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Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Rock N Roll Elderly


Check out these new ads for RockAxis magazine. Portraying the likes of Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon and Jim Morrison as elderly people, they really are incredibly intriguing. For music fans, they let you imagine what they might these guys may have looked life if they lived to become grandparents. Although they might creep some people out, controversial thought provoking advertising is always one thing, effective.



Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Soccer Urinal


With the World Cup in full effect it seems like a good time to start posting some of the incredible soccer themed advertisements from around the world. My personal favorite, installed in select Brazilian pubs, is a campaign that takes the concept of captive audience a step further. A makeshift small plastic goal and a miniture looking ball placed on the urinal's splash guard and it's officially game time. The print ad above the toilet is the perfect compliment as well. It translates to "Soccer is good everywhere, but it's much better on ESPN."

Mark Jenkins street art


Check out this new street installation done by Mark Jenkins in D.C. It's really incredible. Mark creates sculptures out of tape, and then in this case put clothes on the sculpture. Advertisers should take notes from this innovative, guerilla street artists, watch how his work stops people in their tracks. Do yourself a favor and check out more of Mark's work at his site.
Mark Jenkins

Wednesday, June 07, 2006

MOG


As myspace becomes bigger and bigger, there are countless social networking sites plotting to take down the champ. The latest, MOG, is music focused and includes obvious but useful features like favorite artist this month or most recently played track. But what makes it slick is the MOG-O-MATIC plugin that trolls your iTunes library to compile all this information automatically. Of course there are also manual features like photo albums and blogging, but I find the tools for discovering new music most useful. MOG is still in private beta, but if you ask around you should be able to find an invite.

Oh so this is what it's like.


I saw this ad from wonderbra today and I just had to put it up on the blog. You know when you see a incredible looking person, and you just can't help but stare. You try to look away so they don't catch you, but you just cant help yourself. Well for the newest campaign for wonderbra, the print advertisement puts you in their position. The result is really something that not only is a fantastic ad, but also a scary look into the life of a hot female. I dont know if ladies will see this and want to buy a pushup bra or wear a sweatshirt forever, but either way its clearly good advertising.

Monday, June 05, 2006

one red paperclip


Media buzz is coming from that country above the US this week, and it's definitly not about the NHL Stanley Cup Finals that also happen to start today. The hooplah is all about Canadien Kyle MacDonald and his nifty little website that's gaining a lot of exposure due to it's unique concept. The plan: Kyle is trying to trade one red paperclip in exchange for a house. While this may seem like a bad deal for the homeowner, he is actally coming pretty close to sealing the deal. How is this possible? check it out for yourself. do it.

oneredpaperclip