Fast Company Magazine2010’s Most Imitated Web BusinessesThe Net is rife with the sincerest form of flattery. Facebook for movie fans? (Really?) Here are 2010’s most-imitated Web businesses. Which copycats look like winners?
Fast Company MagazineThe Canned Lion AwardsAs the ad industry debates plagiarism — and prepares to congratulate itself at this year’s Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival — we unveil our nominees for the most egregious copycat ads, parallel thinking, and poorly conceived homages. Go to fastcompany.com/ripoff to vote for your least favorites.
Fast Company MagazineUnwanted: Naranja Studio Cloak BagAn ugly tourist bag that will make you look like…a tourist.
Fast Company MagazineQuiz: Ad Agency or Indie Band?Advertising creatives like to think of themselves as rock stars, but the trend of too-hip-for-the-room agency names has gone too far when they’re indistinguishable from the folks who sing for kids sporting bushy beards and ironic T-shirts.
Fast Company MagazineCenk Uygur Sets Out to Take Down Traditional TelevisionCenk Uygur and his rebel band are out to take down traditional television, with a hand from YouTube, satellite radio, and 500,000 fans.
Fast Company MagazineQuiksilver’s Spice GirlsThe struggling sportswear company tries to jump-start its new women’s clothing line — and a turnaround — by sponsoring a “team” of creatives.
Co.DesignSegregation By Design: How one architect is visualizing the legacy of America’s racist urbanism