Recently I came across a series of shopping bags photos that took the meaning of the words and turned it on its head. The creativity of advertising agencies had stymied their way into a mundane utilitarian device and transformed it into an advertising mechanism that is not only whimsical, but eye-catching.
However, the shopping bag designs alone are nothing too spectacular, but when slung over the shoulder of a human walking down the street, the bag takes on a new life and new meaning. Instantly the images on the bag becomes a piece of a scene, in which the transporter (human), is helping play a part. While the shopping bag is serving it's purpose of carrying recently purchased goods, it is now a walking billboard and public novelty simultaneously.
So, the next time you're checking out at your favorite establishment, check to see, if you too, can become an actor in the spectacle.
Recently I came across a Mashable article highlighting various iPad self-portraits. The article title intrigued me, "10 Ingenious iPad Self Portraits," my initial thought was, how can a iPad self-portrait be ingenious? But, like so many other occasions my pessimism turned to revelation. The iPad was inherently designed as a technology tool, but it has evolved into something more, some would argue something greater, a social symbol of our time. So how else can technology serve the world? Time will tell via human innovation. 
