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
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Cross-dressing: always in style
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 […]
Posters for Flight, Still Alive
Flight via IMPawards.com
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Tagged Denzel Washington, Paul Williams, simple graphics
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Keepin’ it classy
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.
Test patterns
When I see this kind of creativity and detail I know, print is not dead. If you like this, the “stain bandits,” check out the Pirates Arno ad.
Advertising for a schizophrenic
A post by mashkulture.net divides the advertising world by copywriter and art director perspectives, and never the twain shall meet. This was like 1982 all over again. I thought we had moved into bigger thinking. Genuine “capital C” Creativity is not bound by a title or type. I’ve certainly created an illustration and know art […]
Job app for Polish copywriters
This is soooo much cooler than filling out those boring job applications.
So that’s why it’s called ‘Down Under’
I am having trouble getting my head around this underwear ad campaign from Australia/NZ. The copy is “Quality best appreciated up close.” Via ads of the world. Perhaps even weirder is the “club” ad.
Life in Marin Is Pretty Great
What happens when budget cutting goes deep into affluent regions? Why, launch a campaign, of course. And that’s just what SF’s Venables Bell & Partners did: a compelling pro bono campaign for the Marin Alliance for Public Schools. Though announced last March, the video and newspaper ads were just posted on Ads of the World. […]
