July 2008
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Ouch That Hurts, Don't it InBev? Imperial Beer Rips on Newly Belgian Budweiser
July 31, 2008
Those beverage industry guys can play real dirty sometimes. Just as Budweiser "The Great American Lager" fans recover from the recent sale of the "The Great American" beer... Read More
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William Morris Agency Presents The Short Film "Guido Beach"
July 31, 2008
If you guys—I'm talking to you WMA—actually made this film, kudos. If you're ripping it off for your corporate website, shame on you. I'd love to get to the bottom of... Read More
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Discovery Channel's Shark Week Is Going Swimmingly
July 30, 2008
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New Search Engine "Cuil" Not Exactly Ice
July 29, 2008
Well, it's here. The search engine that some people have been waiting for, from some people that used to work for Google. Cuil launched on Monday, and so far, it has been... Read More
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Johnny Depp's Sausage for Sale at Tokyo Disneyland
July 29, 2008
Captain Jack will get you by tonight. Just a little push 'n' you'll be smilin'. Read More
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Chanel's Biggest Advertisement Ever
July 28, 2008
As written-up in The New York Times, October 20th will see the US opening of Chanel's most ambitious advertisement ever: a 7,500-square-foot temporary art gallery designed... Read More
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Mars Continues To Push Buttons With "Homophobic" Snickers Ads
July 25, 2008
[qr=" Paul Farhi for The Washington Post"]Three gay rights organizations condemned the commercial as homophobic, arguing that the men's reaction (they tear out their chest... Read More
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BBC Monkey Olympic Spot
July 25, 2008
Jury is still out on this one. It doesn't exactly scream Olympic Games to me. Read More
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Faceless People And Their New Car
July 24, 2008
Yeah, I already talked about this a couple weeks ago. But, the countdown is over—thank freaking God—and now any one of us can purchase the a Lotus "Evora." Thank God t... Read More
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One Vista That's Not Pleasing
July 23, 2008
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Steve Lambert and Add-Art Bite (The Hands That Feed Them)
July 22, 2008
Steve Lambert is having an Information Age identity crisis. He is a "conceptual artist" who believes he has had an original idea: Steve Lambert thinks advertising is annoying... Read More
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Right Guard's "Pitvertising" Stinks
July 21, 2008
I'm not saying that marketers don't come up with really stupid ideas every single day that the big 'ole orange sun pulls itself out of bed and rises up over the hazy horizon... Read More
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What if there were no stop signs?
July 21, 2008
If you're a designer, this really hits a little to close to home. Read More
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Justin Zell is Mad Men's Joan Holloway
July 20, 2008
[ql="AMC"]You could be on Mad Men![/ql]AMC is holding a contest that could get you—yes, you—onto cable television's Mad Men ... Read More
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Smooth Move: Starbuck's Adds Smoothies To Menu
July 15, 2008
[ql="Michelle Gass, senior VP-global strategy at Starbucks"]There are many companies that say, 'We can give you a smoothie in a box,' and we resisted it. If you ask people... Read More
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TBWA Plays to Both Sides With Olympic Campaigns
July 14, 2008
Sometimes having 258 offices in 75 different countries can complicate agency operations. Omnicom Group Inc.'s TBWA Worldwide is scrambling to explain how the agency manage... Read More
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Faceless People Reach Out To Nouveau Riche-r Than Middle Class
July 9, 2008
They're all over London. Wimbledon, Harrod's—see below—etc. A faceless couple who wants you to buy an expensively-cheap Lotus sports car... Read More
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Be Kanye
July 9, 2008
Shutter shades sold separately... Read More
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Top Five Signs Your Brand Is Tanking
July 8, 2008
Clear, very clear... Read More
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Good Graphics, Graphic Ads
July 8, 2008
Oh SEGA, how far you have fallen. Read More
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Cross Promo Go Homo
July 7, 2008
Batman and Domino's go hand in hand like The Incredible Hulk and Burger King. And like Speed Racer and McDonald's—crash. And like WALL-E and Popeyes Chicken and Biscuits... Read More
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You talk Thai?
July 7, 2008
I talk Thai real good. Guess I better buy some light bulbs. Read More
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Mega Agencies Stumble In Changing Media Landscape
July 3, 2008
There's no doubt that Big Spaceship's recent bitch and moan over BBDO's success at Cannes for their HBO "Voyeur" campaign brings to light the changing nature of the advert... Read More
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If Your Campaign is Broke, It's Time To Fix It
July 1, 2008
I flipped open Time Magazine last week to find that identity protection company LifeLock is stull running ads featuring CEO Tod Davis and his Social Security number—it's 457-55-5462. Amazing... Read More
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Gotta Love Those Local Government Services
July 1, 2008
In case you didn't know, local British governments are some kind of wonderful, and the Local Government Association just put out some lovely PSAs to inform Britons of that... Read More
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Math Teacher Sells Ad Space On Tests To Fill Budget Gaps
December 3, 2008
Somebody give Tom Farber a job in advertising. The Rancho Bernardo High School calculus teacher decided that he would make up for cuts in his Xeroxing budget by selling ad... Read More
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PepsiMax's Suicidal Calorie
December 2, 2008
Look at these new PepsiMax print ads from BBDO Dusseldorf. That cute little blue thing that looks like it's probably a brain parasite or Herpes simplex virus type 1, it's... Read More
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Are We Out Of A Job?
November 17, 2008
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What's Wrong With This "Before & After" Picture?
November 13, 2008
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You will see it. The children won't.
November 5, 2008
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Mother
September 8, 2008
Nothing says "we're too cool for school" more than having a website like this...Read More
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Wexley School for Girls
June 30, 2008
Glass jars filled with white powder labeled "cocaine" in the bathroom? A Chinese-restaurant themed conference room? Rows of rubber chickens in the window...Read More
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