Have you ever watched a mouthwatering advert for a big burger chain or food delivery company (okay, I may be stretching the meaning of the word “food” here further than I fear is reasonable in some cases) and wondered how …
When I say “summer” and “health food”, what immediately springs to mind? Salad? Fruit salad? you haven’t been watching the right adverts, and by right I mean this little gem from 1938, in which the ladies all take a break from gym class to enjoy an ice cream as part of their healthy lifestyle.
Who controls public spaces and culture? Activist groups like Brandalism and the AdFree Cities Network argue that corporate culture has now taken over, trading funding for cash-starved councils for the right to take control of the visual environment in which …
20th Century Fashion: 100 Years of Apparel Ads by Jim Heimann (editor) and Alison A. Nieder (text) This week I chose a book on fashion; a subject I have not covered before. During the 20th century, fashion evolved from being …
This week I’ve selected A very British Revolution: 150 years of John Lewis by Jonathan Glancey from the new book shelf. Although purchased by the School of Architecture, this title will be of interest to anyone studying the history of …
You know what I mean, those chocolate covered marshmallow domes of loveliness! And what’s got me thinking about these today? Well when I arrived on the second floor of the library I was greeted by the new edition of Eye: …
In a TOTD extra, we could helping thinking this is a brilliant advert: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2012/feb/29/open-journalism-three-little-pigs-advert While it’s not TOTD’s place to endorse the Guardian in any way, we do wholeheartedly support the message of the advert – to get the ‘whole …
Not wishing to endorse any particular brand of lager, TOTD did enjoy this amusing piece of viral advertising that features a cinema full (almost) with mean looking bikers, plus some rather wary couples who are trying to get to the …
Nearly a year ago to the day (2nd October), Thing of the Day posted an entry about the Zargonic Effect and an article we’d tried to write for Wikipedia: https://liblog.port.ac.uk/blog/2010/10/2304/ Still no luck in getting an article written, but as it …
Thursday’s post reminds TOTD of it’s little run-in with the wikipolice. Not everything remains on the web once it’s posted. Thursday reported on something pulled by those who’d created it, our encounter demonstrates that Wikipedia isn’t the free for all …
