Kate Bingaman: Hey, Hot Shot!

Artist and graphic design professor Kate Bingaman first caught our eye with her charming line drawings of her credit card statements, which are available from her website Obsessive Consumption each for the amount of that particular statement's minimum balance. The site which showcases Bingaman's love/hate relationship with consumer culture launched in early 2003 and includes drawings of all of her purchases from 22 January 2002 …

The Fratellis

The Fratellis are a slightly cartoonish trio called Mince, Barry and Jon who have been touring the UK solidly since the Spring and are now reaping the rewards with their latest single Chelsea Dagger. They deserve it. It's a perfect slice of British, glam-tinged, swaggering power pop with a great rumbling bassline and do-do-do singalong chorus. Previous releases Creeping Up The Backstairs and Henrietta are …

Roddick vs. Pong

  Seen in January during the Australian Open, this American Express ad is back for another round during the US Open. You don’t have to be a tennis fan to appreciate Ogilvy‘s clever combination of live action and animation to show a real life game of Pong being played on the court by Andy Roddick. Further promoting AmEx cards, the ad shows the url stoppong.com …