Puppies and Flowers

Guy catches glasses with face
Link to YouTube

If you've ever worked in advertising, you'll find this little ditty priceless! Link

Via: VideoSift

A nice collection of vintage Coca Cola ads.

Link to more images

Link to YouTube

Coke secrets plot woman is jailed

Coca-Cola's recipe has been a trade secret for 120 years A former secretary at Coca-Cola has been sentenced to eight years in prison for plotting to steal the company's secrets and sell them to rival Pepsi. Joya Williams, 42, was sentenced in Atlanta - Coca Cola's home - after being found guilty in February. Then the court heard she stole confidential documents and samples of new products, passing them to two men to sell to Pepsi for at least $1.5m. Co-conspirator Ibrahim Dimson received a jail term of five years. Both he and another man, Edmund Duhaney, had pleaded guilty.

Link to YouTube

Link to i-am-bored

“YES, SIR, in any bunch of expert shots — Camels are the favorite cigarette,” says Ransford Triggs, one of the foremost marksmen in America. “Marksmen know that it takes steady nerves to make high scores. And the fact that Camels don’t frazzle my nerves goes over big with me. I smoke plenty of Camels every day, too.”

Paint drips off a three banner spread across the north side of the Atlas Building in downtown Columbus Ohio.

Link to Flickr set

Digital paper that can speak to you has been created by scientists.

Researchers from Mid Sweden University have constructed an interactive paper billboard that emits recorded sound in response to a user's touch.

The prototype display uses conductive inks, which are sensitive to pressure, and printed speakers.

Link to BBC article

Link to oddee

Fast Food: Ads vs. Reality Each item was purchased, taken home, and photographed immediately. Nothing was tampered with, run over by a car, or anything of the sort. It is an accurate representation in every case. Shiny, neon-orange, liquefied pump-cheese, and all.

Link to more pictures via Neatorama

Note: According to this wikipedia entry on Iver Johnson, President William McKinley and Senator Robert F. Kennedy were killed by Iver Johnson revolvers.

This vintage ad ran in Harper’s Weekly (1904). Found at LiveJournal.

Clever bit of outdoor advertising, not only are you reaching your market (drivers) but by taking up valuable parking spaces, make an impression on them.

Parking spaces in the Grand Gateway in Shanghai were blocked out in December and January. Pedestals and notices told motorists the spots were reserved with the message: "This parking lot is left for our Roewe owners only."

Link to more pictures

or how about a PolyStation?
Link to oddee.com

Link to Roads and Traffic Authority NSW. Link on page pops video

Transparent stickers on the eggs and a flyer inside the carton.

Link to Amka Shop via abitofmix

My favorite:

What the heck is electronic mail?

That's the question posed in this Honeywell ad, which explains: "Simply put, it means high-speed information transportation.

"One of the most advanced methods is terminals talking to one another.

"Your mailbox is the terminal on your desk. Punch a key and today's correspondence and messages are displayed instantly."

Link to ComputerWorld list

Link to funnymos via the presurfer

Related previous postings: 1 2 3

Link to Oskar Lewis

This is an amazing fashion show which appears to be interactive with the models. Over at Creative Review there is an excellent article on players involved in the creation of this piece.

Link to Creative Review via Neatorama

The European Union has turned to shock tactics in its latest bid for self-promotion... making its own dirty video. In a bid to boost interest in the workings of the EU, the communications commission have made a video of 18 couples having sex.

Link to Daily Mail article, link to YouTube clip

Brief: Draw attention to the Zoo Neunkirchen and achieve an increase in attendance.

Link with more pictures via Presurfer

Link to Flickrset

Locate a Kwik-E-Mart near you

First image may not be safe for work. 

Link to Koen Demuynck's work

This one is from an ad 

Sex sells. Parted lips, rapid breathing, and throaty moans—audiovisuals like these move more moisture-rich shampoo than any clever catchphrase ever could. No wonder it’s so tough to tell the difference between an actor conveying the transcendental goodness of Cool Ranch Doritos and a porn hamming it up for the climax in Flesh Hunter 3. Take a look at these close-ups and see if you can figure out who’s pushing cream rinse and who’s shooting for a big finish.

Link to page, click on slideshow 

An awning on the top of the billboard creates the illusion of of the ocean rising.

Link to time lapse YouTube clip

Found at NOTCOT 

The exhibition brings together 34 of Scotland's most exciting designers in an exhibition at The Lighthouse, with associated projects including a 6 citywide billboard project, publication and specially commissioned souvenirs. Building on the success of The Scottish Show in 2004, the exhibition will celebrate the vibrancy and vitality of Scotland's design industry.

Work and installations by the designers will take over most of The Lighthouse by inhabiting the galleries, corridors, stairwells and shop.
The Scottish Show 07 is the national exhibition of the inaugural six cities design Festival.

OSTREET Billboard 

Link to the Scottish Show 07 via DesignBoom

Found at 'advertising for peanuts' 

From the Sun:

PAGANS have pledged to perform “rain magic” to wash away cartoon character Homer Simpson who was painted next to their famous fertility symbol - the Cerne Abbas giant.

The 17th century chalk outline of the naked, sexually aroused, club-wielding giant is believed by many to be a symbol of ancient spirituality.

Many couples also believe the 180ft giant, which is carved in the hillside above Cerne Abbas, Dorset, is an aid to fertility.

A giant 180ft Homer Simpson brandishing a doughnut was painted next to the well-endowed figure today in a publicity stunt to promote The Simpsons Movie released later this month.

It has been painted with water-based biodegradable paint which will wash away as soon as it rains.

Ann Bryn-Evans, joint Wessex district manager for The Pagan Federation, said: “It’s very disrespectful and not at all aesthetically pleasing.

“We were hoping for some dry weather but I think I have changed my mind. We’ll be doing some rain magic to bring the rain and wash it away.”

She added: “I’m amazed they got permission to do something so ridiculous. It’s an area of scientific interest.”

She also expressed fears that the painting of Homer, from the animated television series The Simpsons, would cause a mess as it washed away.

During the Second World War, he was disguised to prevent the Germans from using him as an aerial landmark.

Since then he has always been visible, receiving regular grass trimming and a full re-chalking every 25 years.

Link

Photo: ms_cwang 

From article:

For the first time, the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart will sell a line of religious toys, according to a WKMG-TV report.

More than 420 Wal-Mart stores nationwide will begin carrying the faith-based toys that include Jesus and Samson action figures.Only about one-sixth of stores will carry the toys.

Link to Local6

Cool photoraphic sets at Satan's Laundromat:

Red Hook
parallax
chicken, egg
sf fog
sf sun
Macy's Parade
Tokyo street art 2
Tokyo street art 1
Tsukiji fish market
Tokyo bizarreness 2
Tokyo bizarreness 1
Engrish

Time lapse video of 'the making of'

Animated GIF shows Homer scoring!
(Hit reload to watch again) 

Found here 

Original post here 

Link to clip via Cameron Mall Thanks Ben L

The Hollywood sign… 

Statue of Liberty 

Funny posts. 

Link to YouTube [1] [2] 

Previously on P&F 

Seems to be a marketing site for an Australian magazine publisher, amusing site.

Link 

This is a really slick flash website, select from four body areas for your tat.

(Marketing for Crusty Demons game) 

Check it out 

Previous tattoo generator shown on P&F

Link to YouTube

So you think you know the McDonald's menu like the back of your hand? Think again. From McDonald's international, here are some menu items you have probably never tried before.

Found at Modern Mechanix 

I think you'll find this site is interesting whether or not you work in the industry. 

Link via The Presurfer 

Artist Cayetano Ferrer posts an image of what's hidden behind the billbooard onto it, then takes a chunk of it and posts on an adjacent building.

Link 

Link to YouTube 

Ad for Mondo Pasta in Hamburg, Germany.

Found here 

Fun blog full of submitted images of what creatives have on their desks.

(Shouldn't this be an upper and lower case?) 

Shown here: 

Toniduran, Graphic Designer & illustrator
Cherbourg, France
www.toniduran.ouvaton.org 

Link to blog 

Copy: Horror Film Festival 10-11 Feb. 2007

If traditional methods of advertising don't work, try scaring people into trying your product. In this case, for the horror film fest, it seems to work. These blood transparencies were placed under doors to make people think they're living their own nightmare, if only for a few seconds. Scary good work by Rediffusion Dyr, Bangalore, India.

Link via

#3 The Dairy Association's huge success with the campaign "Got Milk?" prompted them to expand advertising to Mexico. It was soon brought to their attention the Spanish translation read "Are You Lactating?"

Link to list  via GeekAlerts

Like the directions on the packaging of the Irish pill, "put between knees and squeeze". 

Link to site via

"No comment"
— Bill Clinton

Oh crap. Link 

Not quite sure what this means…

Link to more 

Previous funny bathroom signs 

How many metaphors and sexual innuendos can you get?

From Brentter.com's advertising blog: 

I’m surprised Steve Hall from Adrants hasn’t already snagged this spot for Sky Television’s Fresh TV - one of New Zealand’s adult television programs. It’s pretty funny and I dare you to try and find all of the metaphors used in the 1:10 promo. Hint: As the ending tagline reminds us, “Think Filthy.” I was only able to recognize 16, but there were a few items that I was unable to identify.

If you’re at work I can assure you that this piece is SFW, however I guess that depends on what industry you happen to be in. There’s nothing even close to nudity, but I have to warn you that you get to hear banter like:

(Man walks up to bar)
“Man: Hey love, I’ll have a little hand shandy please.
(Bartender brings him an overflowing beer)
Bartender: Ooo, Sorry about the head.
Man: Nah, that’s great. Nice beef curtains.
(Camera pans behind bartender to show the cow-print curtains leading into kitchen)
Bartender: Thanks.”

This jovial look at sexual innuendos was brought to us by DDB, New Zealand and was directed by Nic Finlayson from Film Construction, Auckland. Regan Grafton & Bridget Short were the Creative Directors for DDB (where Toby Talbot resides as ECD) and was produced by Phil Liefting.

The micro-site for the “Think Filthy” campaign is currently hosting a “Be Back Soon” image, but you can view accompanying print pieces, all featuring various sexual metaphors, here: Pub, Cottage, Farm.

Thanks Brady 

Link to YouTube 

The Twingo. Little did its creators know it would become the cause of so much marital strife

From article: 

Hundreds of angry Dutch women have complained to car manufacturer Renault after receiving handwritten letters purporting to come from a unknown admirer who called them "darling", suggested meeting soon for a drink and signed themselves "lots of love, M".

Some 30,000 letters were sent out - and Renault is now writing 30,000 apologies.

The letter was in fact part of an advertising campaign for a new version of their car, the Twingo, to be launched next month in the Netherlands where it has proved a particularly big seller.

Link to article

Article:

THERE is nothing virginal about a new advertising campaign for Virgin Home Loans showing wild sex romps between elderly lovers.

Titled Everlasting Love, Virgin's print, internet and TV ads reveal octogenarian orgies in the bedroom, shower and even a back garden.

The elderly couples are real and the images - one of Aleme and Osman Gjolej in the shower using only the "hand bra" to cover themselves - are confronting.

Always the masters of shock, the Virgin campaign was created to promote a new loan rewards program. The TV ad, split into PG and M-rated versions, shows Bill and Glenys Henderson ripping off their clothes before doing the dirty behind a well-placed gum tree.

Launched at the Hilton Hotel yesterday, another elderly couple loved it up in a bubble bath as Virgin Home Loans CEO David Wakeley extolled the virtues of life-long relationships, which mortgages often are.

The mortgage gives customers a 0.1 per cent cut in their rate after three years and a second 0.1 per cent cut after five years - cutting Virgin's standard variable loan from 7.59 per cent to 7.39 per cent, provided the RBA's cash rate remains stable.

Found here

Make your own Bob Dylan “Subterranean Homesick Blues” signs.

Link via Neatorama 

Vandals’ cruel handiwork went unseen at Wood Green bus depot as it was not visible at street level.

From The Sun: 

A DOUBLE-decker is driven through London’s streets yesterday — carrying an obscene jibe about Mayor Ken Livingstone on its roof.

Office staff roared with laugher on reading “Livingstone is a c***!” in 3ft-high letters.

Matt Arney, 26, took the snap near the Thames Embankment.

He said: “Everyone dashed to the window. It was hilarious.”

Red Ken has been blamed for axing the famous Routemaster buses.

 CCTV film at the depot is being studied. 

Link via The Presurfer

Link via Gerard 

Link to YouTube 

The company I work for did this but in February 2007, TBWA\Chiat\Day San Francisco became Cutwater. 

Won't be holding my breath waiting for these… 

Thanks Faisal 

Link to lots more samples 

Below: the new NYC Taxi logo that caused an uproar, click here to see reader submitted designs, some of which are excellent.

Designed by Wolff Olins — who also created the 'fabulous' London 2012 Olympic logo:

Link to BBC readers alternatives

Link: Scroll down to video clip

to YouTube:

Most expensive ever Guinness advert features large-scale domino game.

Directed by Nicolai Fuglsig of Sony Bravia 'Balls' fame, it is a celebration of community.

The advert was shot on location in a remote side village called Iruya, in the Salta region of northern Argentina, with a population of around 1,000 people.

Toppling items included: 6,000 dominoes, 10,000 books, 400 tyres, 75 mirrors, 50 fridges, 45 wardrobes and 6 cars.

Link to more samples 

Drivers would presumably slow down to avoid the 'sticker' potholes and then encounter the message: "Feels like Pioneer Suspension". Nifty.

Very funny commercial from Saatchi & Saatchi, Moscow, Russia

Link to YouTube

Headline: Everyone Makes Mistakes

Advertising Agency: Grey Hong Kong
Executive Creative Director: Keith Ho
Creative Director: Paul Chan
Art Director: V Lau
Copywriters: Paul Chan, Kennex Ma

via The Creative Blog

Link to YouTube clip 

9 ads from Ramón Rubial - Fundación Españoles en el Mundo, the Foundation for Spanish people all over the world. The campaign warns Spanish tourists about the dangers of doing (and getting busted for) drugs abroad. Beautiful work. Links to higher rez versions can be found here.

Cuba 

Denmark 

El Salvador 

Greece 

Liberia 

Thailand 

Togo 

Uruguay 

United States 

Links to higher rez versions can be found here.

Link to YouTube

Hal Riney, the San Francisco advertising man whose iconic and memorable work helped establish the city as an important creative center for the industry and a magnet for major accounts, died of cancer in his San Francisco home Monday. He was 75.

Whether his client was an automobile manufacturer, a company selling wine coolers or the committee to re-elect President Ronald Reagan, no one could put as graceful a spin on Americana as could Hal Riney. He made likable, engaging advertising in a career of nearly 50 years.

He is best remembered for creating the brand - and the outside-Detroit image - of General Motors' Saturn automobiles, but he may be equally famous for creating the codgers Frank Bartles and Ed Jaymes, who sing the praises of the Gallo wine cooler that bore their names. In 1984, he created "Morning in America," the soft-textured, 60-second memorable montages of Americana, telling stories of swelling national pride, making people comfortable about re-electing Reagan.

These advertising campaigns and many more had a unique and relaxed western feeling to them, and stood in relief to so much in a New York-dominated industry. In the process, Riney ads prompted marketers to pay attention to the San Francisco ad scene.

Before Riney, the legendary Howard Gossage had established San Francisco's ad industry roots. Riney proteges Jeff Goodby and Rich Silverstein, who started with Riney doing "Billy Ball" ads for the Oakland A's, left in the spring of 1983 to establish one of the country's top tier agencies and encourage the next generation of San Francisco creative advertising people.

"He created an atmosphere and body of work that attracted the highest level of creative people outside New York," said Goodby, co-founder of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners in San Francisco. "Some would say higher."

Source

Shown here: Public Urination as Advertising - Guerrilla Ad Campaign

See all fifty at TrendHunter 

From AdFreak:

People in Chicago must be starving after the long, cold winter there, as they have ravaged this bus-shelter ad from ampm convenience stores to retrieve the snacks inside. Ogilvy put the ad up with the idea of slowly taking the snacks away over a four-week period, to reveal the tagline, “Too much good stuff.” Area vandals shortened the campaign’s run to two days. Curiously, they didn’t seem to like the Doritos much.

From Pink Tentacle:

Swedish furniture giant IKEA has converted the Kobe Portliner Monorail into a moving showroom before the April 14 opening of a new retail outlet at Port Island. The redecorated train, which features a colorful exterior, bright upholstery and fancy curtains, will carry passengers in style until May 6.

Link to more photos 

A German website, Pundo3000.com, has conducted a study of 100 different products by comparing the look of the products as shown by the packaging with the actual contents inside the boxes. Quoting the website, which is in German: “All products were purchased, the packaging photographed and the contents prepared and photographed too. All products were then eaten up.” and also: “The purpose of the project is not to discredit any brands or products but to critically compare the packaging advertising with the inside contents”.

Link to more photos 

Previously on P&F Fast Food: Ads vs. Reality

*Real* guerilla advertising: Large banner unfurled on Coke billboard

China's torch has arrived in Australia amid protests in Sydney and Canberra. Four tibet activists were arrested after unfurling a large banner on a prominent Coke billboard in Kings Cross protesting Coke's sponsorship of China's tainted torch relay.

But when this Coca Cola poster in Bremen, Germany, caught the attention of a Chinese Ex Pat blogger, Chinese nationalists called for a boycott too. Coca Cola, in a formal statment, claim the ad was from a 2003 campaign.

Sources: Asian Offbeat, The Guardian and SFT

Scrabble is one of my favorite games. These print ads come from Ogilvy, Hungary. The tagline reads "Every word counts".

Via why me? 

Link via YBNBY 

30,000 bubble stickers were printed by New York artist Ji Lee.
They are placed on top of OOH ads all over New York City. Passersby fill them in.
Later the results are photographed.

Link to The Bubble Project.

Link to video of Ji Lee in action. 

Via 

Coca-Cola has oversized robot vending machines lumbering around Tokyo pinching the heads of people who prefer a different brand. These robots have been made to the likeness of the 11inch tall desktop toys which feauture the regular as well as the black Coke Zero available in Japan. The toys feature bendy arms and have a little coin slot for saving up your yen and buying more coke.

Via livegrids 

100% edible paper. Fiat Panda 1.2 Natural Power Climbing €11.000. Offer valid until supplies run out. Better make this ad disappear quickly.

Agency: Leo Burnett Milan, Italy.

Found here 

From article:

COLLEGE HILL - Dr. Fredric J. Baur was so proud of having designed the container for Pringles potato crisps that he asked his family to bury him in one.

His children honored his request. Part of his remains was buried in a Pringles can - along with a regular urn containing the rest - in his grave at Arlington Memorial Gardens in Springfield Township.

Link 

Great collection of designs from around the world. 

More pictures 

Found here 

Nice looking Poster from JWT Italy, although it reminds me of a Guinness!

8 hours of writing
5 permanent markers
3 baths and 2 showers to clean off

Part of a campaign to promote writing on designated graffiti walls rather than someone elses property.

Link to YouTube

With the help of Fernando Torres. Spot was developed by 72andSunny for Nike's "Take it to the Next Level" campaign.

Link to YouTube

Link to photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com

Wonderbra brand has launched a campaign to recruit women from across the UK to pose in their underwear. This viral ad was created by integrated marketing agency Iris.

The new campaign, which with its emphasis on real body shapes echoes Dove's ongoing Real Women strategy, launches today. A viral film featuring a montage of images representing a range of familiar nicknames, from puppies to jugs, is used to describe women's breasts.

Wonderbra is aiming to encourage 1,000 women to attend Britain's largest underwear shoot to date in central London on June 2.

Link to clip.

Previously on P&F about Wonderbra:

Wonderbra: stand behind the yellow line

Saatchi & Saatchi New York ambient for Glide Dental Floss involves a pig. I have no idea what a pig has to do with dental floss. Are they saying that I have a bit of pork rind jammed between my teeth just like this pig is jammed between buildings? Are buildings the teeth of the city? Wow. Far fetched but eyecatching then I guess.

Found here.

From the advertising agency Ogilvy out of Mexico and creative directors Rafael Martínez, Luis Elizalde and Sandra Flores. 

These trees were made to look like carrots…

Found here

‘Big Is In’ campaign for the Magimix line of food processors features print ads which use Rubinesk, bikini-clad, veggies. Food carving has been seeing a resurgence in recent days, and here we see eggplants, squash and potatoes carved into pleasantly plump swimsuit models.

The new Magimix XL food processor is a high end appliance with a lexan bowl, automatically adjusting power and a 12 year motor guarantee. The Magimix 5200 XL model has an 1100w powerhouse and a 3.6 litre bowl.

“The Magimix food processor was the domestic version of appliances designed for professional use,” according to the France based company.

The ad campaign was conceived by the Gray Ad Agency from Tel-Aviv, Israel.

Found here

Air Canada

Alberta Tourist Board

BBC

FedEx

Heineken

Kill Bill

Martial Arts School

Nerolac Quick Dry Paint

Nike

Anti-Smoking Campaign

Red Cross

Sharpie

Source

detail:

Detail:

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Link to large versions

Previously on P&F related:

Puppies and Jugs

Wonderbra: stand behind the yellow line

1968 Lestoil moon helmet ad

Found here

Very nice, found here.

Philadelphia based Gyro Worldwide is pleased to present a collaborative video installation currently on display, on all facades of the The InterContinental Los Angeles - Century City. For the entire month of July, The InterContinental Hotel in Century City will present the artwork of Los Angeles painter and stylist Kime Buzzelli through artistic video vignettes designed to capture and display the essence and amenities available at The InterContinental. The video projection, produced by Klip Collective, is live from dusk to midnight each night, for the entire month of July, and is visible all the way from Santa Monica to Century City, turning the 17-story hotel inside-out for all to see.

Link to YouTube

Nifty little advertising gimmick.

Thanks Noah.

Created by DraftFCB, New York.

Link to huge collection

As part of a new campaign for Wonderbra D size, women were invited to submit pictures of themselves in their bras. The final piece is a billboard in Central London, but there is also  a website where you can look close-up, at the hundreds of pictures used to create the finished piece.

Link to website

Previously on P&F about Wonderbra:

Wonderbra: stand behind the yellow line

More Wonderbra ads — swimwear campaign

Link with more images 

More of the series here.

 
Here’s a clever print ad for a Belgian optician, by LG&F in Brussels. View larger

Copy at the bottom of the letter:
“Is it difficult for you to read these letters? If it is, than please drop by for a free eye test”

See more of these vision express ads. 

"Introducing the ultra-thin MacBook Air."

From the duo behind their now legendary project The Extreme Diet Coke & Mentos Experiments. The video is part of a promo for the new ABC Family network show Samurai Girl. OfficeMax got in there too.

Advertising Agency: Publicis Mojo, Brisbane, Australia

Working with a powerful script and creative from Saatchi & Saatchi London, Shilo directed this spot -- which has as its main components location-based live-action cinematography, an amazing performance by international spoken word artist Ainsley Burrows and stylized original animation seamlessly blended into the striking visuals.

Found at Adland 

Hilarious collection!
Dennis Hopper Tsumura Commercial

Found at The Popcorn Trick via Neatorama

"crumb crisp coated" and "what is it you want in the depths of your ignorance"!

Link to collection

Monster.Com - Stuck in the wrong job

NSW Police Force - Watch for cars when wearing headphones

Nejma Sunflower Cooking Oil

See the rest of the collection  Via

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Intersection of Mission St.
and Cesear Chavez, NE corner
San Francisco

Dear Shareholders and Clients,

The Billboard Liberation Front has partnered with Wachovia to release a daring advertising campaign that celebrates Wachovia’s new money management strategy. This campaign emphasizes the silver lining in the economic storm front now threatening to swamp our economy as well as our individual fiscal inner tubes.

“The calamitous decline in the value of all investments and the impending total collapse of the dollar will render the true value of the average savings account or investment portfolio roughly equal to a bucket of warm piss," noted Thomas J. Wurtz, CFO of Wachovia. Dr. John Silvia, Managing Director and Chief Economist noted: “After that golden shower we got from Golden West, we decided to fight fire with fire and start bailing for our clients and stockholders, mixed metaphors notwithstanding.”

This dramatic revaluation of your money has created the opportunity for our team at Wachovia to offer a unique service to our stockholders and clients. “With what promises to be the coldest winter in years now commencing, we’ve instructed our staff in all 21 States that we have offices in to start bundling greenbacks into tight rolls, perfect for small stoves and furnaces,” said Robert K. Steel CEO and President. “We believe this is the soundest application of our clients’ money.”

Link

Agency: JWT, Chile

Link to larger images

Previously posted Scrabble ads here

After the link, click on Portfolio, then select "Project One".

It is 60 years ago tomorrow that Scrabble was registered as a trade mark by Alfred Mosher Butts, an architect from New York state, and his businessman friend James Brunot.

Scrabble AD by PES:

Link to The Independent's article on the inventor and origins of Scrabble

Clicking on images launches Flash movie.

From The Behance Network:

Title: I Lose myself

Magazine: Hintmag

Photographer- Paco Peregrín (www.pacoperegrin.com )

Art Direction, digital art and illustrated- Calvin Ho (www.atomicattack.com)

Styling- Kattaca (www.kattaca.com )

Make up artist and Hairdresser- Beatriz Matallana.(beatrizmatallana.com)

Museum of London

The new Museum of London logo first appears to be a collation of current logo design trends, but with deeper inspection and research the underlying meaning of the logo is discovered. The organic shapes that make up the logo represent the history of London, showing its growth over time expanding geographically.

Schizophrenic

Another logo that plays in representational symbols while relating heavily to the brand name is the Schizonphrenic logo. Being a medical disorder that often depicts split personalities the logo characterises this with simple shapes that depict a happy and sad face.

Link to rest of collection  [via]

Link

Similar to the 'Bubble Project' in New York

As far as I can tell, this is the original poster. 

From IMBd:

Media from The Birds (1963)

Noisy interactive posters were designed by DM9DDB to promote Saxsofunny, a sound production company from Brazil.

Found at toxel.com

Here are some samples of his more whimsical work:

PINOCCHIO // WASHING LINE // OUTLOOK DESIGN ITALIA 

BIGFOOT // SCALE // OUTLOOK DESIGN ITALIA

BIGNUT // HEADREST-BALL // OUTLOOK DESIGN ITALIA

Link to castiglionemorellidesign.it

Link to Poster Boy's Flickr Set. [Via Wooster Collective]

These posters are from from the folks at HolyTaco.com where they also have send-ups of ads and tv shows.

London based CURB acted very quickly to use the recent snow storm in England as a medium for its client, Extreme. Great simple idea.

Found at BrandRepublic

Thanks to Helen P

Link to katwood on Flickr

Lots more at mpt.1607's Poster and Advertisements Flickr set.

A new TV ad made using 200 camcorders has landed itself a Guinness World Record.

The commercial for Toshiba's range of HD products was shot using the "bullet-time" technique, as seen in sci-fi movie The Matrix, starring Keanu Reeves.

The technique freezes the shot, while circling the freeze-frame.

The advert was filmed using a custom-built, 360-degree rig of Toshiba Gigashot handheld cameras.

The shoot used up 20,000Gb of hard disk space and took over 336 hours for computers to process.

Those stats helped earn it a world record for incorporating the most moving image cameras used in a composite film shot.

Georgia Max Coffee chose to redesign the toilets of a number of key ski resorts in Japan. The cubicles were fully wrapped on all sides, so that the person caught short would have a ski jumper’s view when they were sitting on the loo. The person could look down at their skis (simply printed on the floor of the cubicle) and see the steep ski jump slope ahead of them. The toilet paper holder carried the only brand messaging in the cubicle, reading: “Seriously kick-ass intensely sweet for the real coffee super zinging unstoppable Max! Taste-explosion!” The message also featured the URL www.maxcoffee.jp, where visitors could view videos of extreme sports as well as sign up to the MAX community.

Client: Coca-Cola 

VIA

Previously:

• Loo with a view — The world's toilets with the best vistas
• Bizarre collection of bathroom signs

source. Link to Havaianas website.

Just over a month ago, Adidas released their kick-ass Celebrate Originality "House Party" spot. This video included celebrity stars like David Beckham, Katy Perry, Kevin Garnett, Missy Elliott, and Mark Gonzales. UK television channel Sky 1 now made a hilarious parody to promote The Simpsons. Featuring celebrity stars like Homer, Bart, Lisa, Maggie and Marge..

via adverblog.com

Check out this kooky new film from Wilkinson Sword featuring a bunch of glamorous girls getting busy mowing their lawns, trimming their bushes and having a general 'tidy up' in their gardens...!

www.re-winder.com

Found at Boston Public Library's FlickrStream.
The rest of The Brewery Posters are here.

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Tagline: Thinking Saves Lives Wear A Helmet
Advertising Agency: McCann Erickson Polska, Warsaw, Poland
Creative Director: Teresa Biernacka

Hitler.

Tagline reads: 8 GB of political speeches.

Chaplin.

Tagline reads: 8 GB of classic comedies.

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People either love or hate Marmite, personally I like it and use it in red sauces but this Guinness version could be the ultimate secret ingredient. Unfortunately it was only made in limited edition for St Patrick's Day 2007.

"You either love it or hate it."

From The Telegraph:

The 22-year-old student at the University of Central Lancashire spray painted a battered Skoda Fabia to match the car park and entrance to her art studio.

Her work, created as part of her drawing and image making course at the university, creates the illusion that the car is see through.

She was given the car from a breakers yard and worked for three weeks to ensure that it blended perfectly with its surroundings.

"I was experimenting with the whole concept of illusion but needed something a bit more physical to make a real impact." said Miss Watson, who is from Ashton under Lyne.

"People have been stopping in the street to look and coming up and almost bumping into it, so it's had the desired effect."

The car is reminiscent of the work by pavement artist Julian Beever, whose attempts to trick people's minds into seeing perspective on the flat surfaces of paving stones.

Steve Jackson, owner of Recycling Lives, the firm that gave Miss Watson the car, said: "When I first saw the photos I was convinced it was something which had been done on the computer, but when you look more closely you see the effort and attention to detail she has put into it. It is just amazing."

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Previously:

• Woman knits full size Ferrari for art school project

These ads for the "Society of Cardiology of the Russian Federation" were shot by Dylan Collard.