(TrendHunter.com) We all know people are downloading music at record rates, but did you know that about 60% of music acquired last year was not paid for? That includes CDs as well as downloads. That’s incredible.
People want convenience more than they are frugal. That’s why Zune is offering an all-in-one digital en…
LONDON – Fallon’s latest campaign, for BBC HD, shows how Antiques Roadshow might appear if shot by a Hollywood director.
(TrendHunter.com) These naughty breast puddings are sold in Japanese markets and department stores. According to Inventorspot, they have second hand knowledge that the boob puddings taste somewhat milky, sweet and have a vaguely slimy taste to them.
As soon as I saw this, images of the American Pie movie came to mi…
LONDON – AKQA has launched a new division, AKQA Film, to create, distribute and sponsor digital programming and content.
LONDON – iCrossing has appointed Mel Alcock, former senior vice-president of Disney’s Jetix Europe, to the new position of chief client officer UK.
LONDON – Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO has scooped Pizza Hut’s £13m advertising account following a four-way pitch.
“I remember going to Lord & Taylor every weekend with my Mom when I was a kid. There was always something so captivating to me about the Lord & Taylor lifestyle. All the best dressed people shopped there and I knew that I wanted to be just like them.” So says celebrity stylist Robert Verdi, living out his boyhood dream, such as it is, as the star of the retailer’s new ad campaign. He interviews shoppers about why L&T is their favorite store. Judging by some of the responses (“They have a great selection,†“They have every kind of make-up,†“It’s a no-brainerâ€), the patrons always wanted to write ad copy. The approach fits because the stores are so upscale. A downmarket place like A.J. Wright would have to ask customers something more along the lines of, “We can’t be your favorite store, so why do you shop here?†There’s only one appropriate answer. “Ambiance.†(Customers can be so cheeky sometimes.)
—Posted by David Gianatasio
This Anchor butter ad let us down. We were all excited about cows piloting rocket ships and killing hostile aliens, until it dawned on us that “space†probably means New Zealand’s sprawling green pastures. The ad might be a response to the British dairy farmers who roundly criticized Anchor for the “food miles†its butter accumulates on its way from New Zealand. Or it might be an unconnected act of roundabout punnery. We’re fine either way, provided it eventually leads to this. Via Ads of the World.
—Posted by David Kiefaber
(TrendHunter.com) These luxury eco mattresses make Tempur seem like a Barbie doll bed.
So what is about Essentia that is making the competition quake in their boots? They created a luxurious, eco-friendly, natural memory foam. Before Essentia, every memory foam was synthetic therefore would trap heat in and stunk to…
(TrendHunter.com) Playgrounds are made for kids to have fun and enjoy their years of innocence. That’s the general thought in most parts of the world, but in some Soviet countries, playgrounds house evil-looking, nightmarish statues that illustrated the elements of Slavic fairy tales.
The demon-like playground equi…
LONDON – Josh Brolin, the star of No Country for Old Men and American Gangster, is the first actor to feature in Abbott Mead Vickers debut campaign for Mercedes.
I think if you’re going to do PSAs for drugs, they should creep you the hell out, and the Montana Meth Project campaign across all mediums sure did the job–to the point where I almost filed this under “ads we don’t like” but they’re effective as hell. I sure as hell don’t want to do meth after looking at these.
Granted, upon further review the guy in the picture looked stunningly familiar
The TV spots were directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu who directed Babel and 21 Grams and gives you your fill of junkies doing horrible things to people, and not in a glamorous Hollywood way but in the creepy white trash way.
The “Family” spot alone outcreeped me more than Funny Games and made me want to clean my bathtub just to be sure I never used it for concocting quick highs.
Personally, I was never cool enough to be offered drugs so I could say no
Technorati Tags: Anti-drug spots, Drugs, Meth, PSAs, Public Service Announcements, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Brawny, Montana Meth
Here’s another one for you lot who love to giggle at phallic logos.
This is the new logo for the UK Office of Government Commerce.
This is the logo turned 90 degrees
The Register says that a spokesman gamely explained:
“The proposed version, which you have sent over, has been shared with staff, and is now going through final technical stages. It is true that it caused a few titters among some staff when viewed on its side, but on consideration we concluded that the effect was generic to the particular combination of the letters ‘OGC’ – and is not inappropriate to an organisation that’s looking to have a firm grip on government spend!”
LONDON – ITV1 won the bank holiday ratings battle on Sunday and Monday nights with its two-part drama ‘Flood’, starring David Suchet and Tom Courtenay, according to unofficial overnight figures.
David Jones brings us another Adland cartoon. Dibs on the designery glasses!
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Advertising Agency: JWT, Sydney, Australia
Executive Creative Directors: Jay Benjamin, Andy DiLallo
Art Directors / Copywriters: A. Chris Moreira, Mark Schöller
Retoucher: Lee Turner
Photographer: Dean Zillwood
CG Artist: Patrick Moreira
CG Lighting: Tylney Taylor
Account Service: Peter Bosilkovski
Creative Services Manager: Graeme de Vallance
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Advertising Agency: JWT, Sydney, Australia
Executive Creative Directors: Jay Benjamin, Andy DiLallo
Art Directors / Copywriters: A. Chris Moreira, Mark Schöller
Retoucher: Lee Turner
Photographer: Dean Zillwood
CG Artist: Patrick Moreira
CG Lighting: Tylney Taylor
Account Service: Peter Bosilkovski
Creative Services Manager: Graeme de Vallance
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Advertising Agency: JWT, Sydney, Australia
Executive Creative Directors: Jay Benjamin, Andy DiLallo
Art Directors / Copywriters: A. Chris Moreira, Mark Schöller
Retoucher: Lee Turner
Photographer: Dean Zillwood
CG Artist: Patrick Moreira
CG Lighting: Tylney Taylor
Account Service: Peter Bosilkovski
Creative Services Manager: Graeme de Vallance
Advertising Agency: AMV BBDO, London, UK
Executive Creative Director: Paul Brazier
Art Director: Paul Cohen
Copywriters: Mark Fairbanks, Tim Riley
Advertising Agency: AMV BBDO, London, UK
Executive Creative Director: Paul Brazier
Art Director: Paul Cohen
Illustrator: Anthony Burrill
Copywriters: Mark Fairbanks, Tim Riley
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