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The Environmental Defense Fund and Ogilvy New York have released a new series of broadcast and PSAs designed to urge Americans to take advantage of mass transit, carpooling and biking to combat global warming. I love the ad above, which features work from artist Joshua Allen Harris.
Remember when Grey New York went green in September 2007? They even started a website. It had a blog. It was last updated on April 9, 2008. It hasn’t even been a year and yet, Grey has let the whole thing just sputter and die. I’m sure that the office is still recycling, but this wonderful mission they were on to encourage other agencies to go green? Didn’t pan out so well. The only agency to join was one called, Ologie. At the same time, this whole “green thing” was a way in which, to improve and enhance the agency’s image. What happened to that? It’s shot to hell. That’s what happened. All hell just by slowly letting the program go. Didn’t your mama ever tell you not to start something you couldn’t finish?
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(TrendHunter.com) Britney Spears may be on the rebound in a good way, so we’re honoring the former queen of viral with 25 of her most viral articles.
The reason people are buzzing about her return is that she looked…
"Melodic metal" band All That Remains is hoping to get into all the game porn action by encouraging gamers to use the band's new tune as the "bow-chika-wah-wah" soundtrack to their own run-and-gun silicon-snuff films.
(TrendHunter.com) “It was an adorable little outfit,” Kirstie Arnold told a reporter. She was describing the outfit that a Kentucky judge called “hot pants” and said was inappropriate for the courtroom.
Warned twice…
Barbarian Group strategist, Noah Brier, shares with Ad Age readers a behind the scenes look at the launch of his Brand Tags site.
Here’s one of the things he says that makes a lot of sense:
Teach yourself some code: I recently read an article that suggested knowledge of code would be the literacy of the 21st century. I agree. Being able to get a computer to do what you want it to is an amazing strength. All of a sudden you’re not reliant on others to bring your ideas to life. And it’s really not that hard — I taught myself in a few weeks without the help of books. As a friend of mine said to me a few years ago, if there’s one thing the web knows, it’s how to make the web. Any question you have has likely been answered and well documented on one of the thousands (millions?) of sites by and for the people who make the web. Plus, you don’t have to be an expert, you just have to be able to bring your ideas to life.
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Even though Nina Garcia left both Elle and "Project Runway," she can still play a role in reality TV. "Running in Heels" is Marie Claire's answer to Elle's TV show, "Stylista." Premiering in March 2009, "Running in Heels" zooms in on the personal and professional lives of women who run the world of fashion-magazine publishing. Think "Ugly Betty" meets "The Real World."
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(TrendHunter.com) New York’s celebrated Solomon R. Guggenheim museum, with its distinctive architecture designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, was renovated in 2007. Fragments of Wright’s last masterpiece were saved from that…
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M&C Saatchi is taking money to help the UK’s government convince British citizens that ID cards capable of holding “the personal details of 60 million citizens — including fingerprints and iris patterns — on a central database” are a good idea.
Uh, what? The plan, known as the Natinoal Identity Scheme (cuz that’s what it sounds like!), launches in November. Apparently, by 2017, everyone 16 and over will have one of the fancy cards. However, people are worried that somehow criminals and, eh hem, terrorists, could steal people’s info and somehow gain access to it and do bad things.
Find out WTF after the jump.
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Marketing materials simply don’t get more manly than a foosball table with sausages for players. That’s just what Red Tettemer has created with this “Sausage vs. Sausage” foosball table for client Hatfield Quality Meats. The PR missive explains: “Art directed by Todd Taylor and designed by Jaimi Steen, the foosball table will be used at live events and sponsorships. The ultimate goal of the foosball table is to add to the Hatfield brand experience at events and create a fun, engaging environment for consumers to familiarize themselves with the brand and the products themselves.” A real sausage fest. Go meat!
—Posted by Tim Nudd
Philadelphia agency, Red Tettemer, constructed this “Sausage vs. Sausage” custom foosball table for Hatfield Quality Meats touse at live events and sponsorships.
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(TrendHunter.com) The Ball Chair is a quiet place for the noisy little ones. The den-like circular chair lets children hide away from their parents, take a teddy bear’s picnic or just chill.
The Ball Chair is a great…
Well well well. On Aug. 4, we reported that Joanne Bradford, Spot Runner’s then-newly-hired EVP of national marketing services hadn’t been seen around the office much. Could that be because she was flirting with Yahoo! for a new gig? Cuz that’s where she’s working now.
She replaces David Karnstedt as SVP senior of U.S. revenue and market development.
At the time, Spot Runner PR told us that Joanne was in and out of the office because she A. lives in the Bay Area (SR is in LA) and B. as EVP of national marketing services, she was frequently on the road to get new business. But apparently, that was mostly bullsh*t.
Details on the bs, after the jump. Did we mention Joanne started at Spot Runner in March?
More on why Spot Runner is going down the tubes.
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JWT Detroit is still kicking. Their latest challenge was to handle creative for this week’s launch of Ford’s new electric car, The Flex. Toby Barlow, executive creative director and co-president of JWT Team Detroit said:
“For the Flex launch, we employed three new processes during our developmental cycle. Beyond just developing a brief, we also established a massive brand book which expanded far beyond the traditional style guide. The brand book served as the ‘Holy Grail’ that all creative was measured against.”
Wow. You guys did your job! You know, you did some branding for a new product! OMG. That’s genius. How did you think of moving beyond just a brief? Genius!
Puhleeze… Anyway, the campaign kicks off nationally this week with two television spots that celebrate Flex’s individuality. Check one out above. Another, featuring the music of Santgold, whom Converse is all over, can be viewed here. Both 30 second spots were directed by video music director Mark Romanek.
In the press release, they mention that the campaign is multi-tiered. Yeah, yeah and whose campaign isn’t these days? One execution of “tiers” is JWT asking six artists to create work around the design of Flex and they are using digital magazine covers. Another arm, is that JWT created some CG-animated mini movies over at the Ford Flex website.
Okay – so what do you guys think?
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Advertising Agency: Rethink, Vancouver, Canada
Creative Directors: Chris Staples, Ian Grais
Art Director: Yusong Zhang
Copywriter: Simon Bruyn
Retoucher: Jonathon Ceasar
Photographer: Anthony Redpath
Published: August 2008
Advertising Agency: Rethink, Vancouver, Canada
Creative Directors: Chris Staples, Ian Grais
Art Director: Yusong Zhang
Copywriter: Simon Bruyn
Retoucher: Jonathon Ceasar
Photographer: Anthony Redpath
Published: August 2008
Advertising Agency: Rethink, Vancouver, Canada
Creative Directors: Chris Staples, Ian Grais
Art Director: Yusong Zhang
Copywriter: Simon Bruyn
Retoucher: Jonathon Ceasar
Photographer: Anthony Redpath
Published: August 2008
(TrendHunter.com) Who says taking a shower is boring? Not if your bathroom has these cool shower panels by the Italian bathroom design brand, Colacril. They’re bright, fun and funky with multiple nozzles to spray you clean!…
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — With the fall TV season set to get under way, Ad Age TV Editor Brian Steinberg casts a critical eye on new and continuing series to help marketers determine which may prove to be the best showcases for their ads and products. This week, the focus is on Fox's "Fringe," a show the News Corp. network intends to support by running fewer ads and promos, a potentially intriguing economic model.
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