Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2017/04/17/this-floating-globe-looks-stup.html
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I wish more advertising was presented so half-heatedly. Doing it like you couldn’t give a fuck is a lost art.
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Not only that, it’s ugly too.
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Do they have a Death Star one?
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What font has an ‘fl’-ligature? As in ‘floating’ in the original article. That globe’s done with magnets. Ligatures? How do they work? That’s just crazy.
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BB uses Raleway for their headlines, which does indeed have some unusual ligatures. I love ligatures when they make sense (i.e., “fi”) but “fl” is just showing off.
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What’s the point of a floating globe that can’t do this:
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Happy 128th birthday, Charlie Chaplin!
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Now that’s a man doing one mighty dirty job.
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At least the shit he hoists is no longer metaphorical.
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“This is dumb. Buy it now.”
rubs eyes
Is that really what I just read?
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Wrong movie.
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Half that price on Ebay (including postage).
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That’s hilarious. I kinda like Mike Rowe (to the extent that one can like someone who is on tv) but I didn’t know he got his start at QVC. Or maybe that was also his end? Or some kind of “new guy” hazing ritual?
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Yep, it was his first T.V. gig.
http://www.npr.org/2014/02/16/277979918/mike-rowes-own-dirty-job-selling-knick-knacks-overnight
Rowe was fired three times — and “incredibly” rehired each time — before quitting in 1993.
He says he looks back fondly on his years at QVC.
“QVC was absolutely my big break,” Rowe says. "My whole career was based on a bet. I’ll take credit for whatever I can get, but honestly, I got lucky. And I’ve been in TV ever since.
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Tip of the hat to the editor who retitled Stacksocial’s advertising guff, though…
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As for me, it makes me think of the MJ12’s headquarters in Deus Ex.
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