Hasta La Creative!

Imagine this. You send out a bunch of promo stuff: schwag, catalogs, merchandise. Every item is equipped with a small chip. Next, you create a TV commercial and insert an “inaudible 200MHz molecular vibration sound mat”. When you run the spot on TV, the inaudible signal activates the chip, which in turn jams the signal from your remote control blocking people from switching channels. When your commercial stops playing, the remote goes back to normal.

Welcome The XV2083 Remote Control Jammer. The video is below.

Too bad it ain’t a real product, but a campaign by a communications agency. Very convincing, though. The next version of the chip should also emit signals that block microwave ovens and suppress bathroom urges.

It’s not entirely science fiction, though. Here’s a video of a working TV remote jammer and instructions for building one, and a diagram:

(TrendHunter.com) “Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy” is opening at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in May 2008. The exhibit will showcase legendary American superheroes and their influence on fashion.

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Regardless of what has inspired you, as an industry, advertising has always prided itself on being the Ellis Island of corporate America — in a credentialed sense, if not in a racial or ethnic sense.

Leave it to high fashion and Annie Leibowitz to give us a Louis Vuitton ad featuring Keith Richards.

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This 1970s glimpse into McDonald’s Land looks like the result of someone dropping acid with H.R. Pufnstuf, and the trippy music extolling the virtues of “french fry thatches” doesn’t help. Not to mention that any kid in his or her right mind would be terrified of a cop with a giant, grinning hamburger face. There are logistical issues, too: If the kids spend too long in the burger patches or under the milkshake volcano, they won’t be hungry by the time they get to McDonald’s. But that’s McDonald’s fault for franchising someplace where their entire menu grows naturally.

—Posted by David Kiefaber

(TrendHunter.com) The United Arab Emirates has been producing some very creative ads recently and seems to be claiming a spot in the competitive world of advertising. These new City of Hope ads by TBWARAAD Abu Dhabi ad agency are a good example. City of Hope assists women facing domestic violence, a social concern w…

Tongues have enjoyed starring roles in many an ad campaign, from the Budweiser frogs to this weird Sprite Sublymonal spot to this gross (and weird) Tooheys Extra Dry ad. Copy on the Hyundai ad above reads: “0 to 100 km/h in 8.4 seconds.” By Y&R Israel, via Advertolog.

—Posted by Tim Nudd