A fanzine is an amateur publication that is produced by a “fan” — by someone who is deeply, passionately, geekily enthusiastic about the content of the publication. Fanzines are produced in worlds of fandom that are worlds to the side of, and often imagined as alternatives to, the mainstream public. And while the affirmative love […]
Author: noyourproduct_k4ura2
The New Citroën
Roland Barthes
Plastic
Roland Barthes
Soap Powders and Detergents
Roland Barthes
Magical Mark Up
(Dis)Enchanting the Language of the Commodity
experiments in magic markup language
Advertising: The Magic System
Raymond Williams
Ten fliers
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Your Design Here
Custom Product Aesthetic
Slideshow
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Pop-up ad
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youtube tutorial
Make a 2 minute video tutorial regarding some aspect of your commodity.
The Commodity as Spectacle
from Society of the Spectacle, Guy Debord (Black and Red: 1970) PDF
Theory of the Gimmick
Sianne Ngai (Harvard University Press: 2020) PDF
The Fetishism of Commodities and the Secret Thereof
Karl Marx, from Capital, Volume 1 (New Left Press: 1976) PDF
UBIK
Philip K. Dick (Doubleday: 1969). Find a copy.