Playgrounds from Hell – Slavic Nighmare Parks (GALLERY)

(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…

Josh Brolin stars in AMV campaign for Mercedes

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.

Montana Meth takes you to the worst case scenarios

Montana Meth

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

Montana Meth

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UK Office of Government Commerce new logo is for wankers

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!”

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Flood drama pulls in 7.2m viewers for ITV

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.

Adland 5 good reasons to LOVE or LOATHE digital Marketing

David Jones brings us another Adland cartoon. Dibs on the designery glasses!

Olympus: Couple

Olympus: Couple

Ultra Zoom SP-570

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

Olympus: Elephant

Olympus: Elephant

Ultra Zoom SP-570

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

Olympus: Girl

Olympus: Girl

Ultra Zoom SP-570

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

The Economist: Balance

The Economist: Balance

Advertising Agency: AMV BBDO, London, UK
Executive Creative Director: Paul Brazier
Art Director: Paul Cohen
Copywriters: Mark Fairbanks, Tim Riley

The Economist: Rubbish

The Economist: Rubbish

Advertising Agency: AMV BBDO, London, UK
Executive Creative Director: Paul Brazier
Art Director: Paul Cohen
Illustrator: Anthony Burrill
Copywriters: Mark Fairbanks, Tim Riley

The Economist: Stories

The Economist: Stories

Advertising Agency: AMV BBDO, London, UK
Executive Creative Director: Paul Brazier
Art Director: Paul Cohen
Illustrator: Paul Davis
Copywriters: Mark Fairbanks, Tim Riley

Footballers wanted for BT Mexican wave

LONDON – BT is looking for football teams to feature in its BT Fon “Online Mexican Wave” promotion aimed at creating the world’s largest wi-fi network.

Poole leaves TMS to found rival

LONDON – David Poole, managing director of The Marketing Store’s Birmingham office, has left to set up his own shop, taking a number of accounts with him.

Orange holds pitch for PAYG promotion

LONDON – Orange is holding a pitch for a promotional agency to handle sales promotion for its pay-as-you-go (PAYG) mobile offer.

Lux Silk Nourishment: Shoes

Lux Silk Nourishment: Shoes

Even stylish shoes can’t make dry legs look good.

Advertising Agency: JWT, Jakarta, Indonesia
Executive Creative Director: Juhi Kalia
Creative Director: Pingkan Rarunmangkay
Art Director: Imelda Untoro
Copywriter: Felicia Sie
Producer: Dimas Fajar
Production: Hadi Ramdhan, Lies Yuwono, Heru Daryanto, Arifin Sutedja
Released: December 2007

Andrex mounts £5m mixed media campaign

LONDON – Kimberly-Clark is supporting its ‘softest ever’ Andrex toilet tissue through a £5m multi-channel marketing campaign.

Pessek Zman chocolate bar: Time Out

Pessek Zman chocolate bar: Time Out

Advertising Agency: Shalmor Avnon Amichay / Young & Rubicam, Tel Aviv, Israel
Chief Creative Officer: Gideon Amichay
Creative Director: Yoram Levi
Group Creative Head: Nadav Pressman
Copywriter: Shushu Spanier
Art Director: Tal Ben-Ari

Nivea: Thermal image, 3

Nivea: Thermal image, 3

Nivea Deodorants. For those who need protection most.

Advertising Agency: Giovanni + DraftFcb, Sčo Paulo, Brazil
Creative Directors: Adilson Xavier, Ricardo John, Sidney Araújo
Art Director: Darcio Estaliano
Copywriter: Guilherme Aché
Illustrator: Fábio Vido
Published: July 2007

Nivea: Thermal image, 2

Nivea: Thermal image, 2

Nivea Deodorants. For those who need protection most.

Advertising Agency: Giovanni + DraftFcb, Sčo Paulo, Brazil
Creative Directors: Adilson Xavier, Ricardo John, Sidney Araújo
Art Director: Darcio Estaliano
Copywriter: Guilherme Aché
Illustrator: Fábio Vido
Published: July 2007