World Cup - Extreme Vuvuzela

Hyundai is celebrating its official World Cup sponsorship with this 144-foot vuvuzela that was unveiled as the soccer tourney kicked off.

Where Are You Now (advertising)

1979. It was a good year. And while perusing a booklet called 'Remember When', I ran across an amazing advertisement. Amazing because;
1) Its for SPAM - I didn't even know they advertised
2) The sexual innuendo is so over the top, yet remains somehow..... acceptable???

First off - what a headline!

And why can't they write copy like this anymore; (regarding their T-Shirt) "If you've got an eye for design, and you don't mind a few eyes on your design, send us your name, address, size and a check...."

AMAZING!!!

'Exit Through The Gift Shop' - nice work

A great commentary about how art tries to brainwash us into believing the hype. Nice job bringing us back down to earth Banksy.... Funny, honest and interesting. A great art film, even if you hate Graffiti.

Wrap it up!

Those damn French! So clever and so up front about sex...


from TBWA Paris

Transport your way out

See how guys in Argentina get out of heading home to the lady....lol.

Top 10 Bullship Professsions

1. Career Counselors: If they knew anything they'd find themselves better jobs.
2. Clergymen: God-bothering bullies masquerading as holy men.
3. Psychotherapists: Practitioners of the world's most advanced form of pseudoscience.
4. Politicians: Insufferable egotists pretending to be "public servants."
5. Branding Consultants: Why didn't I think of this scam?
6. Art Critics: Thankfully, no one pays attention except rich twits.
7. Actors: We tell them where to stand. We tell them what to say. They win awards.
8. Ad Executives: You can build a career by memorizing 10 cliches.
9. Financial Advisors: Monkeys throwing darts.
10. Third Base Umpires: One call a game if you're lucky.

From: The Ad Contrarian

The Complex Soundboard: Click On It!

Thanks to Matty P, an old high school friend for pointing this out ...

Blazed and Confused - Snoop re-writes ol' Heini commercial

We're back.... Back in the sadlle again.....

Happy 2009! While the doom and gloom of the new years seems to be spreading faster than the black death in medieval Europe, get prepared for belt tightening and more great news on the horizon.

In an effort to warm everyone up - check out this fun online game that helps to impress the fact that doing good, helping others and being genuine does not always pay off... We may have left the era of greed, but I think we're about to enter the era of necessary "short cuts" needed to "keep a float."

Well, would you rather have everyone laid off?

Unfortinately, its not a game....

Wall Street seems to have dropped the ball.... Again.... Check out these video games from 1987. I can only imagine what the folks at today's publishers will come up with ...

Grand Theft Auto meets Gordon Gekko? The both share the same proposition - "Greed is Good" (until the bottom drops out)....

dirty Diesel - so clever in the edit studio...

Diesel SFW XXX
by svenstar07

The folks at Diesel are throwing some parties around the world - in case you missed that part of the video. If this video is any indication, they should be pretty wild... Always ones to be pushing the envelope as well as everyone's buttons, just like the charectors in the video, this little piece is now flying around the internet....

Good heads up Agency Spy....

Innocent juicer or racist epitaph?

Minimalist juicer or three-dimensional caricatures of Chinese “coolies”.... Read about the campaign to "drop the juicer" here.

You be the judge.

Thank you "culturally concerned anonymous tipster" for bringing this to our attention.

Shine on you crazy diamond!

Very cool promo video for Kubrick, from the BBC. "See the world through the eyes of a master." Very cool.

"Why every guy should buy his girlfriend a Wii Fit"

What a video - so fun, so original.... And thanks to AgencySpy, we can recognize the true genius of this video - Advertising!

Damn! Can you believe it - now that's an idea I can get hip too!

Cards can communicate more than your name

Very cool list of non-traditional business cards. Certainly more interesting than the one in my pocket that I hand out. Perhaps, not the most easy to fit in a wallet but they definately make an impression.

This is not where I work

despite my dreary office (at least I have a window), my curiosity about work space is none the less invigorated by these pictures of advertising agencies. So minimal . So cool. So different? But are they - which ones are truly innovating on the way we interact and work and which ones are merely putting a a new dress on a old pig. Either way, check them all out here and let me know how your work space compares.

fah in the cah - nah!

I hate myself

My father told me "I didn't sell out, Son, I bought in. Keep that in mind."

And, So there I was.
It was obvious.
I was gonna be in advertising
and play in the goddamn system.

That was that.

I was my old man.
He knew.

So what else could I do?
I mean, there's no future in anarchy.

But when I was into it there was never a thought of the future.

We were certain the world was gonna end.
When it didn't, I had to do something.

So fuck it.

Get off your ass!!!! (and buy something)

Converse - teenage angst! Anti disestablishment! fight the system. These new ads get right at the heart - but while I want to embrace the messsage, a part of me feels that it lacks the credibility. At the end of the day, they just want you to buy sneakers... Those damn crafty folks at Nike - nice ad!

G.I. Jonny VS. Captain Bare Back.... (UK)

If sex education had only been this much fun when I was a teen.....