signature card, their ID and any valid festival ticket."
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"Launching Link@Sheraton in a big way, the hotel brand invited New Yorkers to abandon their desks yesterday to work from Central Park, where it recreated its new lounges and set the right example by stationing around 600 of Starwood's own employees to work remotely using Link@Sheraton's technological offerings. The event, dubbed Global Out Of Office Day, was also celebrated in in Shanghai, where Sheraton took over part of West Nanjing Road, and in Sydney's Customs House. While tumbling markets made for rather awkward timing, especially since Sheraton hopes to attract more business travellers, the concept playfully combined a number of consumer and marketing trends that are still going strong: pop-up spaces, online oxygen, brand butlers and, of course, new spaces for mobile workers."
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Sheraton is the first hotel to offer Microsoft Surface in its lobby, it says, but it surely won't be the last to feature such technology. Following hard on the heels of the hotel chain's recently cobranded Link @ Sheraton experienced with Microsoft effort to turn deserted hotel lobbies into technology-enabled brand spaces, the new lobby experience promises to keep consumers engaged and coming back for more. So far, just scratching the "surface" on this one … other hotels, airports, restaurants—what about you? ;-
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SuperFuture hairstyles
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In most cities, strategic downtown street corners are flanked by enormous, old banks, the ornate cathedrals of capital designed to impress and intimidate. With the massive changes in real estate values and consumer banking habits, such monuments to Mammon are no longer smart or necessary. But what amazing opportunities such massive commissions must have been for the architects of the day! And what depressing alternatives we’ve experienced since! Luckily, online banking has made a bank visit almost obsolete, but when you must visit, most of the time you’ll find a boring, convenience-store-type standardized box — retail banking in the worst meaning of both words.
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A list of Heist films (i.e. Ocean's Eleven, Reservoir Dogs) if you have no idea of what to watch tonight
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Romance and suspense in Paris, as a woman is pursued by several men who want a fortune her murdered husband had stolen. Who can she trust?
Just saw that movie yest and it was -great-!
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In most cities, strategic downtown street corners are flanked by enormous, old banks, the ornate cathedrals of capital designed to impress and intimidate. With the massive changes in real estate values and consumer banking habits, such monuments to Mammon are no longer smart or necessary. But what amazing opportunities such massive commissions must have been for the architects of the day! And what depressing alternatives we’ve experienced since! Luckily, online banking has made a bank visit almost obsolete, but when you must visit, most of the time you’ll find a boring, convenience-store-type standardized box — retail banking in the worst meaning of both words.
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A list of Heist films (i.e. Ocean's Eleven, Reservoir Dogs) if you have no idea of what to watch tonight
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Romance and suspense in Paris, as a woman is pursued by several men who want a fortune her murdered husband had stolen. Who can she trust?
Just saw that movie yest and it was -great-!
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the issue is not information overload, it’s the failure of filtering systems. Shirky believes that information overload has been around since the invention of the printing press, and it’s nothing really new. What is the issue, is in the forms and flows that information is now taking. When information is coming and going at and from you from so many different directions, the social systems and filters that used to manage the flows breakdown from stress. He says we need to re-think a lot of things, including social norms, to understand and deal with all the new ways of living technology has provided.
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Why you have oto be aware to anything connected with your industry\brand:
The Japanese comic book “Kami no Shizuku” translates to “The Drops of God”. It’s the story of Shizuku Kanzaki, a wine enthusiast who is on a heroic quest to find the 12 best wines in the world. Described as “The Da Vinci Code” set in a Tokyo bar, the story is part mystery and part richly detailed, surreal wine review.
The comic is read by 500,000 Japanese each week and his sway over the wine market is spreading throughout Asia. Some wine importers say they have never seen such a powerful single influence on their business.
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the issue is not information overload, it’s the failure of filtering systems. Shirky believes that information overload has been around since the invention of the printing press, and it’s nothing really new. What is the issue, is in the forms and flows that information is now taking. When information is coming and going at and from you from so many different directions, the social systems and filters that used to manage the flows breakdown from stress. He says we need to re-think a lot of things, including social norms, to understand and deal with all the new ways of living technology has provided.
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Why you have oto be aware to anything connected with your industry\brand:
The Japanese comic book “Kami no Shizuku” translates to “The Drops of God”. It’s the story of Shizuku Kanzaki, a wine enthusiast who is on a heroic quest to find the 12 best wines in the world. Described as “The Da Vinci Code” set in a Tokyo bar, the story is part mystery and part richly detailed, surreal wine review.
The comic is read by 500,000 Japanese each week and his sway over the wine market is spreading throughout Asia. Some wine importers say they have never seen such a powerful single influence on their business.
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Nothing groundbreaking but still..
Discoveries by neuroscientists studying the brain say that novel experiences are key in increasing brain power and creativity. When the brain experiences, or imagines a familiar situation, it already has a shortcut to understanding - it’s got that categorized in a neat little mental box. Novelty, new experiences and stretches of the imagination keep the mind limber, and more creative.
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Nothing groundbreaking but still..
Discoveries by neuroscientists studying the brain say that novel experiences are key in increasing brain power and creativity. When the brain experiences, or imagines a familiar situation, it already has a shortcut to understanding - it’s got that categorized in a neat little mental box. Novelty, new experiences and stretches of the imagination keep the mind limber, and more creative.
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Sergey Brin started to blog.
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Not a Pam fan but any guess about what campaign is going on here?
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I'm a pc (really).
And I was kinda waiting for that ad. I think it's quite good, not overwhelming good, but good enough to, you know, make a splash.
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A blog that lists things with with approximately 6,000 people, which was the population of Wasilla, Alaska while Sarah Palin was mayor.
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a great recap of the campaign so far
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What comes next is a parade of everyday PC users—scientists, fashion designers, teachers, and celebrities (like Pharrell!)—who talk about how much they like using computers that run on Microsoft operating systems and software. The vignettes, none of which are online right now, are supposed to be quick and upbeat… probably similar to those old Mac Switch ads?
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Less permanent then a tattoo but more deadly! Why settle for toxic inky when you could mark you body with the power of the sun. Never get cancer in a boring shape again.
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The story may be well and established already, but that hasn't stopped manufacturers from their food product and package shrink-a-dink rampage. Here's 34 more victims of The Grocery Shrink Ray spotted by the all-volunteer Consumerist tipster army, 25 of which are viewable using advanced pop-up slideshow technology…
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AirBed & Breakfast is an online marketplace for peer-to-peer traveling.
We enable people to earn money by renting out extra space, and offer travelers a viable alternative to hotels.
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“The final frontier protecting contemporary art galleries from the relentless encroachment of the auction houses has been emphatically breached,” wrote Roger Bevan, an art historian and critic, in an editorial in the Art Newspaper when the sale was announced last July.
In less than 24 hours, giant tanks of dead sharks, zebras and piglets submerged in formaldehyde; glass cabinets filled with medical supplies, cigarette butts or diamonds; paintings and drawings of everything from dots to skulls — 223 works all by the British artist Damien Hirst — were snapped up at a brisk clip by collectors from all parts of the globe.
By the sale’s end, on Tuesday afternoon, the entire auction brought a total of $200.7 million, more than the auction house’s high estimate of $177.6 million.
Sotheby’s said the total broke the record for a single-artist auction, set in 1993 when a Picasso sale with 88 works brought $20 million.
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Clhack.com is a mashup experiment in using the nifty ExtJS library in combination with craigslist.
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Last August in the US, a joint-task force from the Association of National Advertisers (ANA), the American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA) and the Advertising Research Foundation (ARF) announced a ground-breaking new "engagement" metric. HPI Research is now creating an engagement index for branded events. And IXMA pledges to help its membership and their clients "focus on the equity-building ideas of ROE—Return on Experience."
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Work has started on the construction of 56 Leonard Street, a 56-storey residential tower in New York designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron.
That's like, wow!
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I just had a lecture on the exact same subject today ..
The 77 million baby boomers (adults aged 44 to 62) represent one-quarter of the U.S. population–and a whole lot more of its buying power.
Boomers generate $2 trillion in annual income, own more than 70% of U.S. financial assets and represent half of all discretionary spending, according to Age Wave, a San Francisco-based demographic-trend tracker. "Although marketers tend to pursue the youth market, that's not where the money is," says Age Wave founder Ken Dychtwald.
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The Sustainable Furnishings Council is a non-profit industry association founded at High Point, NC in October 2006 to promote sustainable practices among manufacturers, retailers, and consumers alike.
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More on Lush
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An employee of British cosmetics manufacturer "Lush", wearing only an apron, poses for the media in a shop in Berlin, Aug. 13, 2008, to campaign for the use of less packaging of beauty products and toiletries.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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Students in Kunming, China, are getting new school uniforms … that are decked out in ads! The stylish orange jackets are covered with the logos of Marlboro, Ferrari, Vodafone and Shell
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a roun-up of what newspaper are saying about today
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More on a really bad monday
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From Buzzfeed: The U.S. and global markets are reacting to the triple news of Lehman’s bankruptcy, Merrill Lynch’s sale to Bank of America and AIG’s request of a $40 billion bailout from the government. Someone’s got a bad case of the Mondays.
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In one of the most dramatic two days in Wall Street's history, Merrill Lynch agreed to sell itself to Bank of America for roughly $50 billion to avert a deepening financial crisis, while another prominent securities firm, Lehman Brothers, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
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Swedish furniture giant IKEA has converted the Kobe Portliner Monorail into a moving showroom before the April 14 opening of a new retail outlet at Port Island. The redecorated train, which features a colorful exterior, bright upholstery and fancy curtains, will carry passengers in style until May 6.
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foldschool is a collection of free cardboard furniture for kids, handmade by you. The downloadable patterns can be printed out with any printer. Follow the instructions and assemble a stable piece of furniture.
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Instructables for a light tent
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Personal reference:
Lenoir St. known as the epicentre of Montreal's streetwear industry. The building is home to a collection of distributors and sales reps for some of the hippest names in street fashion.
"There's over 30 brands in this building - in this hallway - right now that are all really relevant in the streetwear and skate fashion game," said Jesse Bowden of Tiger Distribution, whose office is a couple of doors down from Mehra's.
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Personal reference, high end perfumes in Montreal
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Personal reference, high end perfumes in Montreal
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Follow up on Rien comme les autres from production house Th1ng and french rapper Disiz La Peste (last link).
Here's the rest of a series of ads for "Try Life in Another Language", a show (i guess) on Channel 4
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Great videoclip for, hum, i'll have to check out …
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Strangest ad ever for Nike Women. God I love W+K. Be sure to check out the rest of the ads on the right sidebar.
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a friend of mine just released their pre-debut album, "Unforgotten Songs" from The Murmels!
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In a 2001 experiment at the University of Washington, researchers showed people a fake print ad in which a person describes shaking hands with Bugs Bunny at Disneyland. A third of the participants later recalled the event as if it had happened to them.
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Ponoko … the first online shop for individualized goods – things designed and made just for you.
Right now you can shop the marketplace for designer crafted goods, request a designer to make something especially for you, or create and make something yourself.
And if you want to turn your creativity into cash, you can set up your own Internet shop to sell your designs and products using our web commerce and digital make-on-demand services. No set up fees. No monthly fees. No listing or sales fees. No minimum orders. No inventory. Simply click to design, make, sell and deliver your creativity to the world, at your own speed.
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TAPD NY is offering bottled tap water, how different is that, you migh ask (that's what Aquafina is doing anyway).
Main difference is that their bottles are refillable, contrary to most bottles currently on the market, and they're encouraging you in refilling them.
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Reusable shopping bag.
Neoprene outer shell and reusable polyester shopping bag within.
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From Josh Spear: "UNIQLO has never been afraid to inovate the shopping experience (think: UT Loop, grid playground and the concept t-shirt store) but this time they are adding a robot to their stores. Yep, you read right a robot named Wakamaru. Designed by Toshiyuki Kita and engineered by Mitsubishi, the robot can make eye contact with you, have simple conversations and help you shop for some Japanese animation t-shirts. But there is a catch, the robot is being described as neither human nor machine. The only thing we can think of that fits that catagory is robocop, which could end up to be a huge PR problem for UNIQLO if anyone saw Robocop 3. Look for Wakamaru to make his/her first appearnce at the Soho store in NYC sometime in the second week of September."
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Recycled furniture from abandoned industrial barrels and other stuff.
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Sulfur Hexafluoride makes the inverse of helium when you breathe it. That's funny.
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Second ad for MS
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WSJ on the new CP+B MS campaign.
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From the guys of Diet Coke + Mentos, 280 000 something sticky notes, rolling, cascading, … pretty nice way to spend 3 minutes!
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