Obey the Giant

Introduction 1. ADVERTISEMENTS FOR UTOPIA The boredom of plenty Inside the blue whale Prozac for the ear The medium of emergent desire In every dream home Alternative by design? Branded journalism Sentenced to buy Here is me! Don't think, shoot An artist's rights Ineffable cool Blank look Shopping on planet irony Digital supergirls Graphic sex Erotic documents Death in the image world Che is risen Under the knife 2. THE RESISTANCE MEME Too much stuff Design is advertising First things first First things next Thirteen provocations Surface wreckage This is a record cover Fighting ads with ads A child's fate? Preparing for the meme wars The designer as reporter Books of blood and laughter The critical path When objects dream Power to translate Future imperfect Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgements