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Adio

2008-09-22T22:37:00.002+03:00

Bill Hicks (who described his act as "Chomsky with dick jokes") speaking about the people in marketing and advertising.

Weightwatchers, behind you

2008-09-16T22:58:00.006+03:00

The crooked bus.

Fat people beware. Over here.

Advertising Agency: Lowe, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Art Director: Liat Azulay
Copywriter: Jeroen de Korte
Other additional credits: Magic Group
Released: March 2008

Filminute 2008

2008-09-15T11:54:00.003+03:00

Vine la Bucureşti.

Vezi shortlist-ul (cu trei filme româneşti).

Vezi despre ce e vorba.

Şi o recomandare: Lovefield, by Mathieu Ratthe

Yes, I do watch Mad Men.

2008-09-14T03:55:00.007+03:00

Si azi tocmai ce am ajuns la zi cu episoadele - ceea ce nu e niciodată plăcut, deoarece trebuie să aştepţi ca să vezi ce se întâmplă.

Serialul este produs de AMC, episoadele au ~40-50 min, şi au ajuns la cea de-a doua serie.
Merită văzut nu doar pentru distribuţia de calitate, costumele şi decorurile corect lucrate (reproducând Manhattan-ul anilor '60) şi scenariul bine scris - deşi, să fim serioşi, unde mai găseşti aşa ceva astăzi?! -, dar şi pentru câteva ponturi utile cu privire la carieră (da, şi publicitate). De fapt, chiar despre asta e vorba: o agenţie de publicitate de pe Madison Avenue, NY. Ergo, Mad men.

Spre exemplu, ce să întrebi pe cineva la interviu: Have you ever got fired before?

American Presidential Wrestling

2008-09-13T13:59:00.001+03:00

now that's design!

John "The McCainiac" McCain

vs.

Barak "The Terrorist Fist Jabber" Obama

buy it at Etsy

Why we need advertising

2008-09-13T13:45:00.003+03:00

via Jessica Hagy

Indexed on Amazon

Jerry Seinfeld + Bill Gates = Microsoft (?!)

2008-09-05T10:32:00.003+03:00

WHAT ?!

You've probably heard all about the $300 mil. ad campaign that Crispin Porter + Bogusky is delivering to Microsoft. The star of show? Pam-pam: Jerry Seinfeld. Or is he?

First part of the campaign is out - the icebreaker, or so they say - and here it is:

I get the jokes. I don't get the ad.

My Yearbook Photo

2008-09-04T00:00:00.005+03:00

Care nu a avut loc niciodată, deşi parcă ţin minte că am dat banii pentru ea într-a XII-a. No matter.

Ca să atragă adolescenţii şi părinţii în mall-urile lor pentru cumpărăturile dinaintea începerii noului an şcolar (sau cel puţin aşa zice ViralBlog) reţeaua de retail-eri Taubman Center i-a însărcinat pe cei de la Colle+McVoy cu realizarea unei noi campanii pentru magazinele lor.

Aceştia le-au propus YearbookYourself.com, locul în care poţi vedea - încărcând o fotografie - ce mutră ai fi avut dacă terminai liceul acum 8, 10, 30 sau 50 de ani. În State, bineînţeles.

Try it yourself! Sau pe cineva drag.

Google Chrome vs. IE8

2008-09-03T15:00:00.011+03:00

Watch the Wall Street Journal review of Google Chrome (by Walter Mossberg) in comparison with the soon-to-be-released version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer - below:

Feel free to download the beta version of Chrome here.

Watch a little how-tos here.

And, if you're a fan, watch the announcement of Google Chrome on Google's own YouTube channel - here.

later edit: Before you install the program read this from section 11.1 of Google Chrome's EULA: "By submitting, posting or displaying the content, you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive licence to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content that you submit, post or display on or through the Services." (via TheRegister)

I am running for President.

2008-09-02T20:57:00.004+03:00

Sau cel puţin asta vrea site-ul News3online.com să mă/vă facă să cred/eţi.
Şmecheria televizuală, descoperită via Şuţu, este un viral marketing interface for election 08 prank făcut de paltalk şi vanksen culture buzz, buzz&communication agency.

Adobe CS3 Icon Rip-Off

2008-08-27T21:30:00.006+03:00

Almost what I wanted it to look like. I based it on this tutorial, but used Myriad Pro instead of Verdana (and different text options). It will have to do, until Octav sends me the original typeface.

Today's funniest print ad

2008-08-24T13:52:00.002+03:00

Animal Planet - Penguins

Tagline: Authentic wildlife documentaries.
Advertising Agency: DDB Germany / Duesseldorf
Creative Directors: Heiko Freyland, Alexander Reiss
Art Directors: Alexander Reiss, Michael Kittel
Copywriter: Heiko Freyland
Illustrator: Stefan Kranefeld

via coloribus

Fast Food Nation (2006)

2008-08-20T01:38:00.002+03:00

Richard Linklater's film is loosely based on Eric Schlosser's (investigative journalist) best-seller, bearing the same title. However, Fast Food Nation is a fictional film based on a non-fictional book, so don't expect it to be propagandistic or to point the finger at anyone. It's not about that.

It's more of an insightful look at how the American economy (i.e. fast-food companies) influences the American culture. Do not press play expecting to see a diatribe against the slaughtering of baby animals. You can always watch Earthlings if you're an eager vegan activist - with strong bowels, mind you. Nevertheless, I do believe some of the footage from that documentary is used here. But this is a mirror of the contemporary American society, and it is no more stomach-churning than that society itself.

And if my description put you off, keep in mind that Linklater is the one that previously directed Waking Life, The School of Rock and Before Sunrise. And that this film was nominated for Palm d'Or at Cannes in 2006.

Here's the trailer

iPod spoof: Blonde Girl Pregnancy Test

2008-08-16T02:20:00.002+03:00

Not quite an ad, but still pretty funny.

Saakashvili: "this is the murder of a small country"

2008-08-12T19:52:00.004+03:00

No thanks to the US the fighting in Georgia was agreed upon to halt, although this has not yet happened.
I am glad reactions have turned up against Russia's violence, as the one in the picture above, made by a Georgian in London. (linked image)
I was just outraged by what I saw and heard in Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili's declaration: "The result and the endgame of this operation is to commit ethnic cleansing and annihilation of ethnic Georgian population in entire Abkhazia."

Indeed, "can one still hesitate?" Could and did.

Jeep - Roller coaster

2008-08-11T14:26:00.001+03:00

Jeep's appeal to younger demographics, by Cutwater, USA

Have fun out there.

Horses running

2008-08-01T17:39:00.003+03:00

I like the animation for this Keeneland ad.
It's done by the newyorkers at Resident. Check them out.

I'm back

2008-07-29T12:56:00.002+03:00

with an ad: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2008: Milos Forman

Client: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Production Company: Smuggler
Director: Ivan Zacharias
Director of Photography: Andrij Parekh
Executive Producer: Nick Landon,
Patrick Milling Smith,
Brian Carmody,
Daniel Bergman

Ne vedem la Metallica

2008-07-13T21:01:00.001+03:00

Am plecat.

Catching up, but just a little

2008-07-03T18:49:00.004+03:00

Cum în ultima vreme nu am prea avut timp să văd ce se mai petrece, fac o scurtă recapitulare a ceea ce am prins azi şi mi se pare fain de urmărit:

Care sunt ultimele arme cu care Microsoft asediază Yahoo! corp.

Noua campania burlescă a firmei Converse. Un fel de echivalent al cocalari.com şi pitzipoanca.org de la noi, dar mai cu twist. În loc să facă un site, aceştia au făcut câteva duzine.
Foarte popular este Out of Your League Girl cu anexele aferente, dar pentru un out-of-body, incredibly-gross experience eu vă recomand şi Kissing with Ross.

Spotul HP - Maestro, for the fabulous Art Directing

Şi în caz că nu aţi văzut-o încă, the Saatchi&Saatchi New Directors Showcase 2008 prezentată la Cannes Lions 2008, aka ce regizori mişto am găsit noi. În curând trebuia să apară şi pe Here's an Idea.

Halo 3, John 117 / Monument OST

2008-06-29T02:33:00.008+03:00

In case you've been obsessing about the Cannes Lions Film Grand Prix Winner's soundtrack like I have - by which I mean the third part of the campaign -, then here it is!
Straight from Big Science Music, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:

iPhone porn

2008-06-21T22:41:00.005+03:00

What do we want? iPhone!
What do we want it for? Porn!

Well, honestly now, who didn't see this coming?

Time Magazine have written an article on how the soon-to-be-updated iPhone will have many nifty new functions, that will bring all tech-nerds ever so close to Geek Paradise: PORN!

The article mentions how Google Trends have seen an increase in the frequency of the phrase "iphone porn" in Google Search. And that's because for one thing, Apple's new gadget is nearly twice as fast as its predecessor at loading Web pages, and even faster at running video, which is crucial for the porn industry.

Bravo, Steve!

The Promised Land - second on the right

2008-06-19T07:14:00.004+03:00

- What, Moses?
- We are fucking lost!

Advertising Agency: Young & Rubican, Israel

Short cuts

2008-06-18T13:55:00.004+03:00

A început Cannes-ul. Se pare că România are 11 lucrări pe shortlist-uri. Asta de la cineva care s-a obosit să le numere.

Mulțumită Anei și intuiției mele remarcabile (dar mai mult celei din urmă), am descoperit și eu ataraxia muzicală cu Sigur Rós. Deffinitely something else.

Se pare că după cele ale muzeelor și galeriilor urmează Noaptea Institutelor Culturale. La ce să ne mai așteptăm? Noaptea librăriilor? Shawormeriilor? Electrica de ce nu organizează o noapte în care să țină ghișeele deschise? Dar universitățile de ce nu au prins valu'?

Bush is in for it

2008-06-06T01:37:00.003+03:00

... again.
Oliver Stone is cooking something for him: the film W. will be launched on October 17, some two weeks before the presidential election in the US (November 4). Sneaky, isn't it?

Of course, Bush isn't exactly running this year (although, he could probably get half+1 of the American voters to reelect him), but a swing at Bush is a swing at the Republicans.

This is the movie poster.