Hasta La Creative!

LONDON – Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO is reviving the classic “work, rest and play” strapline for Mars, which first aired in 1959.

LONDON – ITV has replaced its director of television Simon Shaps with former BBC One controller Peter Fincham, and extended executive chairman Michael Grade’s contract by one year to the end of 2010.

LONDON – Blinkx, the video search engine, has partnered with the BBC to make all iPlayer content accessible through its site.

More than two-thirds of the PR industry’s leading figures believe there will not be a ­recession in 2008, despite warnings from the Government and economists.

PRWeek columnist Mike Granatt has revealed his ­‘fury’ after quitting his role as spokesman for Commons Speaker Michael Martin earlier this week.

ITV has restructured its comms team, adding seven new senior positions and rec­ruiting one of Tessa Jowell’s former advisers.

The London Stock Exchange has replaced public affairs supremo David Wheeldon – now BSkyB head of public affairs – with a policy expert.

• storm from the east: Ultraman Statue Erected at Airport
  Fukushima Airport, which lies near to the hometown of Ultraman creator Eiji Tsuburaya, erected the 3-metre tall statue to commemorate its 15th anniversary. The accompanying display also features assorted Ultraman memorabilia and other statues of memorable
• ‘Laws needed’ to protect scientific debate (ABC Science Online)
  Australian researchers are calling for laws to protect scientists’ freedom to participate in public debate as well as encouragement and rewards from their institutions to do so.
• Face Harness for Milady’s Beauty
  A NEW facial harness claims to improve milady’s beauty. How the device is worn is illustrated in the photo at the left. Sagging chins are lifted and unbecoming wrinkles are smoothed out around the lips, cheeks and forehead, manufacturers claim. It is wo
• AALOG.NET at edgargonzalez.com
  Este año es especial en la AA y es que uno de los programas estrella (el famoso DRL Design Research Laboratory) han diseñado el pabellon y ademas de estar ofreciendo una serie de seminarios y conferencias, editaran un libro conmemorando sus dos lustros
• Beijing Capital International Airport’s Terminal 3 | slideshow
  Beijing airport is preparing for the opening of Terminal 3, designed by Foster. It is the world’s largest airport building designed to accommodate an estimated 50 million passengers a year by 2020. Take a closer look inside its dragon-like form…
• strange bungalow: Insecure Spaces
  Sarah Ross’ "Archisuit" consists of an edition of four leisure jogging suits made for specific architectural structures in Los Angeles. The suits include the negative space of the structures and allow a wearer to fit into, or onto, structures designed to
• WorldChanging: Nanotechnology and the Near Future
  Mike Treder looks back over the first five years of the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology’s work, and draws some conclusions about where we are and where we’re going in the field of nanotechnology:
• coin-operated » InternetRadio @ Z33 Gallery in Belgium.
  Z33 Gallery in Hasselt, Belgium for the “PLACE@SPACE: (Re) Shaping Everyday Life” exhibition there from March 16th to May 25th. Should be a pretty cool show with a lot of interesting artists showing work there…
• Rhizome – Interview with Nato Thompson
  Experimental Geography is a new exhibition that explores "the distinctions between geographical study and artistic experience of the earth, as well as the juncture where the two realms collide (and possibly make a new field altogether)." The traveling sho

Incredible Inc — which is angling for that vintage comic book feel reeeeally hard but totally missing it — is a promotion for Xerox’s ink printers.

I’ll probably never get a press release from Schick(r) eve(r) again. But when a press release shows up in you(r) mailbox with the following:

Schick(R) Quattro(R) Do Not Reply (SchickQuattro@energizer.com)
to shartley@adpulp.com,
date Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 8:19 AM
subject Schick(r) Quattro(r) Get Experimental Video Contest

It is kind of hard to not be distracted by the use of the (R) or is (r) and is just begging for the legal ® requirements to be made fun of. But here is the skinny:

Schick® Quattro® wants you to GET EXPERIMENTAL with your fly look today! Upload a video to www.YouTube.com/Schick that demonstrates how a smooth or finely sculpted look, achieved with the NEW Schick® Quattro® Titanium and Schick® Quattro® Titanium Trimmer, gives you the mojo to go places guys have only dreamed of going. You can win $25k and 15 minutes of fame.

Bette(r) yet, be the first to put together a video, submit to the Schick YouTube contest site and find a way to sneak in several uses of the simplified (r) or (R) and not ® AND get a mention of adpulp.com in it; Drop us the video link and we’ll give you your 15 minutes with a tasty feature and link to your site or company.

Good thing it is Wednesday and not Thu(r)sday. Happy rest of the week.