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Ads.html Have I posted this before? Small story on Sao Paolo’s near-complete eradication of outdoor advertising. 23:49
http://adbusters.org/the_magazine/73/So_Paulo_A_City_Without_
Ads.html Have I posted this before? Small story on Sao Paolo’s near-complete eradication of outdoor advertising. 23:49
Alice In Blogland (alice-in-blogland.blogspot.com):
… I was going to write about thelack of advertisements in Sao Paulo, Brazil. But then I saw this: …
Nachhall Texter: Werbung für Übermorgen - Nachhaltigkeit und PR (www.nachhall-texter.de):
… Schon eine Weile her, aber vielleicht doch noch mal wichtig, in Erinnerung gerufen zu werden. Eine Stadt ohne Werbung: Via Werbeblogger, Off Center, International Herald Tribune, Pingmag,Businessweek, BoingBoing, Anti-Advertising, BrandDNA. Die Stadt war auch Kulisse in einer Werbung für werbefreie Spielfilme im Fernsehen. …
Urbanario - Arte autónomo y espacio público (urbanario.es):
… set de flickr Tony de Marco reúne una tremenda colección de imágenes de soportes publicitarios vacíos, enormes estructuras que recuerdan a barcos varados, algo así como los restos de una guerra. Las fotos ilustranesteinteresante artículo de Adbusters sobre el caso. Aún están por ver las implicaciones y consecuencias sociales de este cambio. Por un lado es necesario tener en cuenta que São Paulo es, de todo el mundo, la ciudad más atacada por el graffiti en su …
Welcome to The Blocks (welcometotheblocks.wordpress.com):
… In Sao Paulo, Brazil, as of Jan. 1, 2008 the Clean City Law policy was implemented. Under this law, all outdoor signs, billboards, video screens etc are outlawed to cut down on what the political powers that be deem “visual pollution”. Clickhere …
Zero influence (zeroinfluence.wordpress.com):
… - advertising agencies produce more copyright material into the world than any other producer - as a rage to conquer all human attention, especially if we are hitting the peak, a social concern of not just urban/social spam comes into consideration,as we saw in Brazil,but also of the moral consequences of making a world full of unreusable communications, unreusable under legal frameworks that benefit neither audience nor client nor even agency. Suw is currently pulling together the report and will shortly be …
things magazine (www.thingsmagazine.net):
… Martin Pawley. America's new line of division: Wal-Mart versus Starbucks / Gregor Graf's visually purified cityscapes are like the empty worlds from a post-apocalyptic computer game. Not a new idea (even in thereal world) but nicely executed / the Roger Vaughan Personal Collection of Victorian and Edwardian Photographs / the Filter, a cultural weblog / flickr places, something we haven't played with yet / Brick City, a celebration of St Louis / …
These Powerful Times (www.thesepowerfultimes.com):
… off its fantasy car of 2057 that travels vertically and uses air pollution for its fuel. 15) Beautifully designed CFL bulbs take on a variety of shapes that save energy and become a symbol of re-inventing our world. 16) Sao Paolo, Brazil enacts theClean City Lawoutlawing billboards, electric signage, neon lights and sandwich boards, allowing its citizens to enjoy their city without being inundated. 17) We hold a wake for Radical Environmentalism. Shellenberger …
Fifty Flogs (www.fifty-sc.com):
… signs to reduce the amount of visual noise in the city’s public spaces. What I find even more intriguing is that the city itself is fast becoming a symbol of change. I’ve seen photos in The Walrus, an article in Wired, a whole issue of Adbusters, and of course a photoset onflickr. Every few months I see yet another photo of a skeltonized billboard. What the city represents is a cultural undercurrent that I think will prove to have repercussions. Perhaps we will soon see a drop in available billboard advertising space, a …
Urbanario - Arte autónomo y espacio público (urbanario.es):
… set de flickr Tony de Marco reúne una tremenda colección de imágenes de soportes publicitarios vacíos, enormes estructuras que recuerdan a barcos varados, algo así como los restos de una guerra. Las fotos ilustranesteinteresante artículo de Adbusters sobre el caso. Aún están por ver las implicaciones y consecuencias sociales de este cambio. Por un lado es necesario tener en cuenta que São Paulo es, de todo el mundo, la ciudad más atacada por el graffiti en su …
Now/here no/where woman (madnowherewoman.blogspot.com):
… version of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The city as seen from the sky is already as baduy as it can get. But before we declare that there is no way Baguio can get any uglier, let us not underestimate the capabilities of our imaginative city government.Sao Paolo recently did things differently, but people can't seem to agree on whether the removal of billboards uglified or beautified the city. …
some room of my own (deharris.blogspot.com):
… One of the best things about publishing my recent article in Adbusters,São Paulo: A City Without Ads, has been the massive response its generated all over the web. The magazine was a favorite of mine in high school, and I even brought a stack of them with me to Brazil, in hopes of proving to Brazilians the existence of a critical US counterculture …
Villatype (villatype.blogspot.com):
… without their logo, so they may not be bothered with a rebranding campaign of their font. However, smaller businesses may look to unique fonts to separate themselves from their competition. Could banning ads produce a new renaissance in typography?Sao Paulo: A City Without Ads …
THE ABYSS OF ENLIGHTENMENT (zmugzy.blogspot.com):
… for its extreme gang violence and crushing poverty, São Paulo’s “Lei Cidade Limpa” or Clean City Law was an unexpected success, owing largely to the singular determination of the city’s conservative mayor, Gilberto Kassab. Read the rest of thearticle. …
interesting articles (smallcasearticles.blogspot.com):
… São Paulo: A City Without Ads …
ADN.es - Blogs - Ciudades enredadas (www.adn.es):
… lares diarios a los que la incumplan, y ha recibido un importante apoyo popular como lo reflejan encuestras que indican que cuenta con un 70% de aprobación por parte de la población local. En Adbusters (São Paulo: A City Without Ads) han analizado en profundidad la historia (como han hecho otros muchos medios, por ejemplo Business Week). El fotógrafo Tony de Marco ha publicado una serie de fotografías en Flickr, São Paulo No Logo …
El Box Score (boxscoreendivselpuebloylacultura.blogspot.com):
… articulo en Adbusters" …
techno (technosoc.blogspot.com):
… articlefrom canadian magazine Adbusters reminds us of "São Paulo: the first city outside of the communist world to put into effect a radical, near-complete ban on outdoor advertising. Known on one hand for being the country’s slick commercial capital and …
Culture médiatique (culturemediatique.wordpress.com):
… oeil moderne qui, plus souvent qu’autrement, est bombardé par l’image publicitaire. Pour plus d’informations, vous pouvez consulter ces articles : Sao Paulo interdit la publicité dans la rueSao Paulo : A City Wihtout AdsSao Paulo : The City That Said No To Advertising Le Prof …
http://www.katfowler.com/blog (www.katfowler.com):
… s an all out image war being waged on the people of this country, on you, and on me. Have you ever thought about image pollution, branding, manipulation, and your psyche? Did you hear about Sao Paulo, Brazil and their ads in the city?GO READ IT …
VIBE - Visual Brand Experience (mattus.web-log.nl):
… betiteld, en hield in dat alle reclameuitingen uit het straatbeeld verwijderd moesten worden. Duizenden billboards, reclameborden, logo's, videoschermen, advertenties op bussen en taxis zijn sindsdien geëlimineerd. Wat overblijft wordt doorAdbusters …
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