TBWA Barcelona found an interesting use for the following optical trickery. The ad is for a fixed rate financial product. [via Ads of the World] …
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Drinking With Dita
Pin-up star and burlesque performer, Dita Von Tesse, is starring in a new ad for Perrier. Hmmm...that seems like a good use of sparkling water to me. Von Tesse also stars in this spot for Cointreau, which, as an ad, I vastly prefer. …
Upcoming Attractions: The Social Network
The Social Network is a new feature film from screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and director David Fincher. It's due in theaters in October. The music bed in this trailer is Radiohead's "Creep," which helps bring home some of the drama I expect to see in this film. What drama? I think going from a Harvard student to a billionaire in no time at all, comes with some drama. Don't you? …
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It’s The Size Of Your Thinking That Matters
Vancouver, BC's Hot Tomali was recognized twice yesterday by Ad Age Small Agency Awards. The shop earned International Agency of the Year honors and was runner up in the 1-to-10 employee category. Let's take a look at some of Hot Tomali's work: You can learn more about the shop on Hot Tomali Blog. Dan Goldgeier adds: I'd also like to mention that my agency Partners and Napier received the runner-up award for …
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CG On TV In China
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Flamin’
Honda Motors and RPA are advertising the good old fashioned way--by placing an eye-catching outdoor board on a busy Los Angeles freeway (the 405). Communicating Honda's innovation and environmental awareness, the nearly free of emissions-free Civic GX is brought to life with lighted 3-D graphics to simulate clean-burning natural-gas flames. The Civic GX is available in select markets across the U.S., including …
Weird But True: Organic Produce Brand Plants In Virtual Soil
In breaking in-game advertising news, Cascadian Farm, which started selling organic crops grown in the Upper Skagit Valley in Washington State nearly 40 years ago, has teamed with FarmVille, the incredibly popular virtual farming game inside of Facebook. According to The New York Times: FarmVille will, for the first time, offer its pretend farmers a specific food brand. Players will be able to plant an organic …
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Shopping For Pointy Shoes? Cool, Buy A Car.
Ford Fiesta is chillin' with the hipsters in Portland this month. According to The Oregonian, Ford will share space with a clothing retailer Local35 by day. At night, the so-called "pop-up" shop will host parties and a concert series put on by Spin Magazine. The pop-up shop aims to introduce the car to those young consumers in a more authentic way, said Jeff Guettler, president of Taow, the Portland-based marketing …
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