Archive for September, 2009
Dog’s animated mouth rivals a last night Jaws movie marathon
Posted on 30. Sep, 2009 by Jonathan Cherry.
Toyota have a new ad campaign featuring Buddy – a fast talking Boxer with a bit of an attitude.
We’ve studied the press release and can appreciate the subtle connection between canine and the refined features of the car, but for &^%$ sakes this dog’s animated mouth is bloody freaky.
It’s obviouly cleverly done and the humour of the ad draws a chuckle from the studio, but nightmares are sure to be created from that freaky mouth. As we said on the radio this morning, were we the client – we would have wanted to see a few more creative recs of that mouth before hitting the GO button. It’ll probably grow on us over time, but right now it’s a channel changer.
Hello Kitty Mimobots
Posted on 30. Sep, 2009 by Jonathan Cherry.
Helloooooo Kitty
Mimobot – the makers of stylishly excellent themed flash drives – now have a small selection of Hello Kitty flash drives. Prrrrrrrrrr.
Cristiano Ronaldo heads to Cape Town for latest Castrol ad
Posted on 30. Sep, 2009 by Jonathan Cherry.
Football pin-up boy Cristiano Ronaldo spent a bit of time [only 6 hours in fact] recently in Cape Town shooting this ad for Castrol.
The ad was shot in several locations; a desert scene was filmed in the Richtersveld, Namibia, Ronaldos shots in Manchester and the remainder of the commercial was shot in and around the Western Province as all extreme weather conditions can be found in the Cape.
In the short time that he was here he broke several hearts and fathered two children.
The ad is great, we love the Metallica-like backing track at 0:27 the great visuals and editing, but seriously Cristiano – as an English voice-over artist you should not ply your trade. Football…yes – voice-over…no.
[thanks Amy]
Mixing the old with the new
Posted on 30. Sep, 2009 by Cassandra.
Northern Wisconsin’s Forest County Chamber of Commerce recently designed a billboard on HWY 32 North of Milwaukee and Chicago that advertises the Facebook page for Crandon Tourism.
Although the concept isn’t terribly progressive, it’s interesting to see a way in which advertisers have combined the ‘old’ with the ‘new’.
If only they put as much thought into the Facebook page itself. Unfortunately its content is a bit lacking, so clearly not too much constructive thought was put into the ‘new’…or the ‘old’ for that matter…oh well, as you were.
Human Antennae: the ‘roaming’ listener
Posted on 30. Sep, 2009 by Cassandra.
Human Antenna - Carpet Radio
Swiss designer Florian Kräutli has come up with an interactive carpet radio. Oooo.
Breaking: Pieter Hugo book signing at Biblioteq this Saturday
Posted on 29. Sep, 2009 by Jonathan Cherry.
Bloody Marys and books - like a regular Saturday in the valley
Breaking news in our universe this hour is that Pieter Hugo will be hosting a book signing of his new work called Nollywood [that being the Nigerian film industry] at Biblioteq this Saturday 12 – 2pm.
If you’re not sure who Pieter Hugo is – he’s the legend that shot photographs which you may recognise like this…
…continue to uncover the mystery
Emil Jacob: Heavenly airplane interior design
Posted on 29. Sep, 2009 by Cassandra.
This is what dreams are made of
THIS is what dreams are made of. Emil Jacob has designed an airplane cabin area that won’t turn you into an alcoholic to survive the trip and uses both the vertical as well as horizontal space.
If we were judging the Loeries – this would be our Grand Prix winner
Posted on 29. Sep, 2009 by Jonathan Cherry.
As a pure piece of creativity and stunning production – which as far as we can determine is the mandate of the Loerie awards – the Baker ‘Precious Biscuits’ ad done by Shy the Sun would be our pick of the bunch. It’s radical work and makes us wanna stuff our faces with wheat and sugar.
Britain bans latest American Apparel boobvertising
Posted on 29. Sep, 2009 by Jonathan Cherry.
Not acceptable
The advertising police in the UK have banned this American Apparel print ad which appeared in Vice magazine recently.
The UK ASA deemed the ad “offensive and irresponsible” as the girl in the ad appeared to be under the age of 16. American Apparel on the other hand claim that she is in fact 23 and is meant to represent an average young woman ‘relaxed and comfortable’ lounging around at home reading War and Peace for the third time.
It’s either that or she’s getting ready to rob a convenience store of beer and cigarettes. There’s no way she’s 16 – there would be a cellphone firmly clasped in her hand if she were.
More: 50 Racy American Apparel ads – mashKULTURE [NSFW - don't go there if this type of thing freaks you out] [thanks Dave]
Love Jozi: ‘Luv is Love’
Posted on 29. Sep, 2009 by Cassandra.
This is a bit old, but still brilliant! Designer T-shirt company, Love Jozi faked their own brand [China-style] in order to popularize themselves further and expand their cliental.
