Every year a different Chicago ad agency takes up Off the Street Club's cause. This year it's Euro RSCG's turn and Steffan Postaer is stoked. ...if you go to offthestreetclub.org videos of these delightful kids and staff as well as other surprises await you. You can actually pull children off the street and put them into the club! Poignant, hopeful and utterly human, it's a gorgeous piece of interactive. Begging your …
Spotlight On NW Creative: Ziba’s Sustainable Digs
Portland's Ziba Design is a big deal. Almost as big of a deal as Wieden + Kennedy is, but in design, not advertising, circles. According to Fast Company, Ziba's new 56,000 square foot headquarters in Portland's Pearl District provided a chance for the firm to walk its talk and create a much more public presence for the Ziba brand in its home city. The new building--an urban infill project--is made of 40% recycled …
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Hollywood Ventures Into The Web’s Tool Shed
Droga In Prada
The new lifestyle rag, WSJ Magazine, decided to dress David Droga up and pretend that it's 1963. Which might have been fine if the attending article had any substance to it. Here's the best that the writer can get from the ad man: This is not survival of the fittest--it's mutation of the species that is crucial for our industry. I'm confused by this. If the species successfully mutates in order to survive, the …
Want to Get Off The Grid? Say Yee-Haw
Last night at Gallery Stokes in Atlanta, I had the pleasure of meeting Kevin Bradley, the proprietor of Yee-Haw Industries, a printmaking studio in Knoxville that operates old school--completely custom, hand-pressed posters, invitations and the like. Kevin's work shows up in Print's Regional Design Annual quite a bit, and some ad agencies use him to design ads and packaging. In addition, he hosts agencies like …
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When Used Wisely, Words Are Powerful.
Since when are taglines the most horrid part of already bad advertising? I don't know the answer to that, but I do know I'm looking at two lines that are in contention for AdPulp's new "Crap on a Stick" award. Wal-Mart -- Save Money. Live Better. Sears -- Life. Well Spent. Yes, yes, I get that people want desperately to save money on basic purchases. But a tagline is not a campaign strategy. It's meant to be a …
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We Read Blogs For Their Unvarnished Truths
Where's My Jetpack? reached 1500 blog posts and used that occasion to wax philosophical. I sometimes see this blog as a burden, as have the authors of many of my favorite reads in recent years, disappearing without a word or sometimes announcing the end with finality... But whenever I entertain the notion of quitting this thing, I end up going back to why I started blogging to begin with. I need to create, maybe …
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Radio Free Lexington Needs 200 Large To Spread The Jams
[Brought to you by The Society for Better Listening (a figment of AdPulp's imagination)] …
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