Installed at the First Fleet Park in Sydney, Australia, the Kleenex Tissue Tree is an example of Guerilla marketing done right. The tree is wrapped in silk and it gives our Kleenex tissues, environmental issues aside this is a cool idea.
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Archive for the ‘cool stuff’ Category
Kleenex street installation
Posted in cool stuff, creative stuff, tagged Australia, guerilla advertising, Installation first fleet park, Kleenex silk touch tissue tree, Street, Sydney on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An insight into the complicated workings of the US Treasury Department
Posted in cool stuff, lighter side, tagged South Park Bailout on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This explains so much.
Comcast – Apply directly to the forehead.
Posted in Random sightings, cool stuff, lighter side, rants, tagged comcast dream big commercial, waking life on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This Comcast commercial has been out for a while now and to be honest, it’s a sub-par effort. The only thing that stands out is the technique, though I wonder why they didn’t have a compelling story to match it. There have been many ads that have used animation and digital video – very badly [...]
The best advert of the year.
Posted in cool stuff, creative stuff, in-depth interesting stuff, tagged pantene violin commercial, thailand on December 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hands down, this is the best advert I have seen in ‘08. The team that created it understands new media doesn’t do :30 or :59 seconds and if you can weave a compelling story and not be overtly offensive by throwing your brand name every frame, you will create something beautiful.
I [...]
Diamond on a string
Posted in cool stuff, creative stuff, tagged diamond advertising, the richards group, zales love rocks string on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Advertising diamonds is a strange thing – the advertiser doesn’t actually convince the actual buyer, but the ultimate recipient. I am yet to come across a category like this.
The Zales Love Rocks is one of the best I have seen in its category.
Agency: The Richards Group. Click HERE for full credits.
The Red Cross Puddle Man
Posted in cool stuff, tagged Puddle Man, Red Cross, Red Cross Argentina on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
While I’d never get tired of PETA’s naked ladies advertising strategy (the best!) and I also would not really warm up too much towards flier distributors – this idea for Red Cross Argentina is very cool indeed.
Click here to see ANOTHER PHOTO. Via.
Calvin Snow Art
Posted in cool stuff, lighter side, tagged Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes, Calvin Snow Art on December 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bill Watterson’s take on the world never ceases to amaze me. This is the latest Calvin Snow Art meme at Buzz Feed.
Click on the strip below and it becomes ginormous. There really is no better way to spend 10 minutes.
One of my personal favorite is below:
Sea Rescue tops as the most pressing issue facing South Africa.
Posted in cool stuff, creative stuff, tagged National Sea Rescue Institute, Ogilvy Cape Town South Africa on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m kidding.
Usually when agencies get clients with names like National Sea Rescue Institute a light bulb goes on the heads of the creative department. AWARDS. And a chance to do weird shit and call it creative. *here is looking at you Brazilians!*
Surprisingly, Ogilvy Cape Town has gone the other way and created this simple and [...]
Banksy — now in your computer screen.
Posted in Random sightings, cool stuff, creative stuff, tagged Banksy on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
His Manifesto…
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle.
Then I realised God doesn’t work that way, so I stole
one and prayed for forgiveness. – Emo Philips
Click on the image or HERE.
SF MOMA ArtScope
Posted in Random sightings, cool stuff, creative stuff, interactive, tagged SF Moma ArtScope on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has a new project, ArtScope in which their entire collection is presented in a website in a breathtaking manner. It is a neat way to use all the new web tools to present creative work, well…creatively.
Click on the image or click HERE.
Guitar Hero
Posted in Random sightings, cool stuff, lighter side, tagged a-rod, ian phelps, kobe, Latest guitar hero ad, tony hawk on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
They must have spent zillions to get all these guys in one room. As for as celebrity endorsements go, this is funny.
And I am pretty sure, sports blogs are going to have a field day, especially with Kobe and A-Rod.
Diesel XXX SFW
Posted in Random sightings, cool stuff, creative stuff, lighter side, tagged Diesel XXX SFW on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Diesel is celebrating its anniversary across 17 cities around the world. So of course, they have to do something awesome like this. The funny thing is the SFW part, especially in a video where the unseen is far boring and lamer than the seen.
Does anyone know the people behind this? I [...]
Wii Shakes it
Posted in cool stuff, creative stuff, tagged wario land you tube, wii shake it, Wii Wario Land on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The latest Wii promotion is very good indeed.
Click HERE or the image on the right to watch.
Some good print ads
Posted in cool stuff, creative stuff, tagged BBH London, Nissan, TBWA\Chiat\Day, world heart foundation on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I love to see a good print especially since it’s so rare these days. Here are two recent ones.
Stumbled across this ad from BBH London, via Stan’s blog.
And for Nissan from TBWA\Chiat\day via I Believe in Advertising.
By this fall, the whole world could be a black hole!
Posted in Random sightings, cool stuff, tagged Large Hardon Collider on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just kidding. But who could resist that sort of headline.
The Large Hardon Collider was activated today at the French-Swiss border.
From NYT…
At 4:27 a.m., Eastern time, scientists sent the beam of protons around the collider’s 17-mile-long racetrack, 300 feet underneath the Swiss-French border, and then sent another beam through again.
And this gem…
Eventually, the collider is expected [...]
Even a homeless dude from Detroit can get laid with Levis 501
Posted in cool stuff, creative stuff, tagged Levis, Secrets and lies on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Levis has the ultimate message for a brand – if you want to take your pants often, you better wear a Levis. And this spot, titled ’secrets and lies’ is charming.
Previously: Levis was using helium to fly people.
In this Honda Accord Ad, the first 37 seconds are bloody awesome
Posted in cool stuff, creative stuff, tagged Honda Accord Euro Ad on August 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A follow-up ad to the famed ‘The Cog’ is never going to be an easy one. But this is a nice attempt and I am a sucker for car ads that don’t show the car. In this case, there was absolutely no need to. And the VO ‘Absolute precision you can feel’ doesn’t really fit [...]
Natural Fireworks
Posted in cool stuff, tagged show da natureza on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For those of you who are sick of the disgusting excess of Olympics, this should give you 25 seconds of pure joy.
Note: I have absolutely nothing against the Chinese…I just don’t like this commercial spectacle. UPDATE: Also, the IOC has been a preposterously evil enterprise. Marina Hyde articulates it well.
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Mars Phoenix finds water and ice in Mars
Posted in Random sightings, cool stuff, tagged Mars Phoenix, nasa, Water on Mars on August 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
NASA has been releasing images from the Mars Phoenix expedition. Having long suspected that Mars maybe able to sustain life, at last, it’s confirmed.
You can see an awesome video of the Mars’ landscape and skyline here.
For those who wish to follow this closely, go to Twitter/MarsPhoenix.
Story originally found here. Image Via.
The Land Rover goes where no car has never gone before
Posted in Random sightings, cool stuff, creative stuff, tagged Festival of speed, Gerry Judah, Land Rover, LRX on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From the festival of Goodwood…I can only assume this is in UK. This is amazing brand work. It’s is the work of acclaimed artist Gerry Judah. Enjoy the Land Rover LRX.
Find the rest of it here.
Portrait of billboard as a metaphor for the ad industry
Posted in Random sightings, cool stuff, tagged Add new tag, billboard on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I think that I shall never see, a billboard lovely as a tree.
Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I’ll never see a tree at all.
– Ogden Nash
Through Stan’s Brand DNA blog, I stumbled upon this project called Billboards by Branislav Kropiak. Being a copywriter and having written several billboards, this image made me laugh [...]
Helium in Levis
Posted in cool stuff, tagged Levis, Levis helium jeans on June 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This has been around for a some days now…the latest viral from Levis and so far the best they have done. Who doesn’t want to fly and this is flying really cheap. Enjoy.
Found at Illegal Advertising.
Twitter Stories
Posted in cool stuff, creative stuff, interactive, tagged Live twitter feed, Robots and Empire, Twistori on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I started an online project with the wizards at Robots and Empire and found out their previous project. Twistori. Would you like to know what people are loving, hating, thinking, believing, feeling and wishing? Yes I do. Here is the live feed from twitter. Awesome work! And oh…by the way do please leave your favorite [...]
Football on the Coke side of life
Posted in cool stuff, creative stuff, tagged coco cola the unhuggables on June 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Titled ‘The Unhuggables’ this is a series of shorts for Coco Cola by Santo, Buenos Aires. I think it’s an interesting approach both in terms of creative and media planning.
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That Balloon Spot
Posted in cool stuff, cynical pov, tagged the balloon, tiji on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
DDB Paris has a new tv spot, a two minute ad for Tiji children’s tv station. The spot looks beautiful. Trouble is…
…for an ad that talks about imagination, the script looks too ‘inspired’ by Le Ballon Rouge.
