Peter McNulty

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Digital Glossolalia and Brand Power, or Why I Bought Some Nike Trainers

Logo from a 2009 project by Marinus Looijenga 
Neon light installation by Rizon Parein for NIKE Sejamax campaign

  • A new book called ‘Absolute Value’
  • How people make purchasing decisions amid information overload
  • Why I bought some Nike trainers
  • The semiotic excess of cultural production around Nike right now on Tumblr, Pinterest and design blogs
  • What we do with brands (inscribe their meanings on to ourselves)
  • What brands do for us (offer edges, points of focus within the chaotic flow of the stream)

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