Smart Bubble Society

I’ve admired Micah’s writings on his Adbusters Blackspot Blog for quite some time now. It was my go-to place online for inspiration, because I’d been a long time fan of Adbusters since dreaming of joining their forces in university. It was Adbusters that made me want to prove to my naysayers that I could in fact build a design career on non-commercial ideals. If you don’t know, Adbusters magazine (and organization) is, in their words:

“We are a global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators, and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age. Our aim is to topple existing power structures and forge a major shift in the way we will live in the 21st century.”

Their magazine opened up my mind to the possibility of ‘junk thought’ (as Micah White describes it); the pollution that advertising was creating in my mind. Like Jon, I always felt that as visual communicators we could, and should aspire to more philosophical and educational pursuits. We have a blog post that Jon’s written about this very topic if you haven’t had the chance to read it.

As you all know by now, Smart Bubble Society embraced this alternative mission and strives to prove to the world (and those naysayers) that it is possible to be a conscious design studio.

I first came across Micah White through his incredibly eye-opening article, Screen Addiction, and after that, his challenging call to Facebookers in Commit Facebook Suicide. Once I read his more recent article entitled Death By Advertising, I knew I had to reach out to him and cover one of his inspiring ideas. It was that article which first introduced, to me anyway, the concept of Junk Thought, and gave way to Micah White’s Thought Bubble. Here it is, and if you feel inspired by the end of it, please visit junkthought.org for information on how you can challenge the mental pollution in our world, and in your mind.

The link again, Micah White’s Thought Bubble: Junk Thought.