Dec 27
Is a world without billboards possible or good? Just ask the residents of Brazil’s largest city, São Paulo. Five years after banning this ‘visual pollution’ 70% of residents find the ban beneficial. Imagine a city of 11 million inhabitants stripped of all its advertising. It’s nearly impossible when the clutter and color of our current urban landscapes …
Aug 31
There’s some debate about whether the Christian Dior ad campaign Shanghai Dreamers is racist. It depicts tall white models against a background of “identical maoist robots.” I don’t really understand the debate. Of course it’s racist. Most advertising is. When it’s not out-rightly racist, sexist, classist, ageist and/or homophobic it often implies it. The industry …
