Comments on: The Counter-Gestalt of Advertising http://www.niblettes.com/blog/2006/05/22/the-counter-gestalt-of-advertising/ Tasty Little Nuggets of Design and Innovation Goodness Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:36:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: niti bhan http://www.niblettes.com/blog/2006/05/22/the-counter-gestalt-of-advertising/#comment-406 niti bhan Tue, 23 May 2006 19:32:40 +0000 http://niblettes.com/blog/2006/05/22/the-counter-gestalt-of-advertising/#comment-406 Actually I have... ha! Certain bosses in the advertising industry would actually spout that sans irony... Actually I have… ha! Certain bosses in the advertising industry would actually spout that sans irony…

]]> By: niblettes http://www.niblettes.com/blog/2006/05/22/the-counter-gestalt-of-advertising/#comment-403 niblettes Tue, 23 May 2006 03:08:55 +0000 http://niblettes.com/blog/2006/05/22/the-counter-gestalt-of-advertising/#comment-403 Yes. Have you ever heard a real person speak like that sans-irony?? McLuahn said "all advertising advertises advertising." This absurd beat language might be more about advertising advertising than advertising the thing. Yes. Have you ever heard a real person speak like that sans-irony??

McLuahn said “all advertising advertises advertising.” This absurd beat language might be more about advertising advertising than advertising the thing.

]]> By: niti bhan http://www.niblettes.com/blog/2006/05/22/the-counter-gestalt-of-advertising/#comment-401 niti bhan Tue, 23 May 2006 01:32:46 +0000 http://niblettes.com/blog/2006/05/22/the-counter-gestalt-of-advertising/#comment-401 I get it... Like "indulgent taste"? I get it… Like “indulgent taste”?

]]> By: niblettes http://www.niblettes.com/blog/2006/05/22/the-counter-gestalt-of-advertising/#comment-388 niblettes Mon, 22 May 2006 01:16:06 +0000 http://niblettes.com/blog/2006/05/22/the-counter-gestalt-of-advertising/#comment-388 D'oh! This wasn't supposed to be published yet--it wasn't finished. I was going to also include a list of ad words that realy humans just do not use. Words like "zesty" and "effervescent." Oh well, too late now. Yes your post was what had sensitized me to the issue D’oh! This wasn’t supposed to be published yet–it wasn’t finished. I was going to also include a list of ad words that realy humans just do not use. Words like “zesty” and “effervescent.” Oh well, too late now.

Yes your post was what had sensitized me to the issue

]]> By: niti bhan http://www.niblettes.com/blog/2006/05/22/the-counter-gestalt-of-advertising/#comment-386 niti bhan Sun, 21 May 2006 22:30:00 +0000 http://niblettes.com/blog/2006/05/22/the-counter-gestalt-of-advertising/#comment-386 You said : I still have no clue what they actually do. But it doesn’t matter. Meanings are irrelevant. This is a kind of marketese beat poetry, where the whole is entirely meaningless. What matters are the rythmic flows and elocution of each particular vague connotation that blends into a single vapourous, seductive sense impression. I say: That encapsulates I think the issues I was having with the Pepsi press release on 'fulfilling user needs by indulgent sparkling grape juice' ref http://www.nitibhan.com/perspective/2006/05/then_theres_unm.html You said :

I still have no clue what they actually do. But it doesn’t matter. Meanings are irrelevant. This is a kind of marketese beat poetry, where the whole is entirely meaningless. What matters are the rythmic flows and elocution of each particular vague connotation that blends into a single vapourous, seductive sense impression.

I say:

That encapsulates I think the issues I was having with the Pepsi press release on ‘fulfilling user needs by indulgent sparkling grape juice’ ref http://www.nitibhan.com/perspective/2006/05/then_theres_unm.html

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