Deja view...
22 July 2010
On a recent trip to the cinema an ad for Reebok Easy Tone was shown before the movie. The ad is basically lots of bottoms dancing, wiggling, walking and the like. It struck me as being very, very similar to an old ad for the Renault Megane, which used that fantastic Groove Armada track I See You Baby. Once again it could just be a happy coincidence. Who knows?
The Renault Megane ad:
The Reebok ad:
Not so original?
6 July 2010
Santander currently have a TV ad running that utilises a rather large switch, which acts as a visual metaphor for switching your account over to them. The similarities to the Bord Gáis campaign from last year are uncanny. Plain coincidence or plain copying? You decide.
The Bord Gáis ad from last year:
The Santander ad from this year:
Blu Tack Me
11 June 2010
Myself and Laura were reworking an old ad idea that we had come up with a while ago. Due to the fact that she was bored waiting for me to finish some retouching on the ad Laura decided to mould my likeness out of Blu Tack.
I love the little caricature. For those that know me I think you will agree it is an excellent likeness (although I’m not quite as blue).
D&AD Suicide
28 May 2010
D&AD have released the posters for this year’s New Blood event. I love the idea behind the posters and the executions (there’s a pun there somewhere) are excellent. The idea of the old guard killing themselves due to the talent coming through is hilarious. The posters were shot by David Stewart and designed by NB:Studio. I particularly like the poster below. Here is the article on Creative Review.
Text, top right, reads: NB: Alex Taylor was not harmed during the making of this poster and continues to Art Direct at the very highest level.
El Toad
26 May 2010
Myself and Laura were doing a bit of weeding/digging in the back garden over the weekend when we happened upon this little creature. If I am not mistaken he is a toad and the poor things get a bad rep for being ugly. I think he (she?) is rather charming.
Oddly, there is very little water in or around our garden so I am at a loss as to what the attraction is…
