(TrendHunter.com) At the Cloud Appreciation Society, it is almost needless to say: they love clouds! All kinds of clouds, and after a quick look at some of these amazing pictures, you might begin to understand the infatuation.…
Our continuing farewell to magazines that quit print under pressure from recession and digital media. Some brands continue online, but many do not.
Adidas is out with a few new video clips they hope will go viral.
Let’s all take a moment and be happy that a couple hundred years ago, some nice people decided to take a day off and celebrate the bounty of the summer/fall harvest. It’s because of their hard work that we spend an entire day stuffing ourselves like food is going out of fashion. But before we do that, let’s celebrate with sweet drinks and salty advertising stories, tomorrow night at the next AgencySpy party. Click here to RSVP.
The pertinent stuff;
Who: You!
What: War stories and levity
Where: The Hill, 416 3rd Ave., Manhattan.
When: November 25th
Why: Think Fido and testicle cleaning
How: Thanks to cheap drinks, of course! ($3 Draft Beer, $5 Apple Martinis, $5 Watermelon Martinis, $5 Cosmos)
We have a theme here at AgencySpy — set all party dates for on or near major religious/national holidays (the last one was on Yom Kippur…). This one is no different, so set aside those grocery shopping lists and join us tomorrow night! (Oh, and be sure to watch our special addition to ‘The Week in Advertising’.
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(TrendHunter.com) ‘The Family’ is a series of vinyl mini-busts created by Brian Morris, essentially a variety of designs on six small, different head sculptures which have created by Joe Somers.
As you can see from…
LONDON – The BBC has appointed Richard Klein as the new controller of BBC Four, replacing Janice Hadlow who has moved to become controller of BBC Two.
Toyota’s Saved By Zero ads created by Saatchi & Saatchi just may be the most loathed spot of 2008. The song featured in the ad is from the band, The Fixx. Their frontman, Cy Curnin, recently told Esquire:
“They should have used the original. We had no real say in the matter. Though, it does get people talking about the song. Whether it’s pro or con—that’s a plus.”
True, but this cover is pure, irritating junk. Consider the 5,000 strong Facebook group called, “Stop Playing Toyota’s ‘Saved by Zero’ Commercial.” Oh that’s fricking bad. Need more evidence that Saatchi went down a very wrong path. Check out the comments on this post, just watch the video above where one consumer has remixed the ad with horror flick, The Ring. Can you imagine if you were the CD on this account? Oh boy. That would just suck.
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We ran across this listing on Craigslist today for a Jr. designer, and had a laugh at the $10/15 per hour rate. Take a look at what the agency is asking for and tell us what you think they can expect at that pay grade.
“__________ is looking for a Junior Graphic Designer to work on a freelance basis. If you have a passion for graphic design, are organized, happy, a genuinely kind person, motivated, can work under tight deadlines, are able to juggle many projects, are very productive, love concepting, know InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and possibly web-related applications, can work from your place and be reachable during the day, have easy access to Pleasantville, have a talent for designing logos, brochures, print advertising, websites, email blasts and more, then you’re our kind of Creative.”
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LONDON – A four-track EP distributed as a covermount on Artrocker magazine is up for grabs for an unsigned university band, in the fifth instalment of Jack Daniels JD Set Unsigned competition.
LONDON – CNN International has signed a deal with Philips, the electronic goods company, to sponsor its first regular health-themed programming strand.
(TrendHunter.com) While Americans scout out Black Friday ads, Cyber Monday sales have captured my intrigue. Those of us who don’t live in the U.S. don’t have plans to wake at 3 a.m. to line up in front of our favourite…
The video above was made by the zany Canadians at Sid Lee. They’ve opened a new “branch” slash shop in Amsterdam. We heard there’s new laws in Amsterdam that prohibit cigarette smoking in coffee shops. That means the Euros can’t roll their cute little cigs-con-greenleafystuff anymore. Oops! There goes the creativity!
We’re not worried though, any city that permits the Cannabis Cup despite non-smoking laws is OK with us. But Sid Lee, don’t bogart the creativity, mmmk?
(MarketingMag via AdRants)
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Creativity has named it’s 50 for 2008 with a smashing cover (see it big here). You can get more info on all the winners here, but the men and women who made the list of high minded, classic philosophers (love it or hate it) are:
Frank Lantz and Kevin Slavin, area/code
Scott Vitrone, TBWA/Chiat/Day N.Y.
Tony Granger CCO, Saatchi & Saatchi, New York
Geoff Edwards, T.A.G
Jon Kamen and Frank Scherma, @radical.media
Laura Klauberg, Senior VP, global media, Unilever
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LONDON – A young man recreates World War II movie The Great Escape to get away from his Christmas charades torture and enjoy a burger.
LONDON – Media 360, the global media industry’s leading conference, will take place in Berkshire from 13-15 May, 2009.
If you haven’t seen it, three of the digital ad world’s best and brightest got serious ink in The New York Times Magazine on Sunday, even if it was under the regrettable headline “Multiscreen Mad Men.” Ben Palmer of The Barbarian Group, Rob Rasmussen of Bartle Bogle Hegarty (and previously R/GA), and Lars Bastholm of AKQA held forth in a pretty interesting, if basic, discussion of how companies will reach consumers in digital media. One thing that stood out for me was when Lars (at left, with other AKQA execs, in the photo) explained how AKQA looks at its business. “At my company,” he said, “we’re starting to redefine ourselves from being an ad agency to being an entertainment and technology company.” Really? When Adweek named AKQA its Digital Agency of the Year last year, nobody quibbled. I keep getting press releases saying it’s the “digital agency of record” for clients like Coke, Xbox and McDonald’s. Still, maybe the whole agency thing is very yesterday. Lars told me his real point was that “what constitutes an agency has never been more in flux.” Maybe so, but what’s so bad about being an agency?
—Posted by Brian Morrissey
Advertising Agency: TBWA\MAP, Paris, France
Executive Creative Directors: Sébastien Vacherot, Manoelle Van der Vaeren
Art Director: Stéphane Lecoq
Copywriter: Alban Pénicaut
Art Buyer: Vanessa Barbel
Advertiser’s Supervisor: Alain Serrie
Account Supervisors: Jocelyn Jarnier, Christelle Delarue
Director: Philippe Gamer / Fred Remuzat
Producer: Alexandre Calogeropoulos
Post-production image: Space Patrol / TBWA ELSE Christian Delhaye
TV Post-production: TBWA ELSE / Severine Damolini
Sound: TBWA ELSE/ Alexandre Fay-Keller – Fabrice Pouvreau, Valery Pellegrini
Music: M83 / EMI France
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