Has no one a sense of humor anymore? Does no one have anything better to do than parent by protest?
Old ground I know...
It may not be the most tasteful thing but it's a helluva twist and will keep me breaking out in laughter throughout the day.
I think it would've been a good concept for a Boys or Girls Club sort of thing recruitment drive, too (desperately need volunteers)... I've got concept envy.
oooh, who's doing (or should I say "has been been doing") cool for cool's sake, now?
Kinda like an awards-bait type thing, eh?
PETA needs to stop lighting those candles to Our Lady of Publicity Stunts... Once, maybe twice to grab attention and get people thinking is one thing but this is starting smell more like "how can we top ourselves and get on CNN for the umpteenth straight billboard?"
Think they're running a pool at the PETA offices on how long they can keep this up? Way to save the animals. (sorry, I knew there was a reason I don't drink red wine.)
oh fer chrissakes... ohhh....
First of all, who hasn't "accidentally" sucked a little helium at some point or another? Who...? Ok, I'll sit back down now.
Gee, do you think these concerned-parent groups spend half as much time talking to their own children as they do the media? Anyway, breaking out my well-worn rant, if we're going to take the heat off our own pisspoor parenting skills by picking petty, petty battles ("wow, Mrs. Smith is so self-righteous, she must be a great mom"), lets not confine ourselves to commercials. There's decades and decades worth of film, television, theatre, books and other literature that promote helium sucking, keg parties, fast-driving, truancy and general all-around disrespect toward authority figures. Have at it parents, you've got a lot of work to do.
One town's litter is another person's treasure...
Posting flyers is a grand, grand tradition. Nothing says university town like every available surface being papered. I still have a bunch of band flyers from my college days. I snagged them from telephone poles and whatnot because the raw design was that cool. I still live in that college town and noticed that the flyers are no more and that the place looks sterile without them.
However, we just designed one for a big local bar's upcoming event and delivered 1000 of them to the client yesterday. I'm eager to see where they'll end up.
Ah, this could also be a not so subtle statement on the creative's role in the approval process. Rather than whoop and gibber, grow red-faced and struggle mightily but ineffectually as soon as you hear the words "yeah, we like it but do you think you could..."
I'm still heartbroken about GE...
It's not just the disposable tagline (talk about impatience!) but that tags now pull from pop culture instead of creating it. Too many phrases that are already in use in daily life so that the brand doesn't and can't own the tag. Or perhaps, if marketers gave it a little more time and invested a little more in the tag, the brand could "take it over." Kmart's stuff of life is interesting, tho (maybe a little intellectual in the use of "stuff")...
We just need to write them better.
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A good, good idea... let's face it, US political print generally sucks and is a going through the motions sort of thing (red/white/blue with stars conventions make me ill every campaign season). Great design, out there where people can see it, could go a long way toward creating excitement.
Loved Sharpton's and the lc 'i' s on Kucinich's (such a sucker for type) but thought the shift key would've been more appropos for Dean given his internet-driven campaign... though they should get points for avoiding the military card. As for Lieberman, yeah, it's a helluva challenge to make a candidate cool but ... I disagree with the notion that they're enhancing a personality as opposed to creating one. Didn't feel like him at all ... seemed like a sudden brand about-face. People don't buy such quick changes unless they're totally unaware of the product to begin with (heheh, though it could work considering the number of average Americans who know who Lieberman is).
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