Remember that van that looked like it was dipped into the dyeing vat of a private school uniform purveyor? Last year it motored up and down the East Coast to convert heathens to Web 2.0; this year it’s going West.
More people die in road accidents than in wars. Drive Safely.
Advertising Agency: Contract Advertising, Delhi, India
Art Director: Ayan Pal
Copywriter: Iraj Fraz Batla
Published: November 2007
More people die in road accidents than in wars. Drive Safely.
Advertising Agency: Contract Advertising, Delhi, India
Art Director: Ayan Pal
Copywriter: Iraj Fraz Batla
Published: November 2007
More people die in road accidents than in wars. Drive Safely.
Advertising Agency: Contract Advertising, Delhi, India
Art Director: Ayan Pal
Copywriter: Iraj Fraz Batla
Published: November 2007
(TrendHunter.com) Steampunk mania describes the modern design movement which seeks inspiration from the era in which steam power dominated.
Faking the antique appearance of the Victorian era devices has become a widely used element of modern art and design. Aside from a heavy use of brass, etching, and copper-plati…
From Ad Age:
Hal Riney, the legendary adman whose work influenced presidential campaigns and whose vision helped shape auto marketing and many other aspects of the business, died yesterday of cancer. He was 75.
During his career of almost 50 years, Mr. Riney developed advertising around the notion that understatement sold better than overstatement, and any conclusions about a product were better left to the audience. He also pushed against advertising that was intrusive or insulting, and he wasn’t ashamed of ads that made people laugh or cry.
Here now, a tribute to that voice:
Sorry that with a quick search I could only find Reagan spots, but hey, only Hal Riney had a voice that was better than Ronald Reagan’s.
R.I.P. Hal.
UPDATE: Okay, here’s one for First Union:
And one for Gallo:
(TrendHunter.com) How would you like to have a car, for about $1.50 a day? In Germany and Austria, you can have a car to cruise around in and it won’t cost you more than a euro a day.
LaudaMotion offers people Smart cars, the only catch is that they’re plastered in ads. If you don’t mind riding around in a mobile d…
When is shockvertising just too shocking? What sort of parameters, if any, should be delineated to mark the division between so-called cutting edge, out of the box advertising and just plain garbage with a very high shocking value designed to call attention to a product by whatever means necessary? …
There’s just something about follow ups to great work that, well, just fall flat. Not that this new Clemenger BBDO-created commercial for Carlton Draught is a bad ad but it’s no Big Ad.
The concept is a little convoluted, but Fergie and M.A.C. Cosmetics are working to tie together glamor and sexual responsibility with the Viva Glam VI campaign.
(TrendHunter.com) Remember those Paint by Number projects you did as a kid? Now there is a whole range of projects you can create or enjoy by number, and they’re not limited to the under-10 set.
Take a look at all these other art and lifestyle activities that are done according to numbers, from Chew by Number proje…
(TrendHunter.com) Religion and technology are becoming intertwined, and here are some fantastic examples.
The first gadget that demonstrates this holy shift is the USB Bible. It allows the user to read their Bible at any place and time, so long as they have access to a computer with a USB port. It includes 66 scrip…
Advertising Agency: Lowe Strateus, Paris, France
Creative Director: Vincent Behaeghel
Art Director: Olivier Minet
Copywriter: Maxime Landsheere
Illustrator 3D: Nicolas Marrocco
Photographer: David Ledoux
Advertising Agency: Lowe Strateus, Paris, France
Creative Director: Vincent Behaeghel
Art Director: Olivier Minet
Copywriter: Maxime Landsheere
Illustrator 3D: Nicolas Marrocco
Photographer: David Ledoux
Advertising Agency: Lowe Strateus, Paris, France
Creative Director: Vincent Behaeghel
Art Director: Olivier Minet
Copywriter: Maxime Landsheere
Illustrator 3D: Nicolas Marrocco
Photographer: David Ledoux
Have you ever been to Build-a-Bear? You know how the employees give you a little heart pillow to wish on and put inside your bear, right before it’s sewn up?
(TrendHunter.com) When is shockvertising just too shocking? What sort of parameters, if any, should be delineated to mark the division between so-called cutting edge, out of the box advertising and just plain garbage with a very high shocking value designed to call attention to a product by whatever means necessary? …
Wired wants your best Star Wars tribute photos. Contrary to what you might think, this isn’t because George Lucas needs more love.
(TrendHunter.com) The 1st day of the 5th solar term is the Qingming for people to go outside and enjoy the greenery of springtime and to tend to the graves of departed ones. The Qingming(Clear Bright) Chinese Festival is on the 15th day after the Spring Equinox occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar. Duri…
St. Paul-based copywriter, Craig McNamara, wrote to say he’s linking to us.
Link share requests don’t interest me much, but McNamara is posting about this classic Betty Crocker ad and I can’t argue with that.
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