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According to Ad Age’s annual U.S. Ad Agencies Ranked By Revenue report, 537 U.S. ad agencies reported income in excess of one million dollars last year.

I must admit I’ve always enjoyed looking at this report. It’s simple in structure, but it offers lots of things to ponder.

“Are these real numbers?” is one thing I ponder. I also like to read all the names and wonder what type of firm lurks behind them. Initials only doesn’t offer much to go on. Whereas names like Avrett Free Ginsberg or Duffy & Shanley give a hint. Then there are the creative names like Periscope and Modernista.

Naturally, I also take note of the US headquarters column. Get past New York at the top of the list and find cities like Akron (home of Malone Advertising), Oklahoma City (home of Ackerman McQueen), Little Rock (home of Cranford Johnson Woods) and El Paso (home of Sanders/Wingo). All good candidates for AdPulp’s “Agencies in Strange Places” series.

Finally, it’s daunting to think of starting one’s own agency. At the same time, consider that 537 teams made more than a mil last year. Just in the ad agency category. There are many more agencies making good money in marketing services, digital, direct, search and media.

A Los Angeles real estate mogul plans to build animated billboards in LA modeled after the huge billboards in the cult classic film of the 1980’s Blade Runner. Sonny Astani, who says he has seen the movie about five times, plans two build two 14-story LED digital billboards that will mimic the monst…

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Advertising Agency: Serviceplan München/Hamburg, Germany
Creative director: Ilka Vogtmann
Copywriter: Petra Nachtigall
Art Director: Patrizia Marroni
Graphic Designers: Daniel Tomcic, Miro Moric
Photographer: Felix Holzer
Published: March 2008

House Café, one of Istanbul’s cool restaurants chains, wanted a unique design for their herbal health tea in order to appeal more to their hip, health-conscious customers. They commissioned ad agency TBWA who came up with this witty tea packaging.

The packets feature cut-out images at the end of …

(TrendHunter.com) Are flowers the first thing you think of for Mothers Day? Most women love flowers, be it a stunning floral arrangement for the table or an entire garden full of gorgeous blossoms. Flowers make great gifts, but if you could customize them with a personal message or logo, wouldn’t that be even greater…

Advertising Agency: JWT Jakarta, Indonesia
Executive Creative Director: Juhi Kalia
Creative Director: Randy Rinaldi
Art Director: Feddy Bong Goenawan
Copywriter: Morian Madjid
Photographer: Peddy Clarissa
Digital Imaging: Taufik Myman
Producer: Gina Virginia Ma’ruf, Dimas Fajar
Production: Hadi Ramdhan, Heru Daryanto, Lies Yuwono, Nata Permana, Indah Sutiani
Published: May 2007

(TrendHunter.com) The Mondrian South Beach Hotel has some of the most exquisite architectural and interior designs of any of the luxury resorts featured on Trend Hunter.

Damask patterns are repeatedly featured in a multitude of brilliant colors and in an array of materials, adding unique textures in a truly elegant …

Trent Reznor and the Nine Inch Nails are not only breaking the rules and challenging the stale record distribution model, they are blowing it all in the face of the record labels and music business! Nine Inch Nails are releasing their complete new album, The Slip for free.

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(TrendHunter.com) Trent Reznor and the Nine Inch Nails are not only breaking the rules and challenging the stale record distribution model, they are blowing it all in the face of the record labels and music business! Nine Inch Nails are releasing their complete new album, The Slip for free.

This comes hot on the he…