Every week, I attempt to share a curated list of clutter-breaking best new creative ads. This week, ads from Faber-Castell, Air Transat, Stella Artois and more. Faber-Castell: shot on Faber-Castell It’s always tricky when one brand rides piggyback on another brand’s famous campaign idea. You can end up paying for that brand’s advertising and visibility. In this campaign, Faber-Castell mimics the visual style of the famous ‘Shot on iPhone’ series. The twist? The image is…
Every week, I attempt to curate a list of best new creative ads. View my weekly archive and an occasional…
Every week, I attempt to share a curated list of clutter-breaking creative ads. In this week’s edition, hilarious ad for…
Over a series of blog posts, hopefully, I will attempt to share few basics on making the best use of a particular medium (e.g. Print, Radio, Outdoor) or a platform (in-app advertising, YouTube) for advertising. This week, let me start with the basics of outdoor advertising. A fleeting medium The hallmark of a billboard is that people get just a few seconds to notice it, absorb the content and move on. This is especially true…
There are hundreds of commercial messages vying for consumer attention everyday across traditional and new media. Only a handful are…
Between bookmarked sites, Twitter and RSS feeds which showcase advertising, I come across many new creative ideas every week. As…
WPPed Cream – the internal creative awards for WPP group agencies have been awarded since 2007. The categories have evolved over the years to reflect changing times. Thankfully, ‘advertising’ is still a category with awards for print, outdoor and film. Just a decade ago, outdoor was limited to vinyl billboards. But today, the category includes fancy interactive and digital installations and more. In this years awards, here are a few outdoor campaigns which caught my eye: 1. Automobile…
Between bookmarked sites, Twitter and RSS feeds which showcase advertising, I come across many new creative ideas every week. As…
I love everything about the Snickers ‘you are not you when you are hungry’ campaign. It is based on a great insight, articulated well and the central idea is so ‘campaignable’. We’ve seen some great theme and tactical ads as part of the campaign. A new outdoor campaign takes it to the next level – actually showing people what the downside of being hungry.
Campaigns for the Museum of Childhood have been featured in ad blogs before and have gone on to win awards, including the Cannes in 2009. Most of them were traditional posters, executed superbly. Now comes a street graphics driven campaign which is even more memorable because of its unexpected nature.