W+K PORTLAND

Sex Sells

Geoffrey Miller

Author of Spent: Sex, Evolution and Consumer Behavior

20 May
1 pm
6th Floor Cafe

If you can’t make it, he's speaking that evening as part of Peter's amazing lecture series (http://illahee.org/). But here’s a chance to get up close and...uh...personal. Apparently, he’s a bit ad-obsessed and should bring some great outside perspective to our daily grind.

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Why do we buy what we buy?

Geoffrey Miller illuminates the unseen logic behind the chaos of consumerism.

Miller applies evolutionary psychology-the compelling science of human nature-to a new domain: the sensual wonderland of marketing and status seeking that we call American consumer culture.

Miller explores the hidden factors that dictate our choices in everything from the Sims to Rolex watches, from L'Oréal lipstick to the Hummer (RIP).

Miller examines:

* Why luxury car brands advertise in places such as GQ (it's not why you think)
* Why kitchen appliances are now made of high-maintenance stainless steel
* Why all cosmetics aim to portray women at their highest level of fertility
* Why we're suckers for products such as Smartfood, Smartwater,Smart Cars
* Why marketers would never use the word "intelligent" in such products
* How people advertise their traits through their car choices and iPod play lists
* Why simple IQ tests would threaten the supremacy of Ivy League universities
* Why owning a pet and keeping it alive is a good signal to a potential mate
* The real reason so many exercise machines are unused
* Why men are supposed to spend two months' salary on engagement rings

Geoffrey Miller is an evolutionary psychologist and author of The Mating Mind.

Mybama, Yourbama, Ourbama

Aaron Allen made a poster. It got into the Manifest Hope art show in DC.

http://www.obamaartreport.com/2009/01/manifest-hope-spotlight-aaron-allen.ht ml

Now Aaron has a few of these 2-color silkscreen prints, 26x33in, that are signed and numbered. He is looking to lighten his stash for cash. Leave a comment below and let the bidding begin. Or, if you are serious, email Aaron directly.

Let America be America again

Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
Seeking a home where he himself is free.

Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed-
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above.

O, let my land be a land where Liberty
Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath,
But opportunity is real, and life is free,
Equality is in the air we breathe.

– "Let America be America again" by Langston Hughes's.



Matt and Christin canvassed on election night to encourage people to vote. After the election, people flooded the streets cheering. It was amazing. Even the cops were cheering.

What an amazing night.

One Blank Wall

Update:

In the last two years we have all been witness to a Presidential campaign like no other.

With 24 hours to go until the first results of the polls come in, what parts of the U.S. Presidential campaign do you remember the most?

Place: Massive blank wall at WK Portland.

Idea: Anything that can be printed out that has been a part of the election process in any way.

Plan: Post any image from around the world that has been a part of the 2008 Presidential Campaign. That means any and everything.

This is from an email that went to each office in the Wieden+Kennedy network.









Thanks to everyone's contribution.

Get Registered to Vote

votepoke.org

Maverick

If the whole linking Obama to terrorists thing doesn’t work out – McCain’s got one more “game changer” in mind.

Portland Votes

J.Lowe is throwing a party at Holocene.
He made Tony design this poster in an under an hour.
It's Sunday night. Did we mention it's free?

obamatat

Lend an ear to this little ditty the J.Lowe mashed up. Barrack Obama from the Democratic National Convention and Ratatat who performed recently at Music Fest NW. "I'm getting paranoid about shit so I try to release it through art" - Senator Lowe. Thanks to some tall geezer in Tokyo for the graphic stylings.


Listen to Obamatat.mp3

howispentmystimulus.com

Former WK12 Year 1'r Rudy Adler recently launched a new website – How I Spent My Stimulus.com. In January, Congress approved $152 billion in economic stimulus checks for millions of American households, intended to boost the economy and avert a recession. Just how this money will be spent remains to be seen. Rudy hopes this website helps shed some light on where the stimulus money is going.

Rudy created this as a collaborative project. All blog entries are submitted by visitors to the site. He'd love for you to contribute — just upload a photo and share your story.

Lottery Tickets. Real smart! Hope you win big!

Beer for all his bros. Idiot! Drink up, buddy!

Cutest Most expensive cat in the world.

Share how you're going to spend your $600 stimulus check at howispentmystimulus.com

Yes We Can