GAKONA at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris

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The exhibition is set under the aegis of Nikola Tesla and its name refers to a village in Alaska. Little more than 200 inhabitants live in Gakona. There’s a service station, a small school, a post office, a couple of diners and a scientific research base: the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program continue

Neural Issue 32 – Machine Affection

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Neural 32 features the usual mix of reviews, interviews with artists, short news and more in-depth coverage of issues as diverse as polymorphic intelligence, sex & love with robots, machines that play drums and other musical instruments or media art in New Zealand continue

One Show Pokes Fun Without Actually Making Concessions

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After all that awkward backtracking over how much agencies dish out for its pencil-shaped paperweights (where does all that money go?), The One Show is under pressure to lighten the strain on its PR team.

Magazine: Urban China Bootlegged by C-Lab for Volume

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Given the urgency of the topic, C-Lab has borrowed the bootleg format to quickly distribute observations, initiated in dialogue with Urban China, on the crisis and its management continue

Native Americans Don’t Want Their Meth.

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Alongside Partnership for a Drug-Free America, Publicis & Hal Riney have launched an anti-meth campaign targeted to American Indians and Inuits.

The FedEx Box: Both Medium and Message

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Diggin’ these prints by DM9 DDB/Brazil.

Handplay Advocates for Rubber Dish Gloves

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Gery Colombia interprets Scotch-Brite for whimsical clean-freaks with print ads where rubber gloves are manipulated in the shape of animal bits.

In Kids’ Clay World, Religion is Fun and Klansmen are Romantics

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At left is a print piece called “Black is Beautyfull,” in which a grinning clay Klansman offers a meager bouquet of flowers to a simpering black chick with a ‘fro.

Why Chain Yourself to a Rock When There’s Earth-Friendly Rouge?

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It’s an unfortunate stereotype that eco crusaders look more like the wildlife they seek to protect than they do their fellow man.

It’s Like ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Public Servants!’

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OLSON/Minneapolis promoted NSF International, a certification company that certifies things like bottled water and appliances, by depicting tiny laborers working tirelessly around your kitchen gear.

You Remain Anonymous, Criminals Don’t

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Hoping to battle the apparent escalation of violence in Vancouver and to encourage people to come forward if they have information about criminal activity, a new pro bono PSA campaign from DDB Canada informs, “You remain anonymous, criminals don’t.”

DG Bring the Boys Back to the Harbor

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In this fresh rendition of West Side Story Meets the Park Avenue Chippendales!, a confrontation simmers between two well-coiffed wolfpacks from different sides of town. Or maybe just different sides of the same yacht club.

Magazine review: OBJECTS – Journal for Applied Arts / Magazin für angewandte Künste

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A bilingual (german and english) magazine about trends and new approaches to crafts, including illustration, graphic design, textile art, ceramics, glass and book art continue

Finally, Blogworthy Flatbread.

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The other day AdFreak drew our attention to an Oscar Mayer ad that showcases a tasty-looking flatbread pita under a smarmy but irresistible headline: “Blogworthy.”

Mammoth Mountain Embraces the White Space

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Keeping to its preference for minimalism, David&Goliath demonstrate Mammoth Mountain’s … mammoth nature under two-word tagline “Play Big.”

Air France Plays the Sky’s Seductress

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Few airlines can boast stripes different from those of any other, but Air France pimps its merits with shots that diverge from the typical relaxed business-classer gazing mildly out the window.

Brandy, You’re a Fine Girl, But Scurvy — er, the Sea — is Calling.

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In a set of prints put together by THE REPUBLIK/Durham, boat manufacturer Wellcraft Marine Corp. appeals to salty sea dogs by emphasizing the rugged freedom and independent nature of life on choppy water.

Nivea Brings Tanning Oil to Church

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“The sun goes wherever you go” Nivea says — not too loudly, either — in “Church,” an ad for tanning oil.

Saks Arms New Ads with Soviet Kitsch

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Sensing a recession isn’t exactly an enabler for Jimmy Choos and Prada handbags, Saks Fifth Avenue takes on the marketing style of Communism … and Stolichnaya.

Nastia Liukin Strikes Pose for Max Azria

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Five-time Olympic medalist Nastia Liukin invades fashion rags for BCBG Max Azria’s latest ad campaign.