We remember learning in one of our Art History classes that museum studies and exhibition design really only became disciplines in their own rights after the first department stores opened in Paris and Berlin, and people started thinking about the ways objects are displayed in more sophisticated terms. Maybe this is why we’re so disappointed [...]

We’re getting a little tired of the cold, to be honest, and we might have to resort to drastic measures in order to keep toasty warm for the next couple months. Our first course of action will be to start sleeping on the radiator. If that doesn’t work out, we’ll fill our bed with a [...]

In our time we’ve bought into some very short-lived trends, crazes and fears, like our two-dozen pairs of Y2K socks, the avian flu ashtrays and, way back in the day, Soviet-proof tents. At any rate, we’re determined not to get suckered into buying a bunch of branded crap with this whole swine flu thing. But, [...]

Like the real super-consumers they entertain everyday, the titular family on the animated comedy The Simpsons have torn through all kinds of unnatural and ill-conceived products over the years, from mysterious meat substitutes to bizarre beers. Guyism shops around for The 14 Awesomest Fake Products from The Simpsons, like Krusty Brand Imitation Gruel and Strawberrito. [...]

We don’t “heart” the “I Heart NY” shirt because, well, it’s just too popular. Wearing that shirt is like saying you love something that we all love, like air, it’s pointless. Still, whoever came up with the “I Heart ____” tee shirt template must be rolling in dough these days. Or maybe he or she [...]

Earlier this month (October 2) we celebrated National Denim Day by wearing nothing but clothes made of denim (even denim underwear, which you’ll find below). For Lee Jeans, who started the national day of celebration in 1996, it’s a day to raise money for breast cancer research, but for us it’s also a day to [...]

We’ve always thought that of all the cool kitchen utensils, the rolling pin must be the most versatile. Not only does it serve the obvious purpose of rolling out dough, but, in the eventuality that, like Steven Segal in Under Siege, we were tapped to serve as a secret agent, it would prove a very [...]

We once thought that the funniest prank anybody could ever pull on an unsuspecting friend was the old box-inside-a-box-inside-a-box birthday gift, were what seems like a huge present turns out to be multiple layers of packaging with nothing at the center (or coal at the center, in the Christmas version). Now, our taste for comedy [...]

Nothing sells stuff like a clever play on words, as most ad slogans and company catchphrases will demonstrate. And nothing sets an otherwise generic store apart from its peers like an unforgettable pun. This is how we ended up with Best Week Ever’s listicle of The 50 Best Pun Stores, which, amazingly, doesn’t include Buy [...]

October, in case you weren’t already aware, is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so get aware. And more so than just about any other medical cause, the folks behind breast cancer awareness have some really spectacular merchandising and licensing ideas, which is how they’ve come up with the items listed in Comedy.com’s 15 Strangest Breast Cancer [...]