Hasta La Creative!

James Lileks has a few webpages' worth of candy ads from old comic books. I'll give you a thumbnail of one, but you should check them out in full-color, full-size glory.

LONDON – Price comparison site Moneysupermarket.com has made a move into online branded discounts and vouchers following a trial of the service this summer.

(TrendHunter.com) Boxhome by Rintala Eggertsson Architects is a contemporary house in Olso, Norway. The cubist structure is a 19 square meter home with four rooms. The aim of the project is to reduce unnecessary floor space…

“Absurdly low consumption. The Polo BlueMotion.”

Advertising Agency: DDB, Berlin, Germany
Chief Creative Officer: Amir Kassaei
Executive Creative Directors: Stefan Schulte, Bert Peulecke
Creative Directors: Ludwig Berndl, Kristoffer Heilemann
Art Directors: Marian Grabmayer, Marcus Intek
Illustrator: Kirill Chudinskiy
Art Buyer: Kerstin Kraus
Account Manager: Kathrin Thiele

LONDON – Marketers will have to adapt to new challenges posed by the sustainability agenda over the next decade as the issue grows in importance.

A 140 meter long magnetic billboard, onto which we affixed 6,000 cut-outs of entertainment celebrities which the public was invited to take peel off and take home with them.
To maintain its leadership in an aggressive marketplace, the HOT cable TV network decided recently to increase its programme acquisition, adding more award-winning shows to its portfolio
As part of a 360 campaign entitled ‘At home with the stars’, BBR Saatchi & Saatchi Tel Aviv created a 140 meter long magnetic billboard, onto which it attached over 6,000 cut-outs of entertainment celebrities that the public was invited to peel off and take home with them
The entire display was stripped bare within 2 hours of launch, and was consequently restocked several times. The event became an instant hit and was picked up by leading media channels, including live coverage on breakfast TV.

Advertising Agency: BBR Saatchi & Saatchi, Tel Aviv, Israel
Executive Creative Officer: Yoram Levi
Creative Director: Tal Perelmuter
Art Director: Uri Dagan
Copywriter: Eliad Friedman
Account Director: Yael Ron
Account Supervisor: Sigal Tzur
Account Executive: Nataly Ziv
Planning director: Amit Koren
Planning supervisor: Shani Goldberg
Launched: October 2009, Tel Aviv

LONDON – Social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter are costing UK firms an estimated £1.4bn a year in lost productivity, according to a survey by an IT consultancy which found that more than half of British office workers are using these sites for personal use while at work.

LONDON – Nigerian officials say that they have closed 800 scam websites and arrested members of 18 crime syndicates making money by fraudulent means.

LONDON – Sony Professional Services Europe has appointed Partners Andrews Aldridge to handle its eCRM business.

LONDON – It’s been done before but you can’t help but smile (slightly cynically) in response to the Wallace and Gromit Great British Tea Party. This time it’s in aid of sick children and coming up to Christmas, and with Children in Need around the corner, who better to benefit at Christmas time.