As a way to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Hello Kitty — and also make a boatload of cash — the NordstromFlagship store in midtown recently opened a Pop Up shop designed with lots of Instagram-able displays and stocked with very overpriced merchandise. I ‘popped in’ last week once the crowds of influencers died down and was charmed especially by this adorable popcorn maker, which you might agree looks quite a bit like This Guy. Continue reading Pink Thing of The Day: Hello Kitty Popcorn Maker→
Pop-ups elicit mixed feelings about website design and user experience, oscillating between beneficial and detrimental. They serve well in capturing leads, showcasing promotions, and fostering engagement. Conversely, they risk intrusiveness and potentially diminishing the enjoyment of a site. Timing thereof is absolutely decisive; an untimely appearance may exasperate users. The trade-off? Value. Continue reading Crafting Effective Pop-Up Ads with Minimalist Design→
With the booming popularity of Instagram-Influencer-Selfie-Farms such as the Museum of Illusions and Immersive Van Gogh taking up space everywhere, it’s expected that folks have forgotten completely about The Egg House, which was open from April through June of 2018 in NYC. The Egg House was an immersive, fantasy pop-up space that took visitors inside the home of an anthropomorphic Egg named Ellis. It was in Ellis’s kitchen that one would encounter rows and rows of Millennial Pink Spatulas (and the occasional wire whisk) suspended from the ceiling.
In March of 2019, I attended a fun event-thing called the Barbie 60th Anniversary Pop-Up Experience, which was just insane. Imagine being wedged into a crowded labyrinth of bright lights, neon colors, and every type of Barbie-branded doll in the universe, including Gender-Nonconforming Barbie and Dad-Bod Ken. Now, add little kids with their parents, and millennial Instagram-whores, and you’re got an idea of the scenario that I consider myself lucky to have survived with my sanity intact. Still: super fun! Continue reading Pink Thing of The Day: Andy Warhol Barbie with Pink Fur Stole→
