Tag Archives: Commercials
Why You Should Hire Interns
AlmapBBDO in Brazil has launched a new spot for Getty using 873 stock photos to create a stop-motion spot that is pretty mind-blowing. Pay attention to how one photo seamlessly flows into the next. Sure this creative speaks to the … Continue reading →
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Tagged as advertising, Advertising Agency, almapbbdo, Art, arts, BBDO, Brazil, business, Commercials, creative, Design, getty, Getty images, Illustration, Interns, Photography, stock photography, stock photos, Stop-motion
Everyone Looks Good in Prada
Back after a long-weekend, I stumble across this new short film for Prada. Directed by Roman Polanski, this extended commercial stars Helena Bonham Carter and Ben Kingsley. It premiered at Cannes, right before Polanski screened his film, “Tess”. I love the … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Design, advertising, creative, Commercials, Short Film, fashion, Marketing, celebrities, prada, ben kingsley, roman polanski, Cannes Film Festival, Helena Bonham Carter, fur, Prada suits everyone, fur coat, style
Coming in for a Branding
Oslo Airport and their agency Dinamo recently teamed up with Passion Pictures to spread the word that the airport is expanding. The project will be completed in 2017 and will host 28 million passengers every year. To spread the word, … Continue reading →
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Tagged as advertising, Art, Commercials, creative, Design, dinamo advertising, norway, oslo airport, passion pictures, production, Stop-motion, transportation, travel
Transportation Safety Ads Hit the Mark
Today’s commercial is part of the New Zealand Transport Agency’s (NZTA) arsenal of amazing adverts. This one, called “Flying Objects” was launched on February 29, 2012 and targets everyday drivers who, on occasion go over the speed limit. I was mesmerized by this spot. You may remember … Continue reading →
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Tagged as advertising, car crashes, cars, Clemenger BBDO, Commercials, creative, Design, drink driving ad, drunk driving, drunk driving ads, drunk driving commercial, flying objects, great advertising, legend, male drivers, mantrol, maori, maori men, new zealand, new zealand transport, New Zealand Transport Agency, NZTA, speed, speeders, transportation, transportation safety, video, wellington
Dream the Impossible Dream
Fact: men like beer. Fact: Australian men REALLY like beer. So then why would Canadian Club whiskey decide it would be a good idea to publicly shame Australian beer drinkers into switching their choice of beverages? Betty Ford only knows. Created by The … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Australia, australian beer, beer, beer fairy, campaign, canadian club, canadian club australia, canadian club whiskey, Commercials, creative, Fail, public shaming, replace beer, Sydney, target audience, whiskey
Homemade Anti-Gravity Device
Today’s commercial is for an energy drink called Flying Horse. In the commercial – created by Ogilvy & Mather, Brazil – two guys investigate the laws of physics (kind of) and how to harness the power of cats and toast using the … Continue reading →
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Tagged as ads, advertising, Anti-Gravity Device, Brazil, butter side down, buttered cat, buttered cat paradox, cat paradox, Cats, cats always land on their feet, Commercials, creative, energy drink, flying horse, Homemade Anti-Gravity Device, kitties, laws of physics, Ogilvy & Mather, physics, toast
Weird Wednesdays
This Bisleri Mountain Water advert is getting a lot of buzz online. Some people love the spot, but it seems pretty gratuitous to me. I’m going to chalk it up to cultural differences. Agency unknown.
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Tagged as advertising, bisleri ad, bisleri mountain water, commercial, Commercials, cultural differences, Design, india, indian water ad, strange commercials, video
Things That Make You Go Hmmm
Yes, it’s a fantastically cheese-ball song from my youth. But it’s also the phrase that popped into my mind after watching these bizarre commercials for Miroslav underwear. This line of underwear, as you’ve just seen, states that it’s “Quality Best Appreciated Up Close”… … Continue reading →
Sheen Hits the Bullseye
I’m not a Charlie Sheen fan. However, this new commercial by Selmore, Amsterdam for Bavaria beer made me laugh out loud. Seriously. It could have been the stern-looking cop nursing a cold one on the hood of his car or the … Continue reading →
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Tagged as advertising, bavaria, Bavaria Beer, beer, celebrities, charlie sheen, Commercials, f word, funny ads, Marketing, selmore amsterdam, selmore netherlands
How To Tell If Your Creative Team Is On Drugs
First, they come to you with this idea: And you’re like “Are you guys high? This is the worst pile of garbage ever! It totally objectifies women and has some very lazy sexual innuendos.” And they’re all “We’ll just remake … Continue reading →
Stop Whining
I sometimes post things with which I disagree, and today’s adverts would certainly fall into that category. However, that’s not to say they’re no good. Confused? Read on. According to DB Export Dry, a brand of beer from New Zealand, … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Auckland, beer, Colenso BBDO, Commercials, db export dry, export dry, new zealand, scotch, stop whining, wine, wine can't hurt your mouth
Old Spice. New Creative.
I promised myself – after that Fabio Fiasco – I would never post another Old Spice commercial. But here I am. And here it is. I blame Wieden+Kennedy. Although Old Spice still makes me think ‘Shoppers Drug Mart $9.95 Boxed … Continue reading →
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Tagged as advertisment, body wash, Commercials, fabio, motorcycle, Old Spice, Wieden+Kennedy
You Say Delicious, I Say Addiction
Check out this six-minute long propaganda film by Coca-Cola. The eye-catching, somewhat hypnotic style of illustration draws you in, while they feed you lines like “Welcome inside the Happiness Factory, where we make happiness around the clock, one bottle at a time.” I suggest replacing the … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Amsterdam, Coca-cola, coke, Commercials, great happyfication, happiness factory, soda propaganda, Wieden+Kennedy
Vacations Stress Me Out
That ad I posted yesterday about the woman returning from vacation to a mountain of work, really got me thinking. Vacations are stressful, man. I mean, every holiday or a vacation with family is really is an exercise in patience … Continue reading →
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Tagged as BCAA, Commercials, funny ads, Nipple, TMF Travel, Travel and tourism, Vacations
Think Twice When Walking By The Broom Closet Naked
It has come to my attention over the past year or so that there is a trend within the cleaning supplies television advertising world. Anthropomorphism of cleaning products. It caught my eye when Swiffer started promoting their products as “the … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Ad Rant, Anthropomorphism, Billy Mays, Cleaning Supplies, Cleaning supplies with feelings, Commercials, Dawn Hand Renewal, Dish soap, Mr. Clean, Naked, Swiffer
Overseas Advertising
Gotta love it. Japanese ad: for a trip-planning site. Korean ad: for LooLoo4, a very special-looking toilet.
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Tagged as Cats, Commercials, Foreign Ads, Head-scratching, Japanese Commercial, Korean Commercial, LooLoo4
