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Tag Archives: visual pollution
Rolling stock signage
Has anyone else in the planning and zoning realm noticed how certain retail and dining establishments are now strategically placing a fully decaled truck, car, or van in their parking lot to further advertise their business to those passing by? … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, branding, Cars, commerce, Communications, entrepreneurship, government, land use, marketing, planning, product design, signs, transportation, urban planning, visual pollution, zoning
Tagged cars, planning, signs, trucks, urban planning, vans, visual pollution, zoning
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Ruining the net one ‘Mad ad’ at a time
I don’t know about all of you, but I find the increased blizzardization of advertising on the net to be quite annoying anymore. Given the trend lines depicted in the chart above, I fear it will only continue get worse. You can’t … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, Advocacy, civics, commerce, Communications, consumerism, culture, entrepreneurship, history, humanity, internet, marketing, Social media, technology, video, visual pollution
Tagged advertising, consumerism, internet, marketing, media, social media, visual pollution, web
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More signs are not a cure for a bad business model
As an urban planner, I find it amazing how sign companies can routinely convince business owners that large, flashy, expensive, and abundant signage will be an instant solution to their business woes. In some very rare cases this might be … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, branding, cities, civics, commerce, Communications, consumerism, government, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, planning, product design, signs, transportation, urban planning, visual pollution, zoning
Tagged business, business plan, cities, clutter, land uses, planning, sign pollution, signage, signs, visual pollution, zoning
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Power pole streetscape blight
I don’t know about your community, but here in Greater Lansing there seems to be an intense love affair between public utilities and power poles. “Holy pincushions, Batman, you’d think they’d all been raised by a family of porcupine.” In … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, Advocacy, Alternative energy, architecture, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, downtown, economic development, energy, geography, government, history, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, politics, pollution, product design, revitalization, skylines, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, technology, third places, urban planning, visual pollution
Tagged blight, cities, land use, planning, pollution, power lines, urban planning, utilities, visual pollution
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Wasting away in mind-pollutionville
I detest infomercials and cannot think of any less imaginative way to run a television station than to air mindless infomercials. Here in Greater Lansing they seem to be the programming du jour when stations have nothing better to do or are … Continue reading
Posted in art, civics, Communications, consumerism, economics, entertainment, pollution, product design, technology, Television
Tagged advertising, broadcasting, entertainment, programming, television, TV, visual pollution
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