Ad’s Clever: Band names made real
An iTunes voucher is the gift of choice for the grandparent that knows that an MP3 is not a Japanese sports car and a download is not a type of pickup truck. So the sight of Apple’s ‘off-the-shelf’ gift cards, in their various denominations, are becoming more common at checkouts throughout the world. Not the [...]
In: Ad's Clever · Tagged with: advertising, gift cards, itunes, nine inch nails, paerl jam, Publicis Brussels, supermarket
Ad’s Clever: Angry Birds Live
It’s the game that’s become the Smart Phone Generation’s ‘Snake’. Angry Birds is the addictive time-waster that’s had everyone hooked for the last year. With such worldwide popularity, the only surprise is that it’s not been highjacked by magpie-like ad men sooner. Well, credit must go to Saatchi & Saatchi for providing a very well [...]
In: Ad's Clever · Tagged with: advertising, angry birds, real life angry birds, saatchi, t-mobile
Ad’s Clever: Land Rover LR4 “Pathological Liar”
How do you convey safety in a car ad? Peaceful sleeping babies? Smiling mothers gazing contentedly over their shoulder towards a happy 2.4 kids? Well, this amusing spot for the new Land Rover LR4 by Y&R New York takes a slightly more ‘truthful’ approach. Via Adland TV
In: Ad's Clever · Tagged with: advertising, Land Rover LR4, Pathological Liar, y&r
Ad’s Clever: UNICEF landmine stickers
Despite Mad Men, Advertising does have a bit of an image problem. General public perception is still one of distrust. But as this rather clever piece of advertising for UNICEF proves, ad men can use their powers for good as well as evil. Here Leo Burnett, Frankfurt cleverly stick double-sided floor stickers on the ground [...]
In: Ad's Clever · Tagged with: advertising, ambient, ambient advertising, bottom of shoe, charity advertising, fllor stickers, frankfurt, landmines, leo burnett, mad men, stickers, UNICEF
Ad’s Clever: Nissan Juke iPhone ad
We all know that advertising has changed irreversibly in the last 5-10 years. Don Draper is no doubt turning in his Brooks Brothers‘ fitted grave and coffin set at the explosion of interactive advertising. The latest campaign for the new Nissan Juke by TBWA/Chiat/Day is a perfect example of how the boundaries of advertising continue [...]
In: Ad's Clever · Tagged with: advertising, comic book, iphone ad, nissan juke
Ad’s Clever: R2D2 and C3PO Currys PC World ad (Director’s Cut)
Ad agency M&C Saatchi have turned to the ‘dark side’ of Advertising for their latest campaign- if all else fails, wheel out some Star Wars Characters – “Everyone loves Star Wars”. And you know what? They’re not wrong. Slight criticism aside, this is a cleverly executed piece of advertising, giving the brand a nice buff [...]
In: Ad's Clever · Tagged with: advertising, alec guinness, c3p0, curry, currys, john lewis, M&C Saatchi, pc, pc world, pop up, R2D2, sheen, star wars
Cats let loose in IKEA
We all know cats are independent little soles. So is it a surprise that when an ad agency let’s 100 of them loose in an IKEA store over night they refuse to walk around the showroom in the designated direction? And as for jotting down the correct item numbers with the little pencils? Well, it [...]
In: Uncategorized · Tagged with: advertising, cats, cute, home, IKEA, kitten, ogilvy, pussies, viral, Wembley
Weird & Wonderful: Ninja-bread men
Sometimes the best play on words isn’t to be found in the Advertising world. Sometimes you have to delve into the world of novelty baking. Presenting the rather kick-ass ‘ninjabread men’, avaiable for sale at Perpetual Kid. Ninja sound effects are at the user’s discretion. Via Likecool
In: Weird & Wonderful · Tagged with: advertising, bakery, gingerbread men, ninjabread mne, play on words
Flickr of Genius: Tim MacPherson
If you like your photography creatively quirky and beautifully lit, then look no further than Tim MacPherson. After starting his careering in editorial work for such news stand staples as GQ and Tatler, he’s since carved out a distinctive and imaginative style that has lent itelf to many a successful ad campaign, as seen in [...]
In: Flickr of Genius · Tagged with: advertising, autism, GQ, humour, news, photographer, photography, talk about autism, tatler, Time MacPherson, treehouse
Ad’s Clever: Google Chrome Commercial
The clever guys and gals at BBH have created this great little ad on the innovations to be found in the latest version of Google Chrome. Some jaw-dropping creative thinking shot beautifully certainly has made me think about switching from Safari. Via I Believe in Advertising
In: Ad's Clever · Tagged with: advertising, bartle bogle hegarty, bbh, browser, googel, googlechrome, new
