Kat Hall: Illustration & Design

January 2010

January 31, 2010

Can money buy you happiness?

Money DOESN’T buy you happiness:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/43884/output/print
http://www.forbes.com/2004/09/21/cx_mh_0921happiness.html
http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/060629_money_happiness.html
Money DOES buy you happiness:
http://www.livescience.com/health/090207-money-happiness.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/business/16leonhardt.html
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5944.html

Who knows?
What amount would make me happy? Well, enough to cover health insurance, pay the mortgage on a small house, utilities, car insurance, leisure and entertainment purchases, etc.

My boss lent me some issues of Adbusters, much to my delight. I love the artwork scattered throughout the issues. [...]

January 27, 2010

Really Awesome Graphic Design+Movie Posters

WHAT WHAT!?
I want this poster trilogy :<

January 24, 2010

Can consumer awareness be sold like a commodity?

According to FLOWmarket, it can.

I’m still trying to wrap my head around their message. On one hand, it’s a novel idea. They play on the concept of consuming meaning. Sometimes we purchase things because of the meaning we project on them. For example, some adult consumers fall for ‘newstalgia’ that is they buy things now [...]

January 21, 2010

Not an inspiration per se

http://consumerist.com/2010/01/stop-shopping-its-sick-barf.html

Yeah, this has the potential to become a meme.