Deflated Wallets Could Use Some Optimism. Hey, How ‘Bout Longer Lotto?

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I don’t know why it would matter, but the Minnesota State Lottery seems to think a longer lotto game would dramatically lengthen the thrill of (possibly) winning.

Al Jawal: Newspaper

Newspaper

Advertising Agency: JWT, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Executive Creative Director: Anas Sarraj
Via: Adblogarabia

Al Jawal: Book

Book

Advertising Agency: JWT, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Executive Creative Director: Anas Sarraj
Via: Adblogarabia

Because the Complete Picture Should Include You

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Here’s “Life Story,” a spot by IBD Brands for the Panasonic Lumix camera.

IP Casino: Mammograms & Margaritas

Mammograms & Margaritas

Mammograms & Margaritas. Making strides against breast cancer one margarita at a time.

Advertising Agency: Red Square Agency, Mobile, USA
Creative Directors: Rich Sullivan, Matt Whitfield
Art Directors: Matt Whitfield, Stephean Grimes, Daryl Evans
Copywriter: Chris Stoltz
Photographer: Miller Mobley
Published: October 2008

Credit Crisis Signs – National Debt Clock Runs Out of Space (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) From AIG and Wachovia to WaMu, we all knew that the economy is in bad shape. But you know things with the economy are going really really bad when the national debt clock maxes out and requires being replaced…

Diapers.com: Helping Young Americans Do Their Business

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There’s something appealing about “Time for a Change,” Diapers.com’s first stab at online video marketing.

Get lost in Australia, say Baz Luhrmann ads

The new Baz Luhrmann-directed Australia tourism ads (one above, another here) might not connect too well with an American audience. Having a naked preteen dump silt all over you in bed comes with a prison sentence here in the U.S. Still, the campaign can’t do any worse than the much-panned “Where the bloody hell are you?” effort. It should get lots of press, too, as it’s tied in obliquely to Luhrmann’s upcoming blockbuster film Australia (here’s the trailer), in which an uptight tourist played by Nicole Kidman is charmed into going native by Hugh Jackman. The ads don’t feature footage from the movie, but they do relate the same kind of transformative experience that Kidman’s character goes through. Given the nature of these ads, the movie looks more like a benign version of The Ring. Either way, it can’t be worse than Romeo + Juliet was.

—Posted by David Kiefaber

IP Casino: Wintagious

Wintagious

Advertising Agency: Red Square Agency, Mobile, USA
Creative Directors: Rich Sullivan, Matt Whitfield
Art Director: Matt Whitfield
Copywriters: Chris Stoltz, Matt Whitfield
Production Company: Momorama
Director: Sam Crawford
Aired: October 2008

Vancity Credit Union: Protest

Protest

Advertising Agency: TBWA\Vancouver, Canada
Agency Producer: Mike Hasinoff
Creative Director: Paul Little
Copywriters / Art Directors: Addie Gillespie, Jon Murray
Account Supervisor: Christine Piers
Production Company: OPC, Toronto
Executive Producer: Jeff Low
Director: Brian Lee Hughes
Director of Photography: Peter Hartmann
Editorial Company: Tonic Post
Editor: Bill Hardman
Audio: GGRP

The Gazette: You

You

Advertising Agency: Bleublancrouge, Montreal, Canada
Creative Director / Art Director / Copywriter: Gaëtan Namouric
Published: September 2008

The Gazette: Glocal

Glocal

Advertising Agency: Bleublancrouge, Montreal, Canada
Creative Director / Art Director / Copywriter: Gaëtan Namouric
Published: September 2008

The Gazette: Page

Page

Advertising Agency: Bleublancrouge, Montreal, Canada
Creative Director / Art Director / Copywriter: Gaëtan Namouric
Published: September 2008

The Gazette: News

News

Advertising Agency: Bleublancrouge, Montreal, Canada
Creative Director / Art Director / Copywriter: Gaëtan Namouric
Published: September 2008

The Gazette: Lucky

Lucky

Advertising Agency: Bleublancrouge, Montreal, Canada
Creative Director / Art Director / Copywriter: Gaëtan Namouric
Published: September 2008

The Gazette: 96535

96535

Advertising Agency: Bleublancrouge, Montreal, Canada
Creative Director / Art Director / Copywriter: Gaëtan Namouric
Published: September 2008

Killer Ice Cubes – The AK 47 Bullet Ice Cube Tray (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If you make killer drinks for parties then you’ve got to get the AK ice tray to make killer ice cubes to go with them. The ice cubes it makes looks very like the bullets from a AK 47 machine gun. This…

Word Is, Fine Fabric Should Get You High

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In IBD Brand’s “Make Me High” for J. Hampstead Fabrics, Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra does a sensual, ribbony wind dance with her bedsheets.

Google’s Schmidt Says Internet ‘Cesspool’ Needs Brands

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AdAge.com) — The internet is fast becoming a "cesspool" where false information thrives, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said yesterday. Speaking with an audience of magazine executives visiting the Google campus here as part of their annual industry conference, he said their brands were increasingly important signals that content can be trusted. "Brands are the solution, not the problem," Mr. Schmidt said. "Brands are how you sort out the cesspool."

ARG Fetishizes Blindness

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DigiSynd prepared an alternate reality game (ARG) to promote the movie Blindness, which is about an epidemic of blindness that affects some small, nondescript town.