From TP Marketing to Just T Marketing
A Dummy's Puppet's Ramblings - from Chip Martin, Puppet
Mannequin American views and guidelines on marketing/PR trends, news from the world of puppets and ventriloquism, bits of humor and other interesting but useless information. I post every Tuesday and Friday. For information on this puppet's background, go to http://www.dale-brown.com/.
Toilet Paper Marketing
Crumpler's Paint by numbers toilet paper rolls is the latest in a long line ... or long roll ... of attempted marketing via toilet paper. Crumpler's effort is a bit humorous because in the color key at the bottom of each sheet all the numbers relate to "brown."
It seems that every few months somebody comes up with a TP-oriented thing that they're sure will turn public stalls into prosperous marketing vehicles.
Searching the Web for additional examples (and there are many) I ran across Justtoiletpaper.com.
If you want TP for special occasions, holidays, animals, music, cars, national pride ... you name it, this site has toilet paper to match your needs ... atheistically and functionally. I couldn't get over how many choices they offer. It's as eclectic as a Web site that sells bow ties ... but with even more choices. Go to the site. You won't believe it. Seriously, you'll probably find something you'll want to give to a friend or relative.
Then there's Renova. It offers the high "end" luxury TP that is all the rage in Europe.
The so-called luxury market (did I mention that this TP is really expensive?) is growing rapidly.
Toilet Paper World President (how'd you like that for a title?) Kenn Fischburg says the notion is "Not dissimilar from enjoying different kinds of wine; a chardonnay versus a cabernet." Sorry I'm not buying it. What are you supposed to do ... go into a store and say, "I'll have a 1998 Charmin,"?
But I do like the French TP commercial, The Giant ... possibly the best bathroom fairy tale ever. You don't have to speak French to infer why Lotus' Just 1 is the toilet paper of choice for mythically large men. It's so absorbent, you'll only need one sheet! That's the kind of claim that titillates TP abusers like me. However, nothing seems as memorable or as effective as the simple Charmin squeeze-fetish Whipple spots. I guess I'm just an old-fashioned Mannequin American when it comes to TP.
From TP to Toilets
As long as we're in the bathroom here are two lines of bathroom furnishings; the ChromeozoneTM and the IsisTM. The pieces in the ChromeozoneTM collection start with a chrome plated porcelain base to which dyes are added retaining the metallic sheen of chrome but with color. The ISISTM collection has the same chromed and dyed porcelain, but come partially or completely handset with Swarovski crystals. Each "piece" is finished with the studio's signature logo and is numbered and recorded for authenticity.
So they aren't really toilets ... they're works of art. There are a lot of potential potty jokes here, so I'll just let you make up your own.
From Sitting on Toilets to Just Sitting
As long as I'm highlighting things to sit on, here are "his" and "her" chairs made from polyethylene and are available in black, red and white. Produced by Casamania.
Here's the designer with his "her" chair. He seems more interested in the chair than in his model? And they call me a "dummy."
Buy them here.
