Posted in Advertising on Jan 31st, 2007 2 Comments »
my previous post, you could do an ad connections game, couldn’t you – See if you can do it…Get from Sony “Double Life” – the most award-winning commercial ever (to date, and with the caveat that I believe this is true, but don’t have absolute proof!):(Respect to James Sinclair while we’re on that one. Ed too, but James for writing perfect prose on the train journey into work one day!).Right, so start easy – link through copy, scene, people, director or agency in as complicated a route as possible back to Shake n Vac…This is one of Trevor Beattie’s favourite ads, by the way.
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Posted in Advertising on Jan 31st, 2007 3 Comments »
These were on Teressa Lezzi’s picks of the best ads from last year. Although she had others, these two really stood out for me.The American Express ad because those had got slightly stale for me.
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Posted in General on Jan 31st, 2007 1 Comment »
Love that it get so many comments from France… have a look at the page itself.
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Posted in Book Reviews on Jan 29th, 2007 2 Comments »
Just found “Breakfast of Champions” yesterday while clearing stuff out…. And, found this card I bought a while ago..If you haven’t tried reading any of his stuff, try.
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Posted in General on Jan 29th, 2007 No Comments »
If only we managed to be as effective with most of our work…I was captivated by the Loose Change stuff last year – whether you buy into it or not, at least someone has had the creativity to put together an argument that flies in the face of sense and accepted belief. And, then there’s the responses – and, in todays world of So, the moon landings were faked, Elvis lives on and so much more – it’s a wonderful world with a bit of story-telling from a conspiracy theorist!
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Posted in General on Jan 25th, 2007 1 Comment »
If you don’t already read the Small Agency Diary on AdAge, then have a look at this piece on the negativity of negativity…
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Posted in General on Jan 24th, 2007 No Comments »
Question sent out from GS&P, but it’s a fun thing to do…Coming up with International phrases for “Sheer Impossibility”Go here to have a go yourself – and you get to see the final list if you want.
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The more time you spend with this book, the more you find a few hidden extras. First, I found a hint from MINIappolis as a comment to my earlier piece on the book itself. Anyway, I finally found the time to get to the book with a knife and, sure enough, there’s a hidden little [...]
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Posted in Advertising on Jan 20th, 2007 No Comments »
Sweet little movie on the making of the HP Hands commercials… Click here if the embedded version doesn’t work
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Posted in Advertising on Jan 18th, 2007 1 Comment »
Manthem, another ad I really like has been pulled.Here’s the excerpt from Brand Republic’s newsletter…LONDON – The advertising watchdog has banned a Burger King TV ad showing men singing the praise of its Double Whopper. However, the ban was not because of complaints about the burger’s unhealthiness, rather its exaggerated size in the ad.And go here to see the full ull article here.
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