Hasta La Creative!

Advertising Agency: DDB Milan, Italy
Creative Director: Vicky Gitto
Art Director: Hugo Gallardo
Copywriters: Sebastian Valenzuela, Hugo gallardo
Illustrator: Balalò

Ooh, ooh. More online executional madness for the limited-edition Scion tC in Galactic Gray. (Only 2300 available! Get your booster bait before it’s gone.)

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Advertising Agency: Contract Advertising, Bangalore, India
Creative Director: Ravi Raghavendra
Art Director / Illustrator: Sethu Subramaniyan
Copywriter: Suzanna Kurian
Published: November 2007

(TrendHunter.com) Three good ole boys was sittin’ on the Ford onced and begun to harmonizin’ A fancy-schmancy car rolled up and asked if they’d like to earn some money. Since the opera house they normally sang at had sunk into the trailer park’s septic tank, they said yes, and Three Red Neck Tenors was borned. The si…

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Conversing with consumers and finding out what they think about their brands has become a whole lot easier for marketers because of the web. And whether it's an actual customer-service call or inquiry or responding to a comment on the corporate blog, marketers need to start looking at each interaction as a marketing opportunity. That was one of the main themes that emerged during the "Listenomics: So you want to be a conversational marketer?" panel at the Ad Age Digital Conference.

We’ve seen hundreds of ads with hot looking women in them. We’ve seen hundreds of ads which make us scratch our head and exclaim, “WTF!?!?!”

Toth Brand Imaging’s first TV spots for K-Swiss identify the endorsers by their sports—except for one. It notes that Tommy Hass and Alona Bondarekno play tennis, Anna Tunnicliffe sails, Sebastian Foucan runs, and Chris Lieto competes in triathlons. Those stars are shown engaging in their sports. Then there’s Anna Kournikova, who disembarks from a helicopter, midriff bared, giving us her best come-hither look. Other than her name, she’s not ID’ed in any way. Maybe it’s a sign of respect: her pop-culture persona (she’s hot) and mere presence (hot!) transcend her athletic achievements. For the record: Ms. Kournikova was a top-10 tennis player and did win two Grand Slam doubles titles. And you could bounce a dime off those abs. I’m just saying.

—Posted by David Gianatasio

“Mommy, why does the lady on that sign have her bottom sticking up and there’s like a string tied around it?”

The Daily Biz points to Barkley’s Mentorship Program, which is “dedicated to advertising enlightenment and transformation.” Barkley claims that “qualified students will come to Kansas City to live, learn and create amazing work in an advertising utopia.” Which leads me to wonder what qualities an advertising utopia might embody. Maybe there’d be no bad ads there, or even better, no ads at all.

LONDON – Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke is to guest-edit an edition of the Observer Magazine, as part of his ongoing work for the Friends of the Earth climate change campaign, The Big Ask.