The article is interesting, but I wonder if there is more at play here.
If you’ve ever gotten me liquored up, you may have heard me mention my belief that the internet is forming the foundation of what will eventually become the first artificial intelligence. Which is to say, I believ[Read More]
Up until the last minute, I was convinced that this TV spot was anti-neutering. I was convinced that the thought process was, "Why the hell would I neuter my child? So... I shouldn't neuter my kitten?"
Although it’s old news by now, Tupac made a comeback this past Sunday at Coachella. His entire persona was recreated using old-school technology, baffling the hundreds of intoxicated fans who couldn’t believe the fake death rumors were actually true. Most of us have seen the videos and read the facts, but now it’s time for a healthy discussi[Read More]
April is the time when New Years’ resolutions wise up and book it as fast as their little resolution legs can take them. I’m familiar myself - my treadmill’s collecting dust just as quickly as your unread books are probably piling up. And maybe that’s why rediscovering Paris-based Soleil Noir's website "We Believe" was so important today.
I “borrowed” that from one of those Demotivator posters. If you’re wondering why someone with my cynical outlook on life needs a demotivation poster, just remember that sad sacks love to wallow in misery. And oh, how I love the wallowing. It’s a great site for realizing just how fucked up so much of the business world is; and this comes from someone who worked in an office full of the original motivational posters that make you want to hang yourself with Roseanne Barr’s thong.
“That the best you got Felix? Not very radical is it?”
Well, it’s not a new idea. Bill Bernbach started the whole “honesty in advertising” thing way back in the sixties, and then, it really was radical. The very idea that you would devote a full-page ad to a car that was inferior, or a “lemon,” well that was shocking.
Back then, traditional car ads went on and on about how awesome the cars were. Any flaws were overlooked. Any problems were locked away in deep, da[Read More]
As I sat drinking chamomile tea on the highest peak of Mount Kanchenjunga, with only a few goats and some hardened dung for company, I got to thinking.
Man, I am really…fucking…bored.
So I am back from my crusty hiatus, which was designed to calm me the fuck down. And I have to say, I still have a lot of problems with the current state of advertising. Too many, in fact, to list in this one post; so consider this the return, for now, of your unfriendly neighborhood adman.[Read More]
theatlantaegotist / Help these Creative Circus Students Collect Their D&AD Pencils.
Thanks, Ron. We'll update now. Apologies and Congratulations to Kate, Carol, and Hannah!...[Read More]
ron moore / Help these Creative Circus Students Collect Their D&AD Pencils.
there's another circus team that won another brief -- DESIGNERS! kate gallihugh, carol ehreth and hannah west.
check it out:
https://www.d...[Read More]
Joe Przedwiecki / JWT ATL turns up the heat
Pogo Pictures is proud to have worked with JWT Atlanta on this campaign. Pogo's own Ben Callner, who won the 2011 Young D...[Read More]
Todd Copilevitz / How NBC’s digital ignorance screwed the Olympics for you.
We can rant about NBC all we want, but the reality is that we're in a digital minority. NBC is hauling down record rating...[Read More]