Tag Archives: Ads of the World

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.

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Not likely coming to Kindle anytime soon…

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.

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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.

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Job app for Polish copywriters

This is soooo much cooler than filling out those boring job applications.

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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.

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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. […]

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Praying for Japan

Since the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, creative types have stepped forward and provided their ideas for a campaign to help. One of the most compelling images was designed by Ng Vuong, revealing that the young Vietnamese creative may not be the “simple-minded adventurer” his blog tag line implies. Thanks and a tip o’ […]

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Homer is Always Hungry

You have to love the creativity that drove this Brazilian promotion for the Simpsons Movie. Thanks to Ads of the World and Julien Hatton.

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Crisis? What Crisis?

Hat tip to Advertising Is Good for You for this gem launched last August by Storåkers McCann, Stockholm, for Dagens Industri, a financial newspaper in tabloid format and the most profitable daily newspaper in Sweden. In the current economic global downturn it is no longer a mystery why financial industries have imploded. If these numbskulls […]

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