Polaroid is a non-entity these days, but instant photography lives on in the digital photos we produce at dazzling speeds. We’re addicted, and that’s what made Polaroid the hottest tech company in the world when its first blockbuster consumer product, the Model 95 Land Camera, went on sale. That was 65 years ago on Black Friday, November 26th, 1948.
via Polaroid’s First Camera Caused Black Friday Pandemonium 65 Years Ago.
It’s an established truism among creative people that you have to fail—and learn from those failures—in order to succeed. But is this really true? And what do you learn, exactly, from a failure—besides not to try that particular idea again?
via What Creatives Can Learn From Great Ideas That Go Terribly Wrong | Adweek.
What’s the worst that could happen…The end of the world?
via Is This the Most Evil and Sadistic Prankvertising Stunt Yet? | Adweek.
Coca-Cola is taking its personalization of its brand for its fans one step further. To promote its new mini-bottles in Israel, Coke — with the help of agency Gefen Team — is using 3D printing to let fans make mini figurines of themselves.
Brooklyn, Building by Building. Created by the folks at BRKLYN magazine. One editor plotted the borough’s 320,000 + buildings by the date they were built and created an informative and interactive infographic.
