Jung von Matt just invented flyvertising. At the recent Frankfurt book convention they attached banners to 200 flies and set them loose to do their jobs as miniature sky ads around the convention center. In German, it's called a Fliegenbanner. Fliegenbanner, what a silly word.
No flies were harmed during this stunt. But a lot of people laughed.
The weight of the banner itself, attached with a string and some sticky stuff that allowed it to eventually fall off without harming the fly, was so that the fly could fly with it, but not very high and they kept landing on visitors. Do flies get short of breath?
Client: Eichborn
Ad agency: Jung von Matt
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Here's what the Journal of Experimental Biology has to say about flies getting short of breath:
http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/full/209/13/iv
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PermalinkI bow to your google-fu.
Also, I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall at the pre-production meeting of this stunt.
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PermalinkI APPROVE OF THIS IDEA!
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PermalinkLook at the size of those flies!!!!Jung von Matt scores again…but for what client is this for?
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PermalinkEichborn is a publishing company. Their logo is a fly. Flybranding too! ;-P
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PermalinkPhilip K Dick wrote about commercial flies way back in 1964.
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PermalinkWho here speaks German and can tell me what they hell the super says?
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PermalinkThe frst chart reads:
Eichborn
The publisher with the fly
The second and third charts read:
No flies were hurt in the making of this promotion.
The banner was attached with a wax that dissolved after a few hours.
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Permalinkthis is truly amazing i love it ....
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PermalinkWow, this is definitely one of the most creative ways of marketing I've seen in a while. It might not be the best way of advertising a product, but it definitely catches people's eyes when they get out there. Innovation in advertising is a great way to increase the market share, especially in saturated markets. Eichborn has done a really great job here. Hopefully those flies aren't getting too tired.
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