Archive for May, 2010
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La mar de Tabaco
Lamarde is a simply thoughtful space dedicated to smoking. Clicking though the Gallery I am puffed back in time when smoking was not cool but expected and celebrated. It was good for your health, doctors and pregnant women smoked and the tobacco companies didn’t yet know that it was addictive so they were actively fighting for your business. Boxes of cigarettes were all drawn in technicolor with stark typography, national pride and an elusive wisp of smoke. If the graphic design doesn’t do it for you check out Lamarde’s YouTube channel. This gem from MadMen is on there:
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Read the Fine Print: Chictopia and Payless Don’t Need to Ask to Profit from Blogger Images | Independent Fashion Bloggers
Who owns the content you post online? We’ve all heard speculation about who really owns the content you put online. Who owns the images you put on Facebook? Who owns the emails in your Gmail account? Who owns your Twitter conversations? Or — closer yet to fashion bloggers — who owns the content you post on sites like Chictopia, Lookbook.nu, Weardrobe? And what can they do with your content? Back in December, Lookbook.nu called on its members to submit photos of themselves wearing American Apparel clothing for a booklet. Here the end result is clear, but what happens when you unexpectedly find an image you posted on a network in the style gallery of Payless Shoes? Click below to read the rest of the story including comments from some of the bloggers themselves. Read the Fine Print: Chictopia and Payless Don’t Need to Ask to Profit from Blogger Images | ...
