Archived entries for Ads
The Zimbabwean Trillion Dollar campaign
THEZIMBABWEAN.CO.UK
(winner of the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival 2009)
Inspiring Ads
They charge for your baggage and will no longer give free snacks thanks to the recent high fuel prices, but somehow they still come up with the most amazing TV commercials.
United Airlines uses different techniques and styles of illustrations accompanied by a pleasant piano to announce its services. Also light bulb and the rose are definitelly worth your time.
Kalman and the Restaurant
Probably one of the best designer-client relationship ever was between greatest Tibor Kalman -well-known for his singular creativity, his work as editor-in-chief of Colors Magazine and his way to make commercial art serve society- and Florent Morellet, owner of Restaurant Florent in New York.
While Tibor made quirky advertisements for the Restaurant, Morellet fed the designers of M&Co (Kalman’s design firm) four days a week from 1985 to 1993. Great deal!
Click here to find the original work that now forms part of history.
Ads versus reality
A German study compared the look of 100 different products as shown by the packaging with the actual contents inside the boxes. Just delightful…
Thank you Photoshop for making us believe in the impossible.
One more
Ad for the campaign “Your words can work against you,” for Caja de Ruidos and their public speaking and locution lessons.
There is also the Hugo Chávez and the Eliot Spitzer version.
And a lot of it
Brazilian ads:
“Are you going to ask that question with shades on? For the viewers there’s no sun”.
George W. Bush, addressing a blind reporter during a press conference.
“I am the best political leader in Europe and the world.”.
Silvio Berlusconi, former Prime Minister of Italy, during a press conference.
Red tapes: “The world needs a tape like this.”
It certainly does.