An interesting ad for for Proctor & Gamble's Rejoice Conditioner .
cred:
Leo Burnett Thailand
seen @ ADWEEK & Agency Spy
Proctor & Gamble: Rejoice Conditioner
An interesting ad for for Proctor & Gamble's Rejoice Conditioner .
cred:
Leo Burnett Thailand
seen @ ADWEEK & Agency Spy
Windolene: Bling
"Brings out the best in glass."
cred:
Euro RSCG South Africa
Creative Director: James Daniels
Art Directors: Romy Lunz, Laura May Vale
Photographer: Clive Stewart
Copywriter: Sarah Keevy
Alpha-Bits Commercial: Jackson Five
I don't remember these spots at all. But that makes them all the tastier now.
This last one is my favorite.
Unicef: Bad Water Kills
cred:
Jung von Matt, Sweden
Art Directors: Johan Jäger, Max Larsson von Reybekiel
Copywriters: Magnus Andersson, Fredric Thunholm
Photographers: Henrik Halvarsson, Marina Kereklidou
TSA Poster Series: "The Place I Live"
by Givan L?tz
TSA004
High quality print on thick 100# Titan, bright white stock.
Measures 11.75 in x 17.75 in
For sale available here.
AMC MadMen: MadMen yourself
AMC has added a new section to their site. Now you can MadMen yourself. And it comes with all different skin colors (oh, those jokers at AMC). I did mine now you can get yours! MadMen returns August 16.
(the copy in the talk bubbles near the characters were created by kmba and is no way affiliated or underwritten by amc, madmen, the producers, writers and meant to in no way cast no aspersion on the kind-hearted, talented, hardworking people within or associated with the advertising industry)
Tide: Cold Water (Cool like Dat)
Me says, "If ya gotta use Hip Hop in your spot, this is not a bad way to do it."
Slang Rap Democracy says;
I’m not mad at the above Tide Coldwater commercial which uses the music from one of my personal fav Hip-Hop tracks; Digable Planets’ “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat).”
The trio of Butterfly, Mecca the Ladybug and Doodlebug get their due nowadays, but I distinctly remember them getting called ATCQ hacks because of their heavy use of Jazz samples. People also got a little flustered when “Rebirth of Slick” won a 1993 Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Duo or Group in the Rap category. All good save for the fact that they beat out fellow nominees including Dr. Dre’s “Nuthin But a G Thang” and Naughty By Nature’s “Hip Hop Hooray.”
Both of Digable’s albums, Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space) and Blowout Comb are excellent 90’s Hip-Hop gems. Every year or so since their initial break up around ‘95 there’s talk of a reunion (they did tour in ‘05). And to their credit, each member has dropped solo projects, though none has reached the acclaim of their previous group work.
I was gonna post about it but Slang Rap Democracy was all over this joint like a Yezzy sample, so I sat this one out.
The trio of Butterfly, Mecca the Ladybug and Doodlebug get their due nowadays, but I distinctly remember them getting called ATCQ hacks because of their heavy use of Jazz samples. People also got a little flustered when “Rebirth of Slick” won a 1993 Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Duo or Group in the Rap category. All good save for the fact that they beat out fellow nominees including Dr. Dre’s “Nuthin But a G Thang” and Naughty By Nature’s “Hip Hop Hooray.”
Both of Digable’s albums, Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space) and Blowout Comb are excellent 90’s Hip-Hop gems. Every year or so since their initial break up around ‘95 there’s talk of a reunion (they did tour in ‘05). And to their credit, each member has dropped solo projects, though none has reached the acclaim of their previous group work.
I was gonna post about it but Slang Rap Democracy was all over this joint like a Yezzy sample, so I sat this one out.
Ad Fad: Mime
Every now and then ad agencies lose their minds and begin with a rash of serial advertisements that they just can't seem to help themselves. It's like when Frat-boys go wild or something, an inside joke that's not even funny to the insiders. I don't think they are copying each other but, it is weird how often it happens. We've seen gnomes and bears and oh yeah, there's always poorly used exaggerated ebonics to take the place of humor (I know you not puttin' no yak up in my weave). It seems the latest "Trending Topic" is the lovable misunderstood mime.
"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking."
--George S. Patton Jr.,
World War II general
Gatorade: Michael Jordan Series
To honor Michael Jordans induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Gatorade created the Jordan Series, a set of six limited-edition labels commemorating his legendary career. Gatorade then used over 14,000 bottles to re-create one of Jordans greatest G Moments.
cred:
The a-- kicking TBWA
BBDO Düsseldorf Recruiting: Join us
Headline: "BBDO is looking for some kick-ass creatives."
Now, if this guy were to walk through the door of any BBDO office... I'm just sayin'.
cred:
BBDO Dusseldorf, Germany
Creative Director: Toygar Bazarkaya
Art Directors: Jake Shaw, Sven Kösling
Copywriter: Anno Thenenbach
Photographer: Klaus Merz
Getty Images: Brands
cred:
Shalmor Avnon Amichay/ Y&R Interactive Tel Aviv, Israel
Chief Creative Director: Gideon Amichay
Executive Creative Director: Tzur Golan
Group Creative Director / Art director: Tal Ben-Ari
Copywriter: Matan Yedidya
Movie Trailer: Tron Legacy
Some movies I really want to see. Some movies I really want to be in! Black Nerds Unite! Tron 2 looks like it will satisfy all your sci-fi nerd-geek fetishes. I must see this!
Trailer for Tron Legacy (aka Tron 2, Tr2n). Coming in Disney 3D in 2010. Starring Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wild, Bruce Boxleitner. Directed by Joseph Kosinski.
Tiantian Pocket-sized Air Freshner: Lift, Metro
tee-hee.
cred:
DDB, Shanghai, China
Executive Creative Director: Michael Dee
Creative Director: Jody Xiong
Art Directors: Jody Xiong, Jacky Xiao
Copywriter: Jason Jin
Photographer: Song Bo
Mini: Minimalism
Cool.
cred:
Webguerillas GmbH, Munich, Germany
Creative Director: Colin Conrad
Project Manager: Moritz Capelle
Other additional credits: Jochen Hirschfeld
Palm Creep-Pre
Why does this feel like one of those fake ads in a movie? You know for the "Psuedo-Mega-corporation" that's plotting to control the world in order to keep their home planet supplied with fresh human brain steaks. They cook up an ingenious plot to give every person in the world a portable hand held and operated device that keeps you distracted with music, games and P-Diddy sightings while it slowly makes you feels really hip and arrogant to the point where you never see them coming. Hey wait a minute...
Union Bank of India: Currency, Gandhi, Lincoln, Mao
"Joint account"
I like money!
cred:
Mudra Communications, Mumbai, India
Chief Creative Officer: Bobby Pawar
Creative Director: Parag Shahane
Art Director: Kiran Parihar
Copywriter: RK Johnson
Illustrator: Sahebrao Hare
Account Supervisors: Dominic Savio
Retouching: Mangesh Kadam
SIS by Barbie
Product Description:
Smart, talented and stylish too, the big sister dolls are best friends that love to share their favorite activities with their 'little sisters' too! Choose from three big sister/little sister doll combinations, with their flair for fashion and favorite classes: science & cheerleading, math & music or journalism & art. Each doll comes with fun accessories included.
I think it would be nice if one black Barbie had natural hair. It really is about the hottest trend in black hair care today.
( I don't know why I posted this, it's an advertisment with fictional black people, I guess)
Honkies & Homies
You just gotta see it. It takes just a minute but worth it!
Found and shared by my homie (or is that my honkie) @ stuff white people do.
The Kitchen: Amber Carroll Photographer
Fall 2008
Digital Prints
Images Copyrighted by Amber Carroll, all rights reserved.
"-... most black people refer to the area of hair on the back of the neck as the "kitchen." If a woman has straight hair there she has a clean kitchen, if the hair course or nappy she has a "dirty" kitchen. This work is just a look at the wide range of "kitchens." it was an attempt to remove all the other politics of the female body to focus strictly on the hair, and it's affects on femininity, sexuality, beauty and race."
Is this an an ad campaign in the making or what!?
Paper Mag Cover: Janelle Monaé
I love her sensibilities, her music, her style. I love that she's in the flippy Coke commercial with Cee-Lo. I love that she graced the Gap spots. I love the clarity of her bell like tone in her voice. I need more of this type of artistry in my media life. She needs more endorsement deals. She's smart, funky, fun and talented as hell.
LendingTree: Old Chum
TV's Adam West, the original Batman is the voice within in this new spot for LendingTree from Mullen.
Beat Street: DVD
by BNN
In 1984 when this film was released for many people it was the beginning of HIP HOP CULTURE as we know it. With a who's who of HIP HOP pioneers the cast includes: Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa and the soul sonic force, Doug E. Fresh, Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five, Fantastic Duo, Kool Moe Dee and the legendary Rock Steady Crew.
Black blokes blogging @ Black Nerds Network aka BNN
Advertising and morality. Would you?
James Othmer's new book examines advertising today and the choices aren't pretty.
from Daily Obsessional
KGB: Natural Weave w/ Guest Commentary
This is not offensive so much as it is old. kinda corny and just wrong. It's not wrong entirely, but the creative teams seems to be unaware that this one actor in the spot is an anachronism. Somehow she has been time-warped from the early 1990's and her flippant stereotypical attitude and actions survived the trip. There is a good and interesting if not old premise; the sisters in the salon black advertising 101 concept (you are required to do at least one of these in your "black" advertising life, I've done many *sheds a tear* and for that I'm sorry, sob). As the spot progresses the women seem to regress, almost twenty years or so.
Where there no Black people in the office that day? No one to inquire about the accuracy or "realness" of the final punch-line reaction? Maybe not but the a basket full of cliches were were handy and must have begged to be on TV in this century. You see most women with weave, Black, White, Latino, know exactly where their hair came from and is made of. As a matter of fact Black women are so well rehearsed in hair care and hair products their knowledge is nothing short of encyclopedic! This question would rarely is ever arise. The response well, it's just something imagined they saw in one of the myriad "Beauty Shop" genre movies of the 90's. For full disclosure I called it a mess when a kind friend sent it to me. She replied this:
Thank you guest commenter: Ayiko (You rocked it!)
At least they are equally opportunistic in their offenses. Ladies, this ones for you...
Come onnnnn, Cleetus. Mess is right!
The first woman, presents well, can speak English, okay...
The second, obviously it smarts a little because we have an "in" to the unkempt world of hair in between stages of coif but she's intelligent enough that she uses her smart phone to ask a question vs. "I dunno'", okay...and then the third.
First off, YAK?! I get the gist and why they were trying to be funny with using animal hair, implying we Americans have no idea where anything comes from but what's with all the extras...the head rolling and the "I don't speak English but I speak stereotype" speech pattern? Especially because she started off knowing how to speak English and so did the hairdresser!
And pay attention to the fact that girl #2 said extensions on her text but ol' girl yells weave. Keep it consistent, people, I still know what you're implying when you make sure black women's extensions are referred to as weave yet non-black women always have the luxury of saying "extensions." Like one is better than the other. Hmmph.
I know there's truth to this set-up and it would've actually been comical...but it's all about the presentation and this my friends is an epic FAIL.
*steps off, soap box*
Thank you guest commenter: Ayiko (You rocked it!)
At least they are equally opportunistic in their offenses. Ladies, this ones for you...
Random House: Girlfriend: Man Trap
Girlfriend. Random house has published a step-by-step guide that helps you get the man you want – 150 ideas for dates, conversation and fun. You can diet, wax and workout. You can be the perfect date. You can learn all about how men work, what they are looking for in a relationship, and how to make sure the man you want sees you. Or, you could just trap the guy using a sixpack of beer as bait.
cred:
Colenso BBDO, Auckland, New Zealand
Nick Worthington – Executive Creative Director
Jonathan McMahon – Copywriter / Art Director
Lisa Fedyszyn – Art Director / Copywriter
Kevin Hyde _ Retoucher
Gabrielle Buckle – Agency Producer
Illustrator: Blake Hicks
"e. blake hicks /// post-mortem portraits from the ultra-hype hbo series the wire
note:: this project is an ongoing way for me [Blake] to combat cubicle insanity and keep the loving relationship between my pen hand and my wacom tablet wide open."
more Blake Hicks here.
Fischer: Space Pens
cred:
Kastner & Partners, Sydney, Australia
Executive Creative Director: Darryn Devlin
Art Directors: Dan Foster, Darryn Devlin
Copywriters: Dan Foster, Darryn Devlin
Photographer: Sean Izzard
Retoucher: Cream
Baskin-Robbins: Ice Cream and Cake
This is a great pick up on a song that's been bubbling under for a few years now. Yes, a few years! Never heard it? Me either, but the KMBA research Labs (Google) has done some snooping around and found that this spot has music from a group called "The Buckwheat Boyz." I'm not crazy about the name. I know that's going to start a long comment war with my friend Todd. Yeah I said it. But I think the song is mindlessly funny and the commercial is shockingly cool. The music is a rip on a few very popular "Too Live Crew, Luther Campbell, Poison Clan" song(s). This music was the very underbelly of rap music in it's day. These were strip club anthems that no one could ever imagine in a general market TV spot. But now, here they are all shiny and sanitized for you ice cream licking protection. ( Is this what Dan Wieden meant when he said, "...in this business I essentially hire a bunch of white, middle-class kids, pay them enormous, enormous sums of money to do what? To create messages to the inner-city kids who create the culture the white kids are trying like hell to emulate”?)
All that aside, I say, 'well did!' Little kids will love it, singing will commence, parents will hate it, ice cream will be purchased, little kids will consume and singing will cease (wipe kid, rinse kid, repeat purchase). Look, I see that it's incredibly stupid, but that's the appeal and for a major agency to pick up on it and the client to buy it is even more mind-numbingly hip. Well, it's hip for adults in an agency. The teen kids on the streets have all but abandoned this and moved on to the "Peanut Butter Jelly" song. The song even comes with a built in dance that came about pretty organically and while not corporately sponsored and can take on a life of it's own, this dance craps all over the potty dance. The spot doesn't talk down or patronize anyone, it simply whole-heartedly takes on the buzz, the cool, the kooky, the crazy, underground nature of the song and let's it breathe new life into and long standing brand. I say good work. Look for Skippy or Jif to get the "PBJ song" campaign going about 2013.
cred:
Hey AOR tell me who you are...
(CLIFF FREEMAN & PARTNERS??)
Behind the Scene: The making of Coca-Cola's "Open Happiness"
Open Happiness: The Story with Brendon Urie, Patrick Stump, Cee-Lo, Travis McCoy & Janelle Monae
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