Published March 17th, 2008
in Ads.
This brilliant awareness test was released as a public service message from the department of transportation in London.
See if you can count the number of passes the team in white makes during the clip.
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Published March 17th, 2008
in Ads and Design.
Airbrushing and extreme photo-manipulation, the mainstay of adult men’s magazines like Playboy and Penthouse, sadly, has now invaded the design departments of most magazines and publications around the world.
We are now completely conditioned to seeing plastic women with expressionless faces and impossibly curvaceous bodies.
The ‘Photoshop Disasters’ blog has some great user-submitted examples of [...]
Published March 15th, 2008
in Ads and Photography.
I received these great pictures in the mail today, from Winkler & Noah, a photography firm based in Italy. You can click on the pictures to view them in a larger size.
Winkler & Noah is the trademark of two world renown, award-winning Italian photographers - Romina Raffaelli and Stefano Marini.
The ad campaign for Gasser [...]
Published March 7th, 2008
in Ads and Humor.
This funny commercial for Sprite, is from Buenos Aires, Argentina. The commercial titled ‘Fashion Show’, is consistent with Sprite’s typical branding strategy .
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Published February 29th, 2008
in Ads and Art.
This vintage ad for Shell X-100 motor Oil was the super-trippy creation of famed Russian illustrator Boris Artzybasheff.
via (Thanks, Jeff )
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Published February 25th, 2008
in Ads.
This ad for Axe Pulse deodorant, titled ‘Quake’, is from Argentina. The ad-makers have eschewed the typical raunchiness, that is the trademark of most Axe commercials, opting instead for more subtle, classier advertising.
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Published February 19th, 2008
in Ads and Automotive.
Watch this great commercial for the Renault Twingo. For maximum effect, turn up the volume of your speakers.
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Published February 13th, 2008
in Ads, Movie Trailers and Movies.
The ‘Fully Flared’ video was created by the very talented, Spike Jonze, to promote the Lakai brand of footwear for skateboarders. Here are the first few minutes of the video. Trust me, folks, this is poetry in motion.
In case if you are wondering, the answer is yes ; all the explosions are for [...]
Published February 10th, 2008
in Ads.
The Jawbone short films were created to showcase the Jawbone bluetooth headset, famed for its superb noise cancellation, and the winner of multiple awards from various tech sites and magazines.
As these shorts were produced for a mainly online audience, there is a lot of swearing, and some rather shocking imagery. The shorts were made [...]
Published January 9th, 2008
in Ads and Music.
The Fez says,
This cover of ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ by the Guns N’ Roses, was created as a promotional video for an Indian music channel. I would love it if they released a complete version of this track.
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Published December 15th, 2007
in Ads.
This is an Italian print ad for Sauber Stockings. The copy reads: "Absolutely Invisible." Good stuff.
via I believe in Advertising
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Published December 12th, 2007
in Ads.
The character ‘Norton Fighter‘, is the face of Symantec’s Japanese ad campaign for its Norton 360 program suite.
The creators of Norton Fighter have obviously modeled the character on famous Tokusatsu characters like Kamen Rider and Ultraman. This superhero fights viruses and creepy bots, rescues cute maids in distress, and generally saves the day. Somehow, [...]
Published December 4th, 2007
in Ads.
Ah, to be young and to be in love. What sweet, perfect misery. This wonderful commercial titled ‘The Doodle Heart’ for the JC Penney chain of stores, brought a smile to my face. The ad was created by Saatchi & Saatchi to promote JC Penney’s new slogan - Every Day Matters.
School still sucked, though. Why [...]
Published November 30th, 2007
in Ads and Animation.
Following proper airline safety procedures can conceivably save lives, when disaster strikes. In-flight safety demonstrations are an important, if boring, part of air travel. Trust Virgin America to buck the trend. No inane, safety demonstrations from bored flight attendants on their flights. Virgin has a superb, animated in-flight safety demonstration video. They have creatively used [...]
Published November 25th, 2007
in Ads and Animation.
Watch a brilliant animated commercial for V Water, titled “There’s something in the water.”
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Published November 23rd, 2007
in Ads.
This ad for Trust Condoms, made me see South Africa in a whole new light. Though the country is being ravaged by an Aids epidemic, the people of the beautiful country have still managed to retain their sense of humor.
The creators of the African ad have cunningly played upon the west’s clichéd and perceived [...]
Published November 12th, 2007
in Ads and Art.
This superb Flickr set has more than a 100 pictures of discarded neon signs.
The pictures have been taken at a place called the Neon Museum, a non-profit organization in Las Vegas.
Snip from the site:
Our collection ranges from the 1940s to present day. Some pieces are restored as public art and mapped for [...]
Published November 11th, 2007
in Ads and Music.
The latest ipod touch commercial is based on the fan-work of Nick Haley, an 18 year old British student.
Nick used clips from various ipod touch videos on Apple’s website as the source material and combined it with a catchy song from Brazilian band CSS to create his own commercial. The song titled "Music Is [...]
Published November 9th, 2007
in Ads and Automotive.
This over-fertilized commercial celebrating the collaboration between the new ‘Mini Cooper’ and the ‘Stolen Girlfriends club’ clothing line, left me rather confused. Just what were the ad makers thinking ?
Watch the video (Slightly NSFW).
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Published October 8th, 2007
in Ads and Music.
Watch the complete video of Leslie Feist’s hit single ‘1234′ from the album ‘The Reminder’. The song was featured in the latest ipod Nano commercial. Leslie’s songs have been featured in advertising campaigns for many companies like Lacoste, HSBC, Verizon/LG and ofcourse, Apple.
The single ‘1234′ was her first single to break into the top [...]