Archive for the ‘Advertising’ Category

Two bob note

20th July

2010

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I like Umbro’s new campaign, really, I do, but I can’t see it encouraging pimply youths to buy football boots.

If it’s good enough for Benny

5th January

2010

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Benny Goodman was a Smirnoff man, if the Vintage Ad Browser is to be believed. Either way, it’s a great resource.

You’d butter believe it

24th March

2009

Floramarg

Margarine. Let’s be honest, it’s filth! Why on earth you’d spunk away your money on a pathetic butter substitute I don’t know, but hey, credit to Flora for this clever billboard ad.

Humungous BMW ad hoarding

10th March

2009

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BMW’s monster billboard in Moscow is so large it sports actual vehicles on its surface.

If you own one of these models and you’re short on a few spare parts, this presents an ideal movey-saving, ladder-extending opportunity.

Bogus crash scenes

6th February

2009

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With Paul Gadd off the radar, Thai police clearly have too much time on their hands. They’ve been busy creating mock accident scenes to deter drink drivers. One can’t help but wonder whether this will prove to be more of a distraction than a deterrent, but who am I to question the credibility of the Thai plod?

Adbusting, Berlin style

13th January

2009

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Subvertising, adbusting – call it what you will, all the cool kids are doing it.

(Not so) pretty in pink

26th November

2008

Ribery

The Ribéry Pink Panther ad – a wonderful idea featuring a wonderful player (trust me, Bayern are pretty dicey without him). They’ll have a job on their hands convincing the average Sunday league player that he should wear pink footwear, but hey, full credit to them for trying.

Teenage slavery

17th November

2008

Shs

Fair play to SHS. I don’t understand it, but I like it. Digging that Snoopy skull…

Telly is for bums

30th September

2008

Mtvfatman

The new MTV Switch campaign can’t help but remind me of the television show “Why Don’t You Just Switch Off Your Television Set and Go and Do Something Less Boring Instead?”

Vintage film goodness

29th July

2008

That Man Bolt Poster

Badder than evil scans of “classic” movie posters. Well, OK, one man’s classic is another man’s unwatchable cack, but hey, anyone that doesn’t dig Three The Hard Way or Black Caesar can go suck a brown one.