Consumerism
Fuck Pumpkin Spice
Purchasing highly processed pumpkin-spice-flavored things is the equivalent of decorating your entire house with Keep Calm and Carry On merchandise from the dollar store.
Guess How Long It Took for Olive Garden to Sell 21,000 Never Ending Pasta Passes?
For passes being sold on eBay, bids are currently as high as $810 with two days to go until the auctions conclude.
How Companies Will Use VR and Read Your Brainwaves to Sell You More Stuff
Shopping will be optimized through AR, VR, and biometrics.
Exhibition Challenges the Notion of the Brazilian Outcast
Through his subversion of capitalist and consumerist objects, artist Adriano Costa challenges society’s tendency toward exclusion.
The Spice Girls Saved 90s Pop from Boring Male-Dominated Death
if you boil the 1990s down, leave it to strain and simmer, you’re left with one phrase: "zig-a-zig-ahh."
How a Bot Convinced Me to Stop Buying Junk on Amazon
Facebook Messenger bot MyKai hooks into your bank account to help you better understanding your spend habits.
Adrien Brody Gets 'Hooked' on Fish Art at Frieze Week
The Academy Award-winning actor discusses his art practice and exhibition at Art New York during Frieze week.
Amazon’s Button for Auto-Ordering Condoms Is the Future We Deserve
Their utility may depend on whether or not you have kids or pets.
Turn Your Coke Case Into A DIY Virtual Reality Headset
Giant food companies are going tech by offering Google Cardboard-like glasses that can be created directly from their product packaging.
Is Technology Really Reducing the Amount of Stuff People Own?
Everyone has lost five tons of junk, but is that because tech is more advanced and people are more eco-conscious, or is it just that generation rent is fucked?
Best Buy Turned the $10 Toy Into a $120 Wifi-Enabled Piece of Crap
We as a society already have the things we want, but Best Buy survives because Americans can’t give up wrapping paper.