Archive for the ‘Advertising’ Category

PHOTOGRAPHING SHOP WINDOWS – RISKY BUSINESS   Leave a comment

Shop managers don’t like you doing this.  Some will quiz you to ease their worry that you are not in competition and about to steal a design.  (The thought that a picture could easily be taken after closing time does not seem to have registered). These pictures are for a friend who organizes weddings.  The [...]

Posted October 22, 2010 by fathomTaiwan in Advertising, Entertainment

ADVERTISING, OUTDOOR and TRANSPARENT POSTERS   Leave a comment

Each poster is the same size.  Located on the wall of underground railway stations (MRT). Something to look at while waiting for the next train – which will arrive in three to five minutes at the most. There are also a couple of large screen LCD TV’s hanging on mounts from the ceiling. The rest [...]

RESIDENTIAL STREET, TAIPEI CITY   1 comment

(I’ve no idea what the characters on the poster say) What is amazing is the number of portable fire extinguishers.  One every 20 to 30 feet on the outside of buildings.  This is  to be seen everywhere in Taipei.  The  above street is called an ‘alley’, slightly larger streets are ‘lanes’, these have small shops [...]

Posted October 9, 2010 by fathomTaiwan in Advertising, Taiwan Culture

INVENTIONS SHOW GIRL   Leave a comment

Carrie is a 20-year old university student using the name PowPow.  Working at the Inventions show as a hostess for an exhibitor.

Posted October 3, 2010 by fathomTaiwan in Advertising

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TAIWANESE DREAMS?   Leave a comment

I assume this has something to do with a new housing estate? Section of neon sign near KaohSiung’s main railway station. Slack use of English on youth products persists;   inadvertent entertainment? Australian cities mostly have windows with steel bars rather than the stainless steel cages which are popular in Taiwan.

Posted September 8, 2010 by fathomTaiwan in Advertising, Entertainment, Fun Things

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SURFING LEGEND AUSTRALIA   Leave a comment

Scott Dillon has a Fountain of Youth philosophy My surfing friend in Australia is Scott Dillon who owns a surf museum at Coffs Harbour, on the mid north coast of New South Wales – halfway between Sydney and Brisbane. Scott asks the same question to me that Australian friends ask “What do you do in [...]

TAIWANESE – BEWARE OF BRIGHT SUNSHINE   Leave a comment

Ladies using umbrellas on cloudy days seemed unusual when where was no chance of rain.  It eventually dawned on me that Taiwan people avoid the sun.  A tip many Australians could take note of.  Australia probably has the world’s highest rate of skin cancer. Interesting to see the use of western models on billboards.  An [...]

Posted July 14, 2010 by fathomTaiwan in Advertising, My First Taipei Views

KENTING AREA BY DAY   Leave a comment

This neon sign for a seafood restaurant would be spectacular by night. Colorful insects were busy at Kenting – it was summer Posters were suggesting an amnesty?

Posted July 14, 2010 by fathomTaiwan in Advertising, My First Taipei Views