Obamacraft
Apropos of nothing at all, I typed “Obama” into the search box on Etsy, the online handmade emporium.
Results? 538 items.
“McCain” search yield: 45 items.
Further diversion may be found at MKTG Tumblr, and the Consumed Facebook page.
MURKETING
[ The Journal Of ]Some Projects
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--> The Metapoll. Take it.
Things That Look Like Other Things.
Counterfunctionality (A Gallery).
MLK BLVD: Open-source photography project: Contribute to the Flickr pool; browse the blog.
Zine
"Where Were You?" Annual.Comic book
Titans of Finance: True Tales of Money & Business
. With Josh Neufeld. Now available for the iPad! Go here.
The Consumed Facebook Page. I started this in connection with my NYT Magazine column, and intend to maintain it until further notice. 
The Hypothetical Development Organization
Imagining implausible uses for unpopular places. A project in collaboration with Ellen Susan and G.K. Darby.Significant Objects
Great creative writers invent stories about thrift-store objects. A project in collaboration with Joshua Glenn.
Letters From New Orleans, by Rob Walker.Some books to which I have contributed
Foreward to Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits
Introduction to Ad Nauseam: A Survivor's Guide to American Consumer Culture
Essay for OBEY: Supply & Demand - The Art of Shepard Fairey - 20th Anniversary Edition
Consumed column about Obama as muse is included in Obama: The Historic Journey.
A piece I wrote way back when for Slate is included in Sponsorship: The Fine Art Of Corporate Sponsorship/the Corporate Sponsorship Of Fine Art
Some stuff for which I was interviewed
Gary Hustwit's industrial design documentary Objectified.
Anne Elizabeth Moore's book, Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and the Erosion of Integrity.
Kaya Oakes' book, Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture
Elizabeth Currid's book, The Warhol Economy: How Fashion, Art, and Music Drive New York City
Kim Fellner's book Wrestling with Starbucks: Conscience, Capital, Cappuccino
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Reader Comments
So ironic that you made this post. I’ve spent all morning working on sketches for an Obama shirt I have in mind…
Gotta source screen printers next!
Regardless of what happens in the election, someday soon we’ll be looking back wistfully at these grassroots craft objects. Then later, they’ll be reappropriated as examples of early 21st century kitsch, which by then we’ll think of as a “more innocent time.”
“Clinton” is pulling up 134 items. :)
I’m only annoyed at people offering both Obama and McCain buttons. I mean seriously, isn’t it time to take a stand and not just go for the money?