Ever since I read about Mary Meeker’s influential misinformation in this morning’s paper, I feel obliged to present my own made-up statistics and fabricated facts: 12 percent of all “lossless” audio files were made from low-quality mp3s. 36 percent of smart phone users are not as smart as their phones. Dropped calls account for more than […]
Every now and again clients want to pose questions to their prospects; questions such as, “Is your data really secure?” or “Is your financial software ready for the new millennium?” Today on NPR’s Forum, author Daniel Pink talked about his new book, To Sell Is Human: The Surprising truth about moving others. Pink says it’s […]
Penguin Press commissioned designer David Pearson to re-imagine covers of five classic George Orwell novels. Among them is this standout cover for “1984,” with both the title and the author’s name “blacked out.” In certain light you can see the title under the “redaction,” as this graphic portrays. Pearson says that the design went through […]
I guess I am a sucker for commercial art under foot. The Brazilians, as I have noted, have it down to a science. Found at I Believe in Advertising
Chinese teen-girl fashion clothier Yuekou is using a 72-year-old man as a model. World, meet Liu Xianping, grandfather of Lv Ting, the apparel-maker’s owner. According to Ting, one day Xianping picked up an outfit, tried to give her advice on mixing and matching outfits and instead of saying “Grandpa, that’s gross…” what resulted was Xianping’s first […]
Clark&Kent is the smallest ad agency in the world with headquarters in a phone booth in New York. Here is the C&K business card. And of course…it’s a phone booth! That’s all well and good until someone asks “What’s a phone booth?” Via I Believe in Advertising.
Rafaël Rozendaal is a Dutch-Brazilian visual artist and founder of the DIY curatorial platform BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer). He uses the internet as his canvas and gallery, building colorful and interactive works that lie somewhere between animation and digital painting. Rafaël says, “If you told Leonardo daVinci there’s this magical box that anyone in […]
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Is “abattoir” just one of those Aussie words everyone there knows, like stickybeak or billabong? Or was “slaughterhouse” just a tad too déclassé? Via ads of the world.
Publicis Spain created a WonderBra box posing as a self-help book and placed it in bookstores and shopping centers. Apparently business women in Spain are not yet tired of answering the question “What are you staring at?” Via Ads of the World.