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Old Medicine Shows: Outrageous Cure Alls to Give You Chills

In the 19th century, science was king. Everyone thought we'd reached the pinnacle of human invention and knowledge, and we would soon be living in a utopia. Doctors were held in unquestioned ...

Time For A Change: 12 Cool & Creative Calendar Designs

"Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives," and even if your life isn't a soap opera you're still going to need some way to keep track of passing time. Since there isn't an ...

Slick Storefronts: 12 Cool & Clever Retail Facades

Sure, a brand name and an alluring product display in the window are enough to incite most people to step inside a store – but some retailers downright demand our attention with incredible ...

Big Marketing: 16 Creative Billboards Worth Advertising

With the constant innovations of advertising in new media, it's easy to forget the tried and true forms of advertising that once dominated media buys. The old fashioned billboard tends to be ...

Mad Marketing: 15 Crazy & Controversial Advertisements

From severed arms to crosses made from marijuana, shocking imagery in ads aims to get our attention – and that they do. Advertisers are using bold and bizarre visuals to draw eyes in an ...

Logorama: A Day in the Life of Brand-Obsessed LA (NSFW)

Do you ever feel like you're adrift on a sea of corporate branding, intrusive advertising and omnipresent logos? Advertising has become so ubiquitous that we're now seeing high schools and Little ...

Great In The Sack: 15 Weird & Wonderful Shopping Bags

Calling all shopaholics and sacks addicts: we've got your fun bags right here! These 15 weird & wonderful shopping bag designs take the concept of "love handles" to a whole new level while ...

Guerrilla Takeover: Activists Replace Ads with Art

(images via: martin reis) Last year, Toronto citizens asked themselves a question that led to an unprecedented law: Why should we have to look at so many billboards? In April 2010, the city ...

Bus Art & Guerilla Ads: Public Transportation with Style

Interesting bus ads are a joy to urbanites, something new and colorful that adds a little variety to the constant stream of yellow taxis, but bus decoration doesn't always stop there. Such a ...

Cigarette Advertising: A Vintage Look at Smoking Adverts

Smoking wasn't always unhealthy, at least, in the eyes of the public. Knowing what we know now about smoking's effects, and the checkered history of cigarette branding in America, vintage ...

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