advertising design and the culture that surrounds us

Archive for May, 2009

wow imagination!


Was pointed to this from my friend Adam. His email subject line was “Wow.” I agree. Be sure to watch the credits to see how they filmed this.

Whack-A-Kitty


this is just stupid and funny and these kitties look like our cat Violet, so I couldn’t resist. Be sure to turn up the volume for the He-Haw/Dukes-of-Hazzard-Country-Band-Jamboree-Getaway-Music. (it’s classic.)

beautiful artwork

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some beautiful illustrations, doodles and artwork. This has some sort of romantic classic feel to it, and some of it is done on magazines, napkins and coffee cups.

click here to see more of this great work.SHCH GRAPHICS GROUP

You say Clamato I say Clamato.

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Being from Milwaukee, I don’t support Budweiser products really. (Something about home town pride, and if you can’t find a beer you like that’s made in Wisconsin that’s sad.) So when I saw this at the local liquor store I was knocked for a loop. Beer and Clamato, really? Does Miller have something up it’s sleeve to counter this? Like the Miller Chill, Bud Lime all out war for your summer bbq-ing dollar? um probably not, because I think it’s pretty awful. I think I drank 6 of it’s illustrious 24 ounces. (And I love me the bloody mary, which I was thinking this would be sort of close to in a way.) Could this be for some sort of niche-specific market that I don’t know about? Perhaps. But I like companies that take risks, even if I don’t like the taste of it.

Is this art?


Is this art, is it improv, or some kind of psychological experiment?

New Mac vs. PC ads





Here are 3 new get a mac ads that take on customer service and user experience cleverly. One would think that this campaign would just die out, but Apples agency TBWA is still producing entertaining ads that inform.

Watch this and feel good about where you live.

Green Bay Packers vs. The Swine Flu


Does anyone thing the 3-4 defense will work against the swine flu this season? (by “swine” I mean Brett Favre and “flu” if he ends up in a Vikings jersey.)

blink 182 vs. London Choir


What’s my age again being sung by a London choir? Smashing!

Starbucks new ad campaign

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Dear McDonalds,

even though we’re both megacorps and don’t stand for the same things we did when our companies started, we’re cooler, so stop muscling in on our turf. ~Love Starbucks