We’ve written about ad network company Blulithium and its founder Gurbaksh Chahal several times before but we never thought we’d be telling you, according to ValleyWag, he’s been buffing up his body by training with San Jose-based bodybuilder Tom Austin.
Less than five months after its launch, Firebrand, the all-ads-all-the-time cable channel and online site is, as predicted from the start, closing operations.
Check out this crazy Dove viral based on Japanese puppet theatre.
We never cease to be amazed by Oprah’s power and pervasiveness in the culture. She can hang out with liars and just generally unpleasant people and still come out of the association reeking of rosebuds.
Come on send us one. Even a fake one.
To drum up some business, YouIntern — which launched in February — is giving a $10 iTunes gift card away to one lucky person who registers on the site. YouIntern is where ad students and creativity-starved agency execs can…
Check out the site: http://www.adobecards.com
Advertising Agency: Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Fransisco, USA
Passions got you all hot and bothered? Cool off with Sudz, one of the eight puzzles that Soap Opera Digest debuted in its new casual gaming section, courtesy of Arkadium.
Think of it as Purple Internet Marketing’s 12-step plan for online marketers. Except with more steps.
You know method: people against dirty? We love how their ad copy is always a little provocative, but not so saucy that you can point fingers and go, “HEY, that’s DIRTY!”
Sprintcuts, a handy-dandy Sprint campaign, gives tips on how to quick-peel a banana and dry nail polish in a blink.
Incredible Inc — which is angling for that vintage comic book feel reeeeally hard but totally missing it — is a promotion for Xerox’s ink printers.
Take the test: http://forsvar.fileflat.com/english/
Advertising Agency: DDB Stockholm
Art Directors: Klas Jonsson, Simon Mogren
Copywriter: Linus Östholm
Production company: Acne Digital
Published: December 2007
Neither do we. But this one — for CAO Cigars — has subtitles and guys that could be samurais in down season.
– Freakishly weird Jack in the Box has a new website, Make Jack a Sandwich.
Under the premise that people are more likely to do good deeds after watching a banana cry, UK-based ActionAid gives us the WhoPays? Campaign.
To drive us into the arms of BankWest (Australia), some kittens sang us a song. It was weird and they were sort of scary (like furry robot gremlins), but they spelled our names and everything.
Is this the only kind of movement you do in a day?
Advertising Agency: 10 advertising, Belgium
Account: Lies Rahm
Copywriter / Art Director: Olaf Meuleman
Published: December 2007
Ever wonder what Bob Garfield’s really like? Newsgroper sorted it out. Check out Garfield’s true mausoleum of unfiltered thoughts and opinions.
Check out the site: http://www.thewildtherapy.it
Advertising Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi, Rome, Italy
Creative Director: Alessandro Orlandi
Art Director: Manuel Musilli
Copywriters: Antonio Di Battista, Laura Sordi
Photographer: Gianni Baccega
Voices: Catsound
Production: Gamp
Agency Producer: Fabrizio Conte
Post production: Blue Edit
Actionscript: Francesco Pandolfi
Special Thanks: Tim Smit
Published: February 2008
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