Archive for January, 2010
Nothing like a good clown impalement to drive home that message of big savings, right? I kid. Because this could have been really bad – it could have been your standard, boring, forgettable, uninspired WalMart spot. But instead, Publicis & Hal Riney did something that’ll actually make people laugh and potentially *GASP!* like Walmart. I’ll […]
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Tags: advertising, good, TV
The Idea Generator.
Need a crazy idea? Let the Idea Generator whip up something kookie-but-genius for you. Via.
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Tags: good, ideas, online
Helvetica never tasted so good.
With these awesome Helvetica cookie cutters if you don’t like the headline you can just eat it. Via.
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Tags: design, type
What freaks you out most about this ad? A) That they try and link common houseflies with scarlet fever, measles, typhoid, diarrhea and polio. B) That they try and claim DDT-impregnated wallpaper is safe. C) That it was “tested and commended” by Parents’ Magazine. D) That Disney actually approved and licensed their characters for this. […]
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Tags: advertising, print, product, ridiculous, vintage
Art Director: “See that line in the schedule?” Traffic Person: “The time for retouching?” Art Director: “Yeah.” Traffic Person: “What about it?” Art Director: “I don’t think we’ll need it for this job.” Via.
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Tags: packaging, retouching
Could this win an Effie?
I swear this story is not fiction. The president of Oracle decides to have an 8 1/2 year affair with a woman. He send her lots of flowers. They do lots of cheating. He decides to divorce his wife. In the middle of the divorce, he breaks up with his mistress and gets back together with […]
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Tags: advertising, outdoor, ridiculous, website
This is great. It’s a promo for a CNBC show about this history of Nike in which Dan Wieden explains how the greatest tag line of all time almost didn’t happen. Check it out.
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Tags: advertising, good, tagline
Resort naming FAIL.
“For simple pleasures” is quite the tag line FAIL as well.
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Tags: naming, ridiculous, TV
More painful than the dentist.
Maybe it’s because I have the coolest dentist in the world who I was friends with for years before she ever worked on my teeth. Or maybe it’s because I hate puns with a passion. But I can’t imagine my dentist ever sending these reminder cards. And if she did, I’d have to question both […]
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Tags: direct mail, ridiculous
Diary of a Creative Director
This has been around since 2005 and I wish they had done a better job getting the word out, because it’s filled with so much good stuff I may take the weekend to get through it all. Diary of a Creative Director features some big time names – like David Droga and Lee Garfinkel and […]
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Tags: advertising, Commentary, creativity, good