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Rob Walker: “The Invisible Badge” → “As an example, he pointed to the various sorts of logo treatments on a Prada bag. A bag with a small logo would likely be more expensive than one with a big logo—and one with no logo whatsoever would be the most expensive of all: Only true cognoscenti would ‘hear’ it. ‘This was connoisseurship applied to consumption,’ he wrote.” Intellectual claptrap tangentially related to how much I love my tacky knock-off Burberry duffel and the glares it attracts. #
Stuffed Animals and Their Robotic Innards → Prepare to have your mind/childhood shattered. #
Nissan’s Artful Surroundings → Huh, my old workplace was covered by BusinessWeek while I was there. I remember that car sketch—it was put there specifically for this shoot. #