How not to promote your product

This site is executed in such poor taste. (no pun intended) Nothing like exploiting stereotypes to hock your mediocre tv dinners. From the ridiculous voice to the idiotic quips this campaign is simply ridiculous.

Via adrants

Miles

Nature is all around you

Nice campaign here from Y&R, Paris. There is plenty going on with the photography, exploded illustrations, storybook feel and expressive typography, but, it somehow all works well together and packs a powerful message. Recycle your old crap as opposed to simply tossing it out!

Via ibia

Miles

7 tips for making a good impression

These 7 helpful rules for making a good impression, no matter who you are communicating with, are based on common courtesy, general politeness and respect. Nice little bit courtesy of BusinessWeek.

Miles

Bad advertising fail

Mini in 3D! from print!

I have no idea how this works, but I do know this is totally awesome.

Via brandflakesforbreakfast

Miles

15 awesome ambigrams

Here is a nice collection of 15 ambigram designs. It is difficult not to appreciate the effort it takes to design such a mark. Fantastic craftsmanship...

ambigram, also sometimes known as an inversion or flipscript, is a graphical figure that spells out one or more words not only in its form as presented, but also in another direction or orientation. The text spelled out in the other direction or orientation is often the same, but can also be a different text.

Via logodesignlove

Miles

Lojack awesomeness

Really nice spots for Lojack here by Leo Burnett Columbia. Very, very well done in both the conception and execution departments. Click the image for a look at all three pieces...

Via ibia

Miles

Brilliant. Just brilliant

I'm not sure when, or where this took place, but the guys over at Axe/their agency decided to stage this brilliant guerrilla marketing effort. Apparently this guys showed up at a female only foot race, stepped out in front of the racers, sprayed himself with Axe and then started running right before the start, so that all of the women were chasing him. Genius.

Via denveregotist

Miles

Update:
"Axe has once again put a smile on my face with this new execution in Denmark. Created by Uncle Grey it used the largest women’s race in Europe to highlight the ‘Axe Effect’. At the start of the race, over 6000 women waited in the blocks while a lone man wearing an axe shirt jumped the barricades separating the spectators and competitors."

Don't Feel Rejected...

It's all part of the process. And it's a process we rarely get to see, especially in the case of a campaign that went so stunningly well it won Ad Age's Marketer of the Year. Much of the campaign's success can be attributed to the Obama '08 logo, a mark created in a very short time period by the folks at Sender LLC, out of Chicago. In a 2-part interview, new VSA Partners strategist Sol Sender (formerly principal of Sender LLC) reveals everything about the creative development of the 2008 Obama Logo, which was released in February of 2007 and has arguably become one of the most noticed icons on the planet; but it didn't get there without going through the ringer. Sender's team came up with 15+ concepts in just two short weeks, a number many of us are surprised to hear. Needless to say, the interview which can be found here, provides some brilliant insight on the process, including those fine concepts we like to call rejects. Never forget - it's the development of the rejects that help us find the best creative solution.

A screen grab overview of the video can be found at LogoDesignLove
Video via VSA Partners
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Headline News gets revamped

One of my favorite channels since I was like, 15, Headline News freshens things up with a new identity including logo and a whole slew of onscreen graphics. Here is a bit of commentary on the revamp.

Via brandnew

Miles

Parent fail

One for the fans

So lonely was this fan. So weathered. So sad. Hanging from a flea market ceiling in small town South Carolina, this poor neglected fixture simply begged to be noticed. Simply acknowledged. Stay strong soggy fan. Stay strong.

Miles

Truly handcrafted

This work from Russian Yulia Brodskaya is simply amazing. The time it must have taken to construct such detail is mind-boggling. Enjoy...

Via swissmiss

Miles

Best commercial ever?

I am just going to let this one speak for itself. Think of it as a Monday morning pick me up!

Thanks denveregotist

Miles

Fluteboxing!

Beatboxing with a flute - total awesomeness!

Via yesbutnobutyes

Miles

In the spirit of Surrealism

Nice work here for Volkswagen by DDB Germany.

Via ibia

Miles

They will never take our Independence Day

This is one of the greatest things I have ever seen. If this doesn't inspire you, you have no soul.
Thanks denveregotist.

Via Overthinkingit

Miles

iWant

Here's a pretty awesome piece of advertising in my mind. Miles and I were talking about it a bit last week... and I came to the conclusion that: I am moving to Canada to get this phone.
I'll probably post a comment after a few days so as not to ruin the ad for people who haven't seen it just yet. But, pretty sweet nonetheless. It's just so... so clean!

You can either click the pic above to view it or click here.

~Lee

Frosting on the Cake.

We got a slight frosting last week a few days after we got our couple feet of snow. I was on my way to work and happened to look out into a field while I was driving.

The picture above is what I saw, so naturally I had to pull over and try to capture it. Normally I'm not a fan of crooked horizons, but I figured since I was shooting this in the theme of lomography that it was okay. In the end I think it 'kinda compliments it.

Anyways, keep warm!
~Lee

Local campaign does good

Cultivator, out of Denver, recently launched an all-encompassing campaign to promote shopping in Cherry Creek this Holiday season. As opposed to going the typical route of showcasing products and prices they went in a completely different direction. The objective, to directly promote fun and merriness! Nice execution and copy...

Via thedenveregotist

Miles