Posts tagged with clever advertising
July 15, 2011 | Video | 
by Carlo Muttoni |
An Ads Of The World gold award has been won by this funny ad for a body deodorant. The incredible power of this ‘fragrance for men’ attracts herds of beautiful women in an apocalyptic scenario. This is the last episode from a most popular and acclaimed series of advertising spots.
January 21, 2011 | New Trends | by Zolton |
It always amazes me how much outdoor advertising is uninspiring, flat, and unmemorable, when all you need to kickstart a campaign, and conversation, is a great idea, an element of interaction, and superb execution. Simple, really. This Minneapolis bus shelter, by ad agency Colle + McVoy, promotes Caribou Coffee’s new hot breakfast sandwiches in a way that is both eye-catching and memorable. Heck, it even comes ‘equipped with real heaters to keep the waiting commuters warm in this cold weather’.
September 27, 2010 | New Trends | by Michelle Wilding |
This vexed panda is a deathwish who vehemently appears in Panda Cheese commercials when consumers dare not to try, buy, or use his product. Although he’s becoming quite an amusing hit in cyberspace, I strongly suggest you steer clear of this bear. His adorable blinking eyes won’t stop him from turning off your life support.
September 23, 2010 | Cool Travel | by Zolton |
This is very clever. In order to prevent accidents in the District of West Vancouver, ‘the optical illusion of an illustrated girl chasing a ball has been placed on the road northbound at 22nd street’, with signs approaching it warning drivers that ‘you’re probably not expecting kids to run out on the road’. Unsurprisingly, it’s been an contentious discussion point amongst local residents. Read more
June 24, 2010 | New Trends | by Zolton |
We love the sheer (pun intended) creativity in this advertising campaign by Berlin-based agency Butter for their client, EIZO, who produce ‘medical imaging high precision displays for the examination and diagnosis of radiographs’. Read more
May 13, 2010 | New Trends | by Zolton |
The New Zealand branch of the venerable J Walter Thompson advertising agency came up with this clever idea recently to create a poster advert for Kit Kats that was wholly interactive. The centrepiece of the campaign (literally) was a series flat-pack plywood poster-chairs made from six pieces, which could be assembled in just a few minutes by random passerby. Wonder how many student flats in Auckland are now using these as furniture?
November 11, 2009 | New Food and Packaging | by Casper Johansson |
Despite the intentions of many, it’s not so often that advertising — as an industry — truly thinks outside the box. Yet, when executed well, clever eye-catching advertising actually works. It does. As these examples will attest to. Read more
These mash-ups of iconic works of art and famous cartoon characters are really well done. Read more
As a five year resident of New York, I often wonder about the changing face of the city and how much of the character has been stripped away. This atmospheric series of photos from the How To Be A Retronaut website have me pining for a less sanitised New York, when the old school charms and sensibilities were still intact. Remarkably, over the ‘eight years it took James and Karla Murray to complete this project, one third of the stores they featured have closed’. Sad. Read more
‘Lost’ is the most recent film production in the urban art series produced by Tokyo-based art crew Rinpa Eshidan. Read more
Tucked along one of Amsterdam’s many narrow, gorgeously paved streets, I.d.e.a. Living stocks a range of jewellery and homewares perfect for kitting out an outfit or apartment. Modern whites, splashes of strong colours, clean lines and a distinctively European style make
TIME magazine’s annual Person of the Year issue is coming out this week. I illustrated one of the runner-ups, but of course, I have to keep my mouth completely shut. I don’t know who is the winner though. On TIME’s website, you can see all the past covers of this most talked about issue of each year. It’s a good time to look back history and learn from it anyway, don’t you think?
These very sweet folks from Seattle supported Broken Social Scene on our last American dates of the Spirit IF tour. Although they haven’t quite hit their stride as a live outfit, the tunes from songwriter Grant Olsen have some very lovely moments that fall somewhere between Velvet Underground and The Everly Brothers. I think Arthur and Yu could take over from where Grandaddy left off, though with better songs. No offense to Grandaddy.
Scott Sternberg created the great Los Angeles label, Band of Outsiders, and it’s one of the few labels that fit a little guy like me perfectly. I live in BOO shirts. They are my second skin.
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The return of the Brionvega rr226
Italian brand Brionvega has resurrected the classy Radiofonografio piece first created in 1965. The updated version is just like the original turntable/radio unit, but also has a CD/DVD player.
Mathematics? Leave me out. Fashematics? Now you’re talking! This gem of a site is a runway equation that adds up to a whole lot of wonderful.
Michelle Blade’s psychedelic artwork
Michelle Blade’s washed out paintings are deceptively simple, her washy acrylics creating psychedelic textures and conjuring ghostly figures from the past. Read more
Never ever, ever, ever, ever park here
Some friendly advice for the neighbours, who simply don’t get it, or street art? You decide which one it is.
Nerd-attack! Man, this TARDIS zipper robe is so much cooler than any Star Wars crap people are hawking this days. This is for the true gangsta nerd.
Set up in 2011, Rebel Unlit is a printing collaboration between London based Artists Neil Butler and Shanney Mulcahy. They make short run screen-printed t-shirts and limited edition prints from their studio in East London. All the t shirts are fair traded and printed by hand and, as a result, each one is unique. Read more
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