Meltin’ Pot: I Have a Dream, 4

Meltin' Pot: I Have a Dream, 4

Advertising Agency: Armando Testa, Turin, Italy
Creative Director: Michele Mariani
Art Directors: Luca Cortesini, Laura Sironi
Copywriters: Dario Digeronimo, Maria Meioli
Photographer: Riccardo Bagnoli
Published: January 2008

It’s a Chest-Based Video Showdown! Cast Your Vote for Vest or Tee

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In livid response to our post on the wearable video vest, Brand Marketers opened our eyes to T-Shirt TV, which came out before the video vest and looks better (said them, not us).

Meltin’ Pot: I Have a Dream, 3

Meltin' Pot: I Have a Dream, 3

Advertising Agency: Armando Testa, Turin, Italy
Creative Director: Michele Mariani
Art Directors: Luca Cortesini, Laura Sironi
Copywriters: Dario Digeronimo, Maria Meioli
Photographer: Riccardo Bagnoli
Published: January 2008

Meltin’ Pot: I Have a Dream, 2

Meltin' Pot: I Have a Dream, 2

Advertising Agency: Armando Testa, Turin, Italy
Creative Director: Michele Mariani
Art Directors: Luca Cortesini, Laura Sironi
Copywriters: Dario Digeronimo, Maria Meioli
Photographer: Riccardo Bagnoli
Published: January 2008

Meltin’ Pot: I Have a Dream, 1

Meltin' Pot: I Have a Dream, 1

Advertising Agency: Armando Testa, Turin, Italy
Creative Director: Michele Mariani
Art Directors: Luca Cortesini, Laura Sironi
Copywriters: Dario Digeronimo, Maria Meioli
Photographer: Riccardo Bagnoli
Published: January 2008

Los Angeles Times Launches Free Weekly


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Sam Zell's Los Angeles Times has introduced its first stand-alone print weekly, a culture and nightlife freebie — one that was reverse-engineered from a Times website that went live last summer.

Bragster Breathes Life Back into Triple-Dog Dare

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Hey, look. More lavish venture funding for exhibitionist games of jackass.

Bragster sets people on daring sprees. Dare someone to do something, they accept and upload proof, and everyone has a giggle.

Old Spice Hair and Bodywash: For Hair and/or Body, or Both

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In a moment of generosity, Make the Logo Bigger spilled some saucy new Old Spice beans on us. If you have hair here, here, here but not there, consider yourself obliged to watch it.

Blu-Fi – Bluetooth Partners with Wi-Fi for Better Performance

What an exciting development. Bluetooth is going to get a whole lot faster next year by taking advantage of Wi-Fi technology already built into many gadgets. Linking Bluetooth and Wi-Fi (or Blu-Fi, as I am dubbing it) will enable faster transfer of large files between gadgets. For example, transferr…

Multimedia Computer Phone – The Nokia N96 Super Mobile (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Nokia has the right to insist on calling it a “multimedia computer” rather than a phone. Nokia unveiled the highly anticipated N96 dual slider at Mobile World Congress. The N95 successor packs powerful punches with 16GB of storage internally in addition to a microSD slot (take that iPhone), a 5 mega…

High Tech Silent Guitar – Strym Yamaha

(TrendHunter.com) Strum Yamaha’s new silent guitar is pretty darn brilliant – and the ultimate boys toy.

It is nylon strung so you don’t get anything like the volume you would from a normal guitar and it has no soundbox. Yep in fact it’s almost silent.

Now for the clever part – stick on the headphones and suddenl…

I’m not on steroids, I’m just terribly angry

I want to make it perfectly clear that I have never used performance enhancers of any kind to “bulk up” my posts on AdFreak. Another staffer here at the blog misheard my comments about “using HGH.” As I recall, I merely asked for no MSG in my eggrolls and proceeded to smash all the furniture in the break room with a baseball bat when my order came back full of the stuff. That was in no way tied to steroid use—I just have social problems. And I’ll SMASH anyone who says otherwise. Sorry for the all caps. I hope I’ve set the record straight, and I further apologize for punching the chairman of the committee in the nose. He was looking at me funny. And is it really hot in here or what? ­I’m sweating like a pig!

—Posted by David Gianatasio

If spec is evil, then what are “contest” sites?

I admit that I feel a little sorry for Derek Powazek here, since he has the awesome trackrecord being one of the founders of JPG Magazine.

His new toy, Pixish isn’t receiving the rave reviews one might expect. Why not? Because it smells like spec work and spec work is shit as we all know. Even if Powazek doesn’t think it really is spec.
If you didn’t realize spec was bad for you (and me, and everyone else) here’s ten reasons to ponder over at No Spec! which we’ve shown you y’all before.
PDN Pulse sums it up with “Will Work For Prizes”

What’s really scary is that young, tech-savvy artists are being groomed to think they are contestants reaching for a prize, rather than creative professionals with valuable talents.

Beckley works says “I beg to differ. Pixish is work on Spec”.

The whole “contest” concept is the problem. If the winner gets paid it doesn’t mean the many others who submitted work didn’t waste their precious time, and undermine their field. The only party guaranteed payment in this scenario is Pixish.

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‘Sultry’ Joss Stone to Be the New Cadbury Flake Girl


Cadbury's Flake brand, which has developed some of the most memorable and long-lasting British advertising campaigns through its iconic "Flake Girl," has linked up with Soul Diva Joss Stone to give it a fresh approach this spring.

Times Square’s Naked Cowboy Sues Blue M&M

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It’s seems Times Square’s Naked Cowboy – aka Robert Burck – who, at first, thought the video billboard showing a blue M&M dressed like a cowboy was funny now has had second thoughts and is suing Mars $6 million for trademark infringement.

Live Nation, Citi Enter Marketing Pact


LOS ANGELES (AdAge.com) — Citi and concert promoter Live Nation today announced a strategic marketing alliance. With the deal, Citi replaces AmEx, whose relationship with Live Nation dates back to 1999 when a partnership was struck with the promoter's predecessor company, SFX Entertainment.

Pigeon Fabric Softener: Mechanic

Pigeon Fabric Softener: Mechanic

Advertising Agency: Hancomm, Seoul, Korea
Chief Creative Director: Woong Yang
Art Directors: Jaehyuk Jang, Yeonjoo Lee
Copywriter: Soukjin Choi
Photographer: Honik Lee

Pigeon Fabric Softener: Samurai

Pigeon Fabric Softener: Samurai

Advertising Agency: Hancomm, Seoul, Korea
Chief Creative Director: Woong Yang
Art Directors: Jaehyuk Jang, Yeonjoo Lee
Copywriter: Soukjin Choi
Photographer: Honik Lee

Digg-Meets-Jackass Web Site – Bragster.com

(TrendHunter.com) Intel Capital, the investment branch of Intel computer chips, has thrown some money into a social web site called Bragster.com. The site hopes to attract the craziest stunts ever caught on video – for instance, “I bet I can do 15 shots of tequila in 60 minutes.” Do it and you can win bragbucks and e…

Digital Fountain Pen – Send SMS and Email

(TrendHunter.com) Send digital messages with a pen? The D-Scribe is a digital pen, designed to look like a traditional fountain pens, however it converts your handwriting into digital form to be sent as either text messages or email via a Bluetooth connection to your phone. Simply write the recipients name and cir…