FYI- Octopus, Frito-Lay, There Will Be Blood, McDonald’s

Coolest octopus in the world James Cameron will be busy until 2015 making Avatar 2 and 3 Frito-Lay switches back to noisy bag NYC anti-smoking campaign kinda works Oprah’s new logo There Will be Blood- Pixelated Nintendo Style Technology wants to be human 10 steps to develop a great brand Twitter trends- manly men and [...]

Master Card Lets You Choose

Advertising Agency MacLaren McCann Toronto, Canada Via Ads of the World

Most Mysterious Ad Ever

When you first see this ad you think you are seeing a movie trailer, but at the end you realize you are watching a commercial for Nike’s Machspeed Black driver. One of the hints you get about it is the date at the beginning of the ad: Nov 26th 2010, which is when it will [...]

Giant Game of Pool

Budweiser’s ad created by DDB London and director Chris Palmer. When you have very strict advertising regulations for products like alcohol and tobacco , a campaign has to be extremely creativy to make it memorable. Even though this ad is over 90 seconds long, it kept me engaged the whole time because of the originality. [...]

Suzuki Road Surfing

Tagline- Way of life! Agency: ADWISE, Assatu DK, Moscow, Russia Illustration: Fiero Animals Published: September 2010

Random Monday

It’s that time of the week again! While most of you are about to end your workday and head home to have dinner, I’m still writing cover letters and sending resumes to different prospect employers. Sorry for taking so long on posting today I hope you have a good week and keep checking the updates [...]

FYI

Helvetica is the font everyone was talking about in 1966 Should NPR fire its CEO? New Media doesn’t exist. It’s all about new consumption. Celebrating the return of Mad Men with 10 real Ad Men The NHL is using social media to interact with fans. Is American Apparel profitting from gay bashing? The Mad Men [...]

What is Your Dog Going To Be For Halloween?

For this Halloween season, Vest-A-Dog , an organization in charge of providing bullet-proof vests to police dogs, is trying to reach dog owners to donate money to their organization. Excellent campaign, excellent timing and excellent message. This is one of those ads that, if I owned a pet, would make me feel guilty of spending money [...]

Someday You’ll Be Older

The scare tactics of this ad make me want to start investing on my retirement. However I felt like this ad was patronizing me:”Don’t get tattoos because you’ll look ridiculous when you get older.” It sounds like something my mom said to me at some point. I think the ad works for some people, but [...]

Somebody Wrote on Your Wall

Fiat is using Facebook sounds and references to promote its new Fiat 500. In the ad young people pee on walls, laugh at small “statuses,” creep women and even sleep with your sister, then quotes the message and popping sound you get when somebody pees writes on your Facebook wall.” If you check their website, [...]