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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.
"Where Were You?" Annual.
Titans of Finance: True Tales of Money & Business
. With Josh Neufeld. Now available for the iPad! Go here.
Terry Jones, the Florida pastor who threatened to burn Korans, rocking a Harley Davidson T-shirt at LaGuardia this weekend.
It’s an iconic American (ativan) brand, y’all.
The Consumed Facebook Page. I started this in connection with my NYT Magazine column, and intend to maintain it until further notice. 
Imagining implausible uses for unpopular places. A project in collaboration with Ellen Susan and G.K. Darby.
Great creative writers invent stories about thrift-store objects. A project in collaboration with Joshua Glenn.
Letters From New Orleans, by Rob Walker. 
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
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
Reminds me of that recent article(s) about seeding brands with uncool Snooki-esque celebs to try to take the brand down. Perhaps a Harley competitor passed that shirt along.
http://www.observer.com/2010/culture/pricey-landscaping
Here are more examples of “involuntary branding”:
http://murketing.com/?cat=70
Re the jujitsu marketing thing, my two cents was here:
http://murketing.tumblr.com/tagged/Product_Placement_Jujitsu
I think this guy’s Harley shirt is pretty good, btw. But it would’ve been better if he were wearing three wolf moon.
Poor Harley Davidson…sometimes there is such a thing as bad press.