Coup de cœur pour l’artiste Nguyen Hung Cuong vivant à Hanoï et qui imagine / réalise de superbes créations en technique origami en utilisant des billets ou encore le « Dó », un papier largement répandu au Vietnam. De magnifiques animaux de papier à découvrir en images dans la suite de l’article.
Le dernier livre du photographe américain Bryan Austin regroupe des clichés impressionnants de Baleines de Minke. Des images sous-marines magnifiques qui révèlent un monde à la fois sensible, vibrant et apaisant. L’ensemble de la série est à découvrir sur son portfolio et dans la suite de l’article.
Certains animaux sauvages naissent, vivent et meurent en captivité. Le photographe allemand Daniel Zakharov a voulu souligner avec sa série « Modern Wilderness » l’étrangeté de cette situation en montrant le quotidien de ces animaux au Zoo. Des images émouvantes à découvrir dans la suite.
After years of weirdness and grotesquerie, Skittles has found its calling—breaking Grandma's knickknacks. This enjoyable interactive YouTube video from DDB Chicago features a young man who breaks a porcelain unicorn after it promises it will turn into Skittles if he does so. Naturally, the interactive part involves clicking on, and watching the guy break, a bunch of other stuff, including two frogs, two birds and a monkey. It's pretty fun, and I'm glad to see Skittles run those anarchic creative tendencies of theirs through some quality control. Credits below.
CREDITS
Client: Mars/Skittles
Agency: DDB, Chicago
Ewan Paterson: Chief Creative Officer
Mark Gross: ECD
Alex Zamiar: ACD/Art Director
Jonathan Richman: ACD/Copywriter
Will St. Clair: Exec. Producer
Jon Ellis: Exec. Digital Producer
Matt Green: Producer
Scott Terry: Production Manager
Director: Harold Einstein, Station Film
Editorial: Beast Editorial
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The curmudgeonly mug of Tardar Sauce, the Internet sensation known informally as Grumpy Cat, has been spotted on an outdoor board promoting a dry prom in Elizabeth, Pa. A picture of the board greatly pleased Reddit, the original source of Tardar's fame. The ad is one of a kind and was paid for by Elizabeth Forward High School, which held a design competition for students and chose four winning boards. J.T. DeMarco, a junior, created the Grumpy Cat design with some great concepting and a poor grasp of copyright law. DeMarco told the local news, "I think it does work because it's something that's really popular that a lot of kids see, so they kind of can relate to it." Luckily, it doesn't seem like Tardar's owners have seen it. Or maybe they're just not grumpy enough to sue.
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Here is Geico's latest commercial from The Martin Agency. Uploaded on hump day, it's all about hump day. And it stars a certain mammal that hails from the Middle East and Africa. You can see where this is going. Part of the insurance company's ongoing "Happier Than" campaign. Silliness at its best. Credits below.
CREDITS
Client: Geico
Agency: The Martin Agency, Richmond, Va.
Chief Creative Officer: Joe Alexander
Group Creative Director: Steve Bassett
Creative Director: Wade Alger
Creative Director, Art Director: Sean Riley
Senior Copywriter: Ken Marcus
Executive Broadcast Producer: Molly Souter
Producer: Samantha Tucker
Junior Producer: Emily Taylor
Strategic Planner: Melissa Cabral
Group Account Director: Chris Mumford
Account Director: Liz Toms
Account Supervisor Parker Collins
Account Coordinator: Carter Crenshaw
Project Manager: Susan Karns
Group Talent Director: Suzanne Wieringo
Production Business Manager: Amy Trenz
Production Company: Hungry Man
Director: Wayne McClammy
Director of Photography: Tim Ives
Executive Producer, Managing Partner: Kevin Byrne
Producer: Nate Young
Production Supervisor: Steve Ruggieri
Editorial Company: Mackenzie Cutler
Editor: Ian MacKenzie
Editor: Dave Koza
Assistant Editor: Carmen Hu
Editorial Producer: Evan Meeker
Director of Operations: Biz Lunskey
Visual Effects: The Mill
Executive Producer: Jo Arghiris
Producer: Colin Blaney
Shoot Supervisor: Tony Robins
2-D Lead Artist: Randy McEntee
2-D Artists: Tony Robins, Paul Downes, Jamin Clutcher
Art Support: Rob Meade
3-D Lead Artist: Kevin Ives
3-D Artists: Billy Dangyoon Jang, Olivier Varteressian, Laurent Giaume, Justin Diamond, Sean Dooley, Joshua Merck, Hassan Taimur, Wyatt Savarese, Samuel Crees, Ross Scroble
Audio Post, Sound Design: Rainmaker Studios
Engineer: Jeff McManus
Music: "Happier Than" theme song by Adam Schlesinger
Principal Actors in Spot:
"Ronny" – Alex Harvey
"Jimmy" – Timothy Cole
Musical Duo in all spots
"Hump Day"
"Mike" – Michael Clark
"Julie" – Lindsay Stoddart
"Leslie" – Leslie Tsina
"Camel VO" – Chris Sulivan
Voiceover announcer: Andrew Anthony
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The best performance by a cat in a TV commercial this week goes to the fluffy mess in this new British spot for eyewear maker Specsavers. Not that the veterinarian here would know—he's not clear on what a cat is anymore. Specsavers, of course, has a long and proud history of offbeat commercials. The best mistaken-animal-identity spot, though, remains the brilliant raccoon commercial from Sears Optical.
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What does an ad agency do when it realizes Peregrine falcons have laid eggs on its roof? It whips up a cool logo, builds a Tumblr, chooses a hashtag, sets up a webcam, and turns the whole thing into a mini social-media event. It all began at Campbell Ewald a few weeks ago. Today, at approximately 5:54 a.m. CT, the first egg hatched. Check out all the #CEfalcons action over at cefalcons.tumblr.com. There's some cute videos on there, although it's not going completely smoothly for the first baby falcon (called an "eyasses," actually). In one video, "Mamma Falcon tries her best to force the new baby back into its egg, less than three hours after it was born." BBDO had better guard its National Geographic account closely in the wake of this.
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The 139th Kentucky Derby takes place at Churchill Downs on Saturday. The spectacle is as much a soiree and fashion occasion as it is a prestigious horse race. Thousands will flock to the grounds in their Sunday best. For women, flowered floppy hats and sundresses are always a hit. As for the men, a seersucker suit with a festive tie will do. But all that beauty and enimence won't hide the fact that horse racing can be, and often is, a dark sport. To that effect, PETA is launching a new mobile billboard, which will be driven outside the racetrack, to remind visitors of the cruelties that can lie beneath the surface of the thoroughbred sport. The ad, created by a Temple University student, shows a horse with a marking on his nose that looks like a syringe. (He probably races under the name Old Needleface.) The copy reads, "Drugs. Breakdowns. Death. Horse racing is a bad bet." PETA had better get the ad out there early tomorrow, though, because we all know no one remembers anything after that second mint julep.
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Of all the images to take from British TV series Black Mirror, the one that made a billboard for Australian TV network Studio was of a man doing the underpants Charleston with a pig. Cable provider Foxtel issued an apology in response to the immediate blowback, and it's as spineless as the offending image was tasteless and bewildering. "[The billboard] was intended to provoke," it said in a statement, "but it is clearly in appalling taste and demonstrates a lapse of judgment by Studio, and a failure in the approvals process at Foxtel." Well, no kidding. Why even move forward with an idea like that when you know you'll just have to apologize and take it right down? Part of me wants to see what would have happened if they'd stood their ground.
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Cats doing aerobics? DDB Chicago's amusing new video for Temptations cat treats is likely to blow up the Internet. No wonder Temptations-eating felines have the leg muscles to be able to cling so ardently to their owners. Check out the Work It Kitty website, where you can download the song ("I Don't Wanna Dance," recorded by Alex Gaudino, featuring Taboo) and learn more about the cats in the video. Ask your veterinarian if you're healthy enough for the Work It Kitty workout. Not recommended if you're on drugs, like those fools in JWT's Litter Genie spots. Credits below.
CREDITS
Client: Temptations Cat Treats
Agency: DDB, Chicago
Executive Vice President, Chief Creative Officer: Ewan Patterson
Senior Vice President, Executive Creative Director: Mark Gross
Vice President, Creative Director, Art Director: Wayne Robinson
Vice President, Creative Director, Copywriter: Matt Collier
Vice President, Executive Producer: Will St. Clair
Executive Digital Producer: Jon Ellis
Music Production Manager: Linda Bres
Executive Producer, Music and Integration: Eric Johnson
Production Business Manager: Scott Terry
Designer: Cody Petruk
Digital Artist, Designer: Annie Tsikretsis
Print Producer: Erica Bletsch
Art Buyer: Karen Blatchford
Production Company: Biscuit Filmworks
Director: Andreas Nilsson
Editorial Company: Beast, Chicago
Editor: John Dingfield
Telecine: Company 3, Chicago
Post Effects, Graphics: Method Studios, Chicago
Music: Ultra Records, "I Don't Wanna Dance," recorded by Alex Gaudino featuring Taboo
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Guidelines for animal safety on film sets exist, but after the recent death of a shark on the set of a Kmart commercial, some question the American Humane Association’s financial ties to the industry.
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People who unironically think of their dogs as children are probably a) not well and b) overjoyed about DirecTV's announcement that it will be carrying DogTV, a $6 per month premium channel whose programming comforts animals while their owners are at work. It sounds (and is) ridiculous, but DogTV takes its mission seriously. Not only dooes it show programs that alternately stimulate and relax dogs, but the colors and audio in its broadcasts are adjusted for canines as well. My advice is to save money and just leave the TV on the Food Network all day. Dogs sleep most of the time anyway, and any dog who lives with the kind of credulous yuppie dork who would subscribe to a dog TV channel is used to hearing Alton Brown's voice by now. Photo via.
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Basé à Barcelone, le graphiste Yago Partal nous propose des photo-manipulations afin de découvrir des animaux variées sous différentes tenues fashions, du costume le plus chic à la chemise hawaïenne. Un rendu drôle pour des visuels réunis sous le nom de Zoo Portraits à découvrir dans la suite en images.
Focus sur le travail de l’illustrateur et infographiste basé à Los Angeles Ben Kwok, aussi surnommé Bioworkz. Il compose de magnifiques créations basées sur des représentations d’animaux décorées et très détaillées uniquement à l’aide d’un stylo. A découvrir en images dans la suite de l’article.
L’agence 180 Amsterdam a imaginé cette série de prints très réussis pour le salon « Barber Shaves & Trims ». Avec un slogan proposant d’apprivoiser la bête, ces visuels nous montrent des animaux sauvages avec des moustaches bien taillées. Un rendu simple et original à découvrir dans la suite de l’article.
Piss off, dancing Shetland pony and Mr. Wolfdog. This is the Year of the Goat in advertising. Tyler, The Creator, the leader of hip-hop collective Odd Future, directs and provides the raspy voice of Felicia the Goat in this 30-second slice of crazed commercial perfection for Mountain Dew. A waitress brings Felicia a bottle of the beverage, which the beast rejects, and hooves start flying as the server screams in terror, "Ooh, you're a nasty goat!" (I usually go hyper and pummel the waitstaff after drinking the stuff.) Felicia ultimately imbibes, trips out, demands more, and the comic attack intensifies. We're told the story will continue, which is great, because this insanity fits the brand's quirky personality. I can't wait for the sequel. Maybe they'll serve Felicia soda in a can and let her chew the scenery in a whole new way. Via Co.Create.
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Après une première série magnifique dont nous avions pu parler sur Fubiz en août 2011, le photographe danois Morten Koldby nous propose de nouveaux clichés d’animaux toujours aussi impressionnants. Plus d’images de cette série à découvrir de manière complète dans la suite de l’article.
In a forehead-slapping development, Neiman Marcus and two other retailers settled federal claims that they had marketed rabbit, raccoon and other real fur as fake fur.
PETA is planning to hand out anti-abuse pamphlets at the launch of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, urging gamers to respect the game's pixelated extraterrestrials known as The Zerg. The pamphlet, titled "Zerglings Have Feelings, Too," is a reminder to have compassion for all beings—real or fictional—and is emblazoned with an adorable rendering of the series' horrific arthropodal antagonists. In an impressive moment of sanity, the PETA blog acknowledges that "Terrans for the Ethical Treatment of Zerglings" is simply a parody. And the press release even mentions that it's a direct response to the impressive level of (bad) press they got for their Pokémon mod a few months back. Is it really a parody, though, if no one realizes it's a parody? Already, gamers are taking the bait and flaming PETA with a level of vitriol usually reserved for fellow gamers.
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