Terry Levine | Noggin Advertising | Copywriter | Digital + Direct Writer | Blogging | Toronto | Canada

WHAT IS THIS?

I keep spotting this little guy painted on streets and walls in Toronto and New York. Anyone know what it is?

HOW DAY DOO DAT?

There's so much schlocky web design out there, when something truly original pops up you can't help but marvel at it. Discovered this site last night from a Japanese interior design firm called Wonderwall founded by Masamichi Katayama.

The interface is mindblowing. And that's before you even start exploring Wonderwall's store designs.

I asked a snarky coworker how they did this. His reply: "They used a thing called Flash. Have you heard of it?"

Wise ass.

WTF?!™

Don't get me wrong. I'm in advertising. I understand the need to trademark and protect products, brands, ideas. But sometimes I think some people (ahem, lawyers, cough, cough) go a little too far. From the front of a bank I walked by yesterday in New York:

Really? "It's a privilege to serve you®"? You mean no one laughed when someone proposed trademarking this?