Archive for May, 2007
As seen in London…
Posted on 31. May, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
Copy: Every time a cyclist jumps a red light God kills a kitten.
…and just perfect for Cape Town too.
{via Londonist]
Help the YuppieChefs get a foosball table
Posted on 31. May, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
We were spending some work time over at the YuppieChef HQ yesterday – feeling a little bleak due to their lack of office entertainment facilities. See – we struggle to get creatively inspired without air hockey, an Xbox 360 or CNBS close at hand. But the guys have set a target. If they turn R8000 on YuppieChef in just one week, they’ll get themselves a foosball table.
Simple enough. To promote their plea – they even put together a little something for YouTube.
Dr Martens says sorry to Courtney Love
Posted on 30. May, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
Recently Dr Martens ran an ad using the image of the late
Kurt Cobain dressed in a
white, angelic robe and a pair of black Docs, sitting on a cloud. The tagline in
the corner reads: Dr Martens. Forever.
The thing was killed (the ad) after the Nirvana frontman’s widow
Courtney Love complained by smashing her Fender into a large glass tumbler of cocaine expressing her anger in the press.
According to a representative – "Courtney had no idea this was taking place and would never have
approved such a use," a representative for the Hole singer told People
magazine.
"She thinks it’s outrageous that a company is allowed to commercially gain from such a despicable use of her husband’s picture." [Yeah - you would know all about that wouldn't you Courtney]
Dr Martens officially apologised….after realising that their youth target market doesn’t have a clue who on earth Kurt Cobain was.
New Zealand bans bikinis from burger advertising
Posted on 30. May, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
The Advertising Standards Complaints Board in New Zealand have forced Burger King in that country to withdraw a couple of TV ads featuring bikini wearing women. [eish]
Apparently the ads breached an industry code of practice forbidding the use of sex appeal simply to draw attention to a product.
Huh??? That’s the whole point of advertising – we thought.
In total – eight people complained….and this thing got yanked.
We can’t seem to find found a copy of the TV commercials in question, but it does seem a little heavy-handed of the ad police to can an ad just because bikinis were being used and a total of eight people didn’t like it. Then again – the sight of any swimming gear in New Zealand is perhaps a bit foreign.
UPDATE: See the ads in question here. [thanks Michelle]
Bikini girls banned from TV – NZ Herald
Make your own wine – plug in the Winepod
Posted on 29. May, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
Struggling with the commercial local wine brands made by educated professionals? Want to try your hand at producing your very own wine, but can’t stand the idea of spending time in your dirty garage?
Perfectly designed to fit into your kitchen, the Winepod is nothing like the waffle-maker you bought at the Design for Living 3 years ago. It works….and is a digitally networked, four-foot-tall machine that ferments, presses,
and ages wine in one self-contained device, the $3,500 (R25 000) WinePod can
produce varietals in batches of up to 60 bottles, controlling
temperature via a wireless connection to the owner’s personal computer.
It’s like an entire winery made to fit into your kitchen.
Where you get the grapes from…is perhaps a glaring opportunity for existing grape producing farms. In a couple of years time – hopefully these handy machines will be sold at Makro and you’ll be able to order your grapes from Thelema.
See;
The 11 coolest products on the planet – Business 2.0
Website: Winepod
P.E.ople’s cars
Posted on 28. May, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
Caught this at the airport in PE on our way to doing a trends presentation as part of a roadshow for a big blue bank. Note how early…and cold, in the morning it is.
Small town – small billboards.
iCatching: Ever read the label of your deodorant can
Posted on 28. May, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
- Aluminum Zirconium Tetrachlorohydrex GLY, Cyclopentasiloxane, PPG-14 butyl ether…it may sound like something you’d like to snort up your nose, but in truth they’re harmful chemicals masked by clever Axe advertising. [Wired]
– Apple store around the world are starting to attract a ‘bad element’. Why just the other day at the Apple store in the Sandton Centre we left our own iSight graffiti all over their lovely machines. [Business 2.0]
- Google are having to be even cleverer to attract the top geek talent these days. Called Google Games, top talent is lured with technology lectures, cocktail parties, pizza parties, treasure hunts
and programming contests, dubbed “code jams” or “hack days.” Whoopee. [NYT]
– GM dealers will be offering a comparative test drive of a Toyota at their stores. They’re either damn stupid….or idiots. [CNN]
- Collage students in the US think that Land Rover is an American brand, Adidas an American brand and Motorola to be Japanese. To be honest – who really cares – they all be assembled in China eventually. [Anderson]
Benetton back – and pick up right where they left off
Posted on 28. May, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
Just the other day we were wondering whatever happened to the infamous Italian fashion brand, Benetton, and their ‘far left of left field’ advertising stunts.
Look….back in the 80’s and early 90’s this stuff would have caused the Pope to bless the very pages of Italian Vogue these ads were printed on to save the world from certain decay, but now these things come across…well…a bit dated.
Had we not known better, these print ads headlining as; ‘Colors of domestic violence’…brought to you by the United Colors of Benetton – look like dorm room Photoshop knockoffs. But considering their source – they do seem real. [via Ads of the World]
A far cry from newly-born babies and clergy kisses.
iCatching: Runner pukes before Coke and Chicken Lickin’
Posted on 24. May, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
- Reebok or RBK [we can never damn well remember what their new name is....bit like Prince] seem to have the runner’s mind all mapped out.
Yeah – the idea, which we’ve clearly been missing for all these years, is to run nicely – then hurl your guts out…then continue on your leisurely jog. As demonstrated so graphically in this NYC phone kiosk. Nice,
- It’s well known that second worst thing to a serial killer, is somebody who steals trade secrets from Coke.
Would you believe that 2 such criminals have now just been caught and sentenced to a beheading eight and five-year term. Where is our society going?
The founder and CEO of local fast-food chain Chicken Licken, George Sombonos, was crowned Creative Circle’s Marketer of the Year at this week’s Financial Mail Adfocus Awards.This award was introduced for the first time this year and is designed
to honour the person who singularly reflects the qualities creative
directors yearn for in their clients.
An award ‘designed
to honour the person who singularly reflects the qualities creative
directors yearn for in their clients’?
In other words – if you shut up, open your wallet and agree to everything the ‘creator’ demands in order for them to achieve their personal goal of winning a little metal flying bird - you can win this prestigious prize. Right….
Diesel gear is global warming ready
Posted on 23. May, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
Before Greenpeace can brandjack them, Diesel have made sure this ad campaign is already suitably eco-shocking so that there are no nasty surprises during the next executive board meeting. Everything has been branded ‘global warming ready’ and primed for the coming endless summer.
This one depicts London once the warm-up gets going.
Bring it on. More executions after the jump…..
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