E-Commerce Gets Better-Than-Expected Holiday Boost

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Online retailers are back in the game, with holiday sales coming in just short of 2007 levels. Given gloomy forecasts for the sector, positive growth in the most important two months of the year provided a much-needed boost following a tepid year.

Ads of the World Launches Campaign, Trumps Adrants’ Ads

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Hey we like this. Ads of the World, the compendium of of all things advertising…OK, it’s not the only ad compendium but still…has launched an ad campaign.
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Pieter Hugos Nollywood

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Look what i didn’t bring you back from Rome! Pieter Hugo (of the Hyena Men fame) ‘fiction documents’ the sets of the flamboyant Nigerian film industry continue

Dr. Love to Give Dr. Pepper Super Bowl Love

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Dr. Pepper and rock band KISS are getting together to create the brand’s first Super Bowl commercial.
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Dryer No Match For NHL Hockey Player

Sort of like those weepy Olympic back story montages with a little bit of Friday Night Lights tossed in, this new work from Gotham Inc. for Reebok’s Speedwick training apparel line lets us peek inside the basement of the Cole Harbor home in which NHL player Sidney Crosby grew up.
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Old Ads Browsed, Conferences Buzzed

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Like old ads? Check out Vintage Ad Browser.
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Birth of an Avatar

Une vidéo montrant étape par étape le processus de transformation en Avatar de Peter Ammentorp, directeur artistique basé à Copenhague. Un travail sur Photoshop pendant plusieurs heures, le tout sur la bande-son extraite du film : “Becoming one of the people”.



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Portfolio de Peter Ammentorp.

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Thanks to DIY Network, Dogs Don’t Need Man

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What’s a poor unloved dog to do when he has no master to take care of him and he’s jonesing for the dog next door?
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Google’s Latest Triumph: an Apple Beatdown That’s Not iPhone-related


The buzz about Google's Nexus One phone has been so deafening that maybe you missed a bit of news about the Big G's minor triumph in another area: Its new-ish web browser, Chrome, became the third-most popular browser after Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox this past weekend. Which brings me to this week's Trendrr chart.

Advertising Has Destroyed Our Perception of the Human Body

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Do these designers actually look at their work before they are done?
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Giving Birth to a Mission to Save Kids


Ad agencies are certainly not new to the world of charitable causes. But it is rare when an agency can partner with a new cause and truly help birth an organization, watch it grow and make a difference in the world. Marcus Peterzell of Fathom Communications did just that when it joined up with Max Cure Foundation.

Macintosh Classic / Pomme C, Pomme V

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THE ORIGINAL?
On Computing “Apple Repair-Service” – 2001
Source : Cannes BRONZE Lion,
Agency : Scholz & Friends Berlin (Germany)
LESS ORIGINAL :
MacHerman “Mac Repair Service” – 12/2008
Source : Adsoftheworld
Agency : New Message Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Même idée, même mise en page… une photocopie parfaite. Et dire que l’agence qui a “conçu” cette redite s’appelle “new message”…
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Email marketers remain cautious for 2010

LONDON – Nearly half of all email marketing budgets will remain the same this year with no signs the recession is easing, a new report reveals.

The most useless wooden box machine ever

Simple viral video for the most useless wooden box in the world. You can create your own here. Advertiser: the most useless machine ever

Three New Year’s Resolutions Your Agency Needs To Make


I'm a big fan of resolutions. Each year I personally make three. Most years I'm lucky if I successfully complete one — as was the case this year — so I carry two forward and add a third. In that spirit, let me offer up three resolutions that I hope every ad agency will strive for this year.

KidsCo secures international ad deal

LONDON – KidsCo, the children’s channel, has secured an international advertising deal with Rubies Masquerade, the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of children’s costumes, toys and accessories.

OAA axes controversial outdoor ad

LONDON – The Outdoor Advertising Association has instructed all outdoor media owners to pull its controversial “Career women make bad mothers” creative with immediate effect, following a backlash from parent support group Mumsnet.

Marie Claire strikes MSN content partnership

LONDON – Marie Claire’s editorial content is to appear for the first time on Microsoft’s portal MSN as part of a new partnership agreement.

People’s Choice Awards Embraces Social Media


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Procter & Gamble is going out of its way to get more people involved in its 36-year-old "People's Choice Awards," in a sign of how TV producers are quickly tweaking they way they make their shows to cater to emerging viewer habits. The consumer-products giant's TV-production arm enlisted reality-TV impresario Mark Burnett to helm this year's broadcast, loosened up and broadened the voting process, restructured the flow of the awards program itself and worked diligently to fan enthusiasm for the program well before it hits CBS Wednesday evening.

Transparent Homes – This Concept House is Made Completely from Glass (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Ever wonder what it would be like to display your entire life to the world? Well, the glass house by the Santambrogiomilao Group will let you do just that.

This concept home is made entirely from glass…