ALL SUBSCRIBERS: Free article below, posted last year.
The 10 Worst Ad Exploitations Of 9/11.
It’s “Patriots” Day—CLAP YOU HANDS SAY YEAH! Where was I at 9am on the morning of September 11th, 2001? I was on the Hudson River waterfront and watched the 2nd plane slam into the South Tower. I almost vomited. I didn’t know what to do. I went into automatic mode and got on the train like I always did and headed to Soho to start my work day. I didn’t d…
Street poles. Just another outdoor medium. If an ad can be placed somewhere, it will be placed there. Because advertising, at its roots, is pure evil. You will look at ads, no matter how hard you try to avoid them.
In the Dystopian future, as masses of folks go off the grid and move to the mountains/forest/desert, brands will project ads in the sky above your location, and they will send armadas of drones to project ads onto your dwelling’s walls.
Anyway: below are nine ambient “pole” ads, some better than others. Buy a sub here to see them. Or don’t, and don’t.