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The Illusionists » Annals of Offensive Advertising: Nikon
“The Nikon S60. Detects up to 12 faces.” The campaign was produced by the ad agency Euro RSCG/Singapore. via The Illusionists » Blog Archive » Annals of Offensive Advertising: Nikon. Thanks C-Monster // Share|
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From the CDC: New Billboard Alterations Salute Israel Following Raid on Gaza Flotilla
From the CDC Press Release The California Department of Corrections (CDC) has unveiled a new campaign of billboard alterations on behalf of the State of Israel. On July 28, 2010 a total of nine billboards were apprehended, rehabilitated and discharged throughout San Francisco, including the intersection of Guerrero and 18th Street (see attached photo). Additional [...]
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Smart License Plates: A Very Dumb Idea?
via Ban Billboard Blight Do you think the idea of California license plates than can show electronic ads is: 1. A great idea, about time. 2. Possibly questionable, but let’s study it. 3. One of the top ten worst ideas of all time. If you answered yes to #1, don’t bother reading further. If you [...]
Consumer Reports: California considers ads on car license plates
Facing a $19 billion deficit, California is seeking creative solutions to its budget shortfall. The state legislature is considering a program that would allow advertising on license plates, according to the Associated Press. The bill would require new, digital plates, with ads appearing in the space currently occupied by the familiar numbers and letters. The [...]
Scented Billboard Stinks
From AAA reader David Z… In Mooresville, N.C a highway billboard advertising steak sold at Bloom/Food Lion, a grocery store, does more than ruin the visual landscape. It wafts onto motorists the smell of cooking meat. That’s right, it’s a scented billboard. From the local Fox News channel: The scent is emitted by a high-powered [...]
Paradigm Shift
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Movement Happening on Illegal Signs
March has been a bad time for illegal signs in LA. Finally Illegal Advertisers are going to jail. Here’s info on some of the latest: LA Weekly profiles advertisers in Los Angeles, as well as AAA compatriot Public Ad Campaign’s Jordan Seiler. Here’s how it starts “Supergraphic multimillionaire Barry Rush couldn’t have been pleased to [...]
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On the difference between art and advertising
…even a really beautiful, ingenious, powerful ad (of which there are a lot) can never be any kind of real art: an ad has no status as gift, i.e. it’s never really for the person it’s directed at. David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again And poached in this really amazing [...]
Dirty, Dirty, Dirty
The supergraphic sign above for the movie “Prince of Persia” on a Westwood office building is legally permitted as an on-site sign, which the L.A. sign code defines as a sign directing attention to a product or service generally sold or offered on the premises where the sign is located. There is no movie theater [...]
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surfrider foundation: catch of the day. « shape+colour
Emailed to me by the great Andrew Boyd: This is smart. Super smart. It’s getting more and more rare to see an actual, honest to goodness guerilla campaign that involves both a surprise and an insight tied together with a purpose. Slapping decals on the hand-rests of escalators just isn’t enough anymore. To bring some [...]
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