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The Best of 2010

December is the month for various lists, best-ofs, worst-ofs, Top 10s, Top 100s … So; here are some of my favourite moments of 2010 – the best examples of product placement and…

Burek in Stieg Larsson’s novel

When I read approximately half of Stieg Larsson's third novel of the Millennium trilogy The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, I found an unusual passage. I was surprised and kind of…

Product placement and crowdsourcing

In my previous post Does the worst product placement exist? I mentioned that there was a thread on social news website Reddit: What Movies Have Had the Worst Product Placement? Redditor who…

Hooligans in Nike sneakers

Ivan Bogdanov, 29, is probably the most famous football hooligan at the moment. He's the guy who was on almost every picture from the Italy-Serbia football match, which should have been played…

Chilean miners wear Oakley sunglasses

During the last 24 hours the rescue mission of Chilean miners has been the world's top news. The men have been trapped underground since 5 August, when a mine tunnel collapsed. The…

Why it’s important to have brands in books

A few weeks ago a colleague of mine brought me two books and suggested that I read them. The reason: besides the fact that they are good books, they include a lot…

Louis Vuitton at the World Cup

In about 4 years time we'll remember the final game of the 2010 Football World Cup as a rather dull and physical game with lots of fouls and yellow cards. Of course…