In his monologue that closes out the industrial design film Objectified, reviewed here back in March, it's clear that columnist and author
Rob Walker is perplexed by our obsession with material culture. He even goes so far as to ...READ»
"Your movie made me physically sick," one audience member told Gary Hustwit (left), the director of Objectified, the eagerly anticipated film about industrial design, last night at a screening in New York.
Far from ...READ»
There's a moment, at the beginning of the documentary Objectified, where Jonathan Ive, Apple's head of design, takes his iPhone out of his pocket and wipes it along the hem of his shirt to remove the ...READ»
The South by Southwest festival in Austin hosted the world premiere of Objectified, a film by Gary Hustwit, the celebrated director of Helvetica, the fascinating and unlikely story behind a font you see absolutely ...READ»
Known for being fearlessly risqué, American Apparel has yet again used shock tactics to its advantage. Its latest effort: using nudity to sell clothes. The company has rolled out a banner ad that displays a topless model – boobs, nipples and a tantalizing unzipping of her top.READ»
He's sent cavemen into the subway, posted lifeguards on Manhattan's sidewalks, and strung laundry across Times Square. Now Sam Ewen says the next big thing in advertising is honesty. Honestly.READ»
Recently I read the book Buying In by Rob Walker. Hands down the best book I have ever read. In Buying In Rob
dedicates an entire chapter discussing the website/marketing firm
called BzzAgent. BzzAgent is a community of Bzzers ...READ»
In the beginning, American Apparel put a "sweatshop free" label on its t-shirts. But sex turned out to be a better sell than good labor practices. Lessons in the limits of altruism.READ»
Open Season on Apple
We knew we'd get a spirited response to our December 2007/January 2008 cover story on the future of Apple. And the iAcolytes didn't disappoint, reading our assessment of the company's multifront battles line by ...READ»
To commemorate e-tickets, sleepovers at O'Hare, and the full-and-upright position, we present Fast Company's most high-flying ideas about travel -- past, present, and future.READ»
Russ Quackenbush
Award-winning photographer Russ Quackenbush regards his portraits as documents of his subjects' life experiences revealed in their faces and their body language. He brought that sensibility to photographs of Nike ...READ»
Big companies understand the importance of brands. Today, in the Age of the Individual, you have to be your own brand. Here's what it takes to be the CEO of Me Inc.READ»
Rosenbluth International, a $2.5 billion travel service business, combines plain-and-simple values with cuttingedge technology. It's a down-to-earth strategy designed to take the company back to the farm.READ»
There is a distinct relationship between the growth of technology and computers and the amount of information we're taking in every year. Both jacked up exponentially over the last 5 years and show no signs of slowing.
When did it ...READ»
