Archive | June, 2009

Pringles: Possibly the best banner ad in the world

Click above to see the ad work Fantastic work from Bridge Worldwide who recently won a Cannes Cyber Gold Lion for the above Pringles banner ad. I love the use of subtle branding and the copy is just fantastic right till the end. Just click the ad above to see what I’m talking about. Big [...]

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Pepsi: Michael Jackson ad (Street)

BBDO, New York released this old ad for Pepsi from 1984, featuring the king of pop himself Michael Jackson. RIP MJ. Sony Music have quickly teamed up with online obituary specialists Legacy and turned his website into a online memorial, allowing people to leave their respects as a comment. So far over 210,000 people have [...]

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Cape Town, Green Point Stadium Tour

  Thanks to Aslam Levy from Cape Town Tourism I had the pleasure of taking a VIP tour of Cape Town’s new 2010 World Cup Green Point stadium. Legend Matt Buckland joined me for the tour as well as local CT hero’s Gaby Rosario and Lindi King. Personally I think the Green Point stadium will [...]

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Schematic Cannes Touch screen

This new giant touch wall installation from Schematic for the 2009 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival has blown my mind. The interactive screen is multi-touch and multi-user capable and can even authenticate users via their Cannes RFID badges. The above video features Trevor Kaufman CEO of Schematic and other employees talking you through the many [...]

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Audrina Patridge: Carls Jr Burger ad

Another gratuitous half naked girl action ad for American burger joint Carls Jr. This one features Audrina Patridge looking very agreeable in a gold lamé bikini, advertising the new Carls Jr. Teriyaki Burger. The ad was shot on the beach in Malibu and was created by Mendelsohn Zien advertising. To watch the making of the [...]

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Tooheys: 6 beers of separation reality show

I am a long time fan of Australian beer marketing, they always push the boundaries a little more than in other countries and generally come up with new, fun and interesting campaigns. Tooheys extra dry beer recently launched a great campaign by BMF, Sydney. To test the theory of  “6 degrees of separation”, four aspiring [...]

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Palm Pre: Flow ad

Great ad for the recently released Palm Pre phone. The spot was created by Boston ad agency Modernista (very interesting agency site). The sleek spots were shot in China and feature choreography directed by Sun Yupeng, who helped create the opening ceremonies for the Olympics in Beijing last summer. For the making of the Palm [...]

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Dream Job (Massage therapist for models)

Fantastic work for Brazilian job website www.dreamjob.com.br. The ad was the brainchild of local Brazilian agency Borghierh / Lowe (who have a pretty annoying website). Either way great work and I’m defiantly keen to take that mans position.

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