POWDER IS STRONGER THAN POWER — Experiments in Visual Communication & Contemporary Paradoxes
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21 visual experiments & stories

MISTER DROP
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MISTER DROP

It's shaped like a drop and it's called Mister Drop. Who is Mister Drop? Simply put, he's a bullshit detector, somebody that accepts no shit whatsoever.…

November 3, 2013
WORST BOOKS OF 2013
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WORST BOOKS OF 2013

We couldn't find a lot of interesting books around, lately. No wonder the publishing industry is in deep 'sheet'. The majority of publishers seems to have…

May 19, 2013
THE FLAGS OF CHARLES FLAGRANZ
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THE FLAGS OF CHARLES FLAGRANZ

What if Pakistan sent a man on the Moon before the United States? What if the US or North Korea concentrated more on the environment and…

January 11, 2013
THE PRIMORDIAL SOUP OF COMMUNICATION
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THE PRIMORDIAL SOUP OF COMMUNICATION

Advertising should sell beauty, irony, hope, humour, questions, poetry, imagination, love, nature, visions, projects, entertainment, dreams, challenges, play, thirst, landscapes, innovation, culture, excitement and ideas. Beside…

July 14, 2012
A SYMMETRY
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A SYMMETRY

Above: the first law of false symmetry says that, in order to by symmetric, the two statements should say the same thing: symmetry, as a word,…

June 8, 2012
THE VEGETARIAN CAR
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THE VEGETARIAN CAR

What's wrong about oil? (Photo: G. Esiri) We recently got a tough assignment by the Planet's Auto Association, a global firm which protects car makers' interests…

March 9, 2012
EXTINCTION AS A FORM OF PROTEST
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EXTINCTION AS A FORM OF PROTEST

May be somebody didn't notice it yet, but the world is upsidedown. Technology is God and gadgets are the lesser deities of His wireless Pantheon. Medicine…

November 24, 2011
COFFEE BALLET
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COFFEE BALLET

"NOBODY ATTENDS CLASSIC BALLET ANYMORE!" This was the sad announcement by Charles F. Hoppenheimer, Director of the Royal Philarmonica, during a recent interview to Brandpowder. "Our…

November 2, 2011
SNOW = C17 H21 NO4
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SNOW = C17 H21 NO4

(data by United Nations World Drug Report, der Spiegel, and Britannica Enc.) Above: a lump of compressed cocaine, a cristalline alkaloid obtained by the chemical processing…

October 31, 2011
I'M ALL EARS!
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I'M ALL EARS!

Who said jewellery is for women only? In a equal rights society also men should look handsome and intriguing and with that extra touch of "look-at-me-I'm-marvellous"…

October 4, 2011
BOOKS OF NEGLIGIBLE SUCCESS
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BOOKS OF NEGLIGIBLE SUCCESS

The book industry is in crisis. People don't read anymore and chances are if you are reading this post you are probably doomed to extinction (dinosaurs…

September 27, 2011
PSYCHO+ANAL+YSIS
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PSYCHO+ANAL+YSIS

Do you have obsessions? Fears? Compulsive behaviors? Of course you do! The good news is you don't need to be ashamed of your dark side anymore…

September 20, 2011
CHAMPAGNE: TREAT OR THREAT?
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CHAMPAGNE: TREAT OR THREAT?

Did you know that everytime you open a bottle of Champagne, 5 litres of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere? In that precise moment the…

September 5, 2011
ABOUT PEARS
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ABOUT PEARS

Have you have ever wondered why The Holy Bible didn't mention pears in Eden? The reason is simple: this kind of fruits, back when the Old…

August 30, 2011
FUTURE OF ADVERTISING
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FUTURE OF ADVERTISING

The future of advertising is far from being over. Creative agencies, products and media empires will conquer new space in the Universe, landing on distant planets,…

May 24, 2011
BRANDPOWDER FOR THE NOSE
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BRANDPOWDER FOR THE NOSE

A true story of hardship, time keeping and money making. A must read! This is the name of the most incredible business ever conceived by a…

May 12, 2011
EARTH'S SHAMPOO
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EARTH'S SHAMPOO

Our planet has a serious problem: dandruff . It's enough to take a look at this picture to realize how much of this stuff is hovering…

April 30, 2011
SEX, MONEY, BLOOD.
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SEX, MONEY, BLOOD.

THE TAX MAN. In July 2009 a team of archaeologists led by Scott Rubazky, appointed professor of Natural History at the Virginia University, discovered a fossil…

April 23, 2011