Hasta La Creative!

LONDON – Telegraph Media Group has secured Nissan as sponsor for its Telegraph TV on-line service.

LONDON – Time is running out for entry to the AOL Online Planning Awards, in association with Media Week.

LONDON – Conde Nast is to bring back Wired magazine to the UK, more than a decade after the magazine first closed.

Advertising Agency: Savaglio\TBWA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Creative Directors: Ernesto Savaglio, Oscar Canabal, Tomas Ostiglia
Art Director: Marcelo Scatamacchia
Copywriter: Emilio Pastore

A disclaimed headline is such a wonderful (yet horrible) thing.

Ripped off from PSFK.

Given England’s established culture of drunken football hooliganism, one would expect the public to already appreciate how much puke their local city councils clean up. But oddly enough, they don’t. Hence, a lovely little ad campaign celebrating the down-and-dirty exploits of British garbage men, health inspectors and street cleaners. (See the full version of this ad here.) Some worry that the campaign will coarsen public discourse and cause “widespread offense,” but that’s hardly usual for a British PSA campaign.

—Posted by David Kiefaber

The latest Dark Knight advertising has made its way online, including an updated Gotham Times and some Joker journalism to match. Harvey Dent is also still touring the U.S. in his Dentmobile and leaving voicemail for his constituents. (It’s sad when the fake political viral advertising is better than the real political viral advertising. Some straight talk for the McCain campaign: Your rims actually suck.) Are the online newspapers, secret reveals and touring Dentmobiles working? According to Wired, tickets for many midnight screenings on July 17 are already sold out, and some theaters are adding 3 a.m. showings to meet demand. Of course, the rush might have something to do with this being Heath Ledger’s last screen performance. Either way, take that, Iron Man!

—Posted by Rebecca Cullers

Big is In

Advertising Agency: Grey, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Executive Creative Director: Yonatan Stirin
Creative Director: Tal Riven
Art Director: Tali Dayan
Copywriter: Yoav Shutan
Illustrator: Oriel Agmar
Photographer: Yoram Asheim
Other additional credits: Client: Newpan
Published: June 2008

Art doesn’t imitate life, it imitates advertising. Back in January, Italian artist Graziano Cecchini had the balls to create a crappier version of Sony Bravia’s award-winning ad, this time at the Piazza di Spagna in Rome. According to this video spotlighted on YouTube last week, Cecchini protesting the city’s Naples’ suspension of garbage collection in December due to lack of landfill space. Cecchini said the work “represented a lie told by a politician.” Clearly a colorful, bouncy lie. Either way, I can’t say much for the work itself other than, “nice balls.”

—Posted by Rebecca Cullers

JCPenney’s Rock Your Look online karaoke promotion ties in with the Teen Choice Awards. The winner gets to present an award at the show. The show and the promo clearly target teens, so what’s with the retro—more like Stone Age—song selections? “Word Up” by Cameo? “I Ran” by Flock of Seagulls? “Ballroom Blitz” by Sweet!? That last one is something like 35 years old. Admittedly, these are good karaoke choices—for those of us past 40. But today’s teens can’t possibly like this music. “Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo” by Rick Derringer!? Sure, that’s the perfect soundtrack for popping down to the basement for a quick frolic after class, but I doubt that’s what the retailer had in mind. Word up to Adrants for pointing me to the site. “Word up.” That’s what kids say these days, right?

—Posted by David Gianatasio