Hasta La Creative!

Those weirdos that complained about that Frickin’ Chicken billboard are even weirder than we thought.

There has been a lot of debate recently about a unique group of Americans. In some circles it is projected that they account for up to 5% of the U.S. population today. Yet they have no country of origin, they don't have "neighborhoods," they don't have a TV network that caters to them, they don't have a niche magazine, an ad agency or an organization to represent them.

Advertising Agency: DDB Milan, Italy
Executive Creative Director: Vicky Gitto
Art Directors: Aureliano Fontana, Cristina Marcellini
Copywriters: Bruno Vohwinkel, Valerio Le Moli

Brian Morrissey of Adweek reminds us that ad peeps are often restless souls with gigantic ambitions.

A half-dozen executives from the London operations of DDB, Naked Communications, Isobar, Tribal DDB and Diageo have joined forced to launch AnalogFolk, a shop that is dedicated to what it is calling “communications products” that meld digital technology with real-world interaction. Unlike regular bits of ad messaging, a communications product is sought out by consumers, even bought, the shop believes.

“We need to be thinking of communications as a product rather than something that has finite value that decreases over time,” said Matt Dyke, a founding partner and head of planning at DDB London. “You do a Super Bowl ad, then it loses value and eventually peters out.”

Actually, thanks to YouTube, Super Bowl spots don’t “peter out.” But I get his point, just the same.

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Ireland’s new music magazine launches March 6th.

Advertising Agency: The Hive Advertising, Dublin, Ireland
Creative Director: Brendan O’Flaherty
Art Director: Declan Byrnes-Enoch
Copywriter: Karl Waters
Illustrator: Will St.Leger
Other additional credits: Adam Crane
Published: March 2008

LONDON – Directgov, the Government’s flagship digital service, has chosen ATM adverts to promote its financial advice portal, as part of a multimedia campaign.

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LONDON – No Smoking Day, the smoking cessation charity, is marking its 25th anniversary with a nationwide direct marketing campaign.

LONDON – Npower has appointed WSM Sponsorship to develop its sales and promotional activity during the 2008 Npower Test Series.