Archive for the 'Ads' Category

Victoria’s new anti-graffiti laws are ridiculous

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Honestly, this is a bit of an outrage. How can they just fine you for that? And how can people in Melbourne not care about this? This affects people that have nothing to do with graffiti and vandalism. THIS AFFECTS ANYBODY WHO JUST LIKES USING SPRAY PAINT FOR ART/WORK.

10,000 1-pound sterling coins used as dominoes

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

For this Vodafone + Sky television advertisement, 10,000 1 pound currency coins were used to illustrate what it would take for you to get the motivation to get an idea rolling.
It’s incredibly hard to stand a coin on its edge, so for them to do this with 10,000 coins is quite a feat (assuming that [...]

The North American House Hippo

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

It’s Animal Day over at Gizmodo and the comments rolling in on the animal-related posts are pretty amusing.
The video above is a PSA from Concerned Children’s Advertisers telling us not to believe everything we see on TV (apparently, these were needed in Canada at some point in time).

Lenovo ThinkPad X300: Everything built in

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

The ad for the new Lenovo ThinkPad X300 ultra-portable laptop is funny. Just listen to that music all the way through!

Silhouettes are back!

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

The new iPod + iTunes commercial (called “Gamma”) is fantastic!
See the full commercial credits here.
If you’re curious, the song that’s played in this commercial is “Shut Up And Let Me Go” by The Ting Tings.

Bronson Pinchot is “Max the Love Bug” in VW commercials

Friday, April 25th, 2008

The making of Max the Love Bug.
Volkswagen is launching a brilliant ad campaign featuring a restored sleek-black 1964 Beetle named Max.
The Beetle, or Max the Love Bug, is seen in the TV commercials interviewing supermodel Heidi Klum, Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy, Napster founder Shawn Fanning and David Hasselhoff of Baywatch fame. The voice of [...]

Vegemite Toast Crunch?

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Most Australians love Vegemite, but I can’t stand the taste of it. It’s way saltier than anything I’ve ever had, and even on buttered toast it still tastes terrible.
But I dunno, somehow Vegemite is a staple food of many Australian childhoods.
YTMND has a weird Vegemite Toast Crunch page with the Vegemite commercial song being played [...]

Adidas “Left-Right” project: The Superstar Film

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

This is so cool. To celebrate the rich history of the Adidas Superstar shoe, Adidas has made a pair of super-sized Superstar sneakers and invited artists from the East and West coasts of the United States to decorate and create works of art with them.
This large sneaker campaign will be slowly unraveled throughout 2008, but [...]

Discovery Channel: I Love The World

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

72andSunny created this feel-good commercial for the Discovery Channel. It features various Discovery Channel show hosts singing along with the entire world about how truly awesome the Earth is. Brilliantly done!
Check the full ad credits at Creative-Online.

BMW M3 Revolution commercial: 10,000 fps in a V8 engine

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

This ad for the BMW M3 was created by Austin-based GSD&M Idea City.
It shows in glorious 10,000 fps what happens on the inside of a BMW M3’s V8 engine. The entire video was shot using specially made cameras placed inside 3 modified BMW engines. There were no special effects used in the making of this [...]