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Eugene Mirman on Marketing

Steve Lambert — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:09:38 +0000

DOOM Display Billboards « Urban Prankster

Steve Lambert — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:43:18 +0000

If you were a video game geek in the early 1990’s, this is probably up your alley. A quartet of street artists named Mr. Talion, Epoxy, Baveaux, and Kone have added the heads-up display from the first-person shooter computer game DOOM to a number of billboards throughout Berlin. You can see more here.

via DOOM Display Billboards « Urban Prankster.

2012!! In your face advertising! (from Funny or Die)

Steve Lambert — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:52:22 +0000

It’s funny because it’s true.

2012!! In your face advertising! – watch more funny videos

Free Billboard Lobbyist Sanitizer Now Available for All Members of Council (from illegalsigns.ca)

Steve Lambert — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:03:51 +0000

It is looking like City Council will debate the new signs by-law and billboard tax on Tuesday December 1.

According to the City’s Lobbyist Registry, billboard industry lobbyists have had over 80 closed door meetings with City Councillors in the past month alone.

As a result, IllegalSigns.ca has designed, manufactured and is now distributing these custom-made products to all members of City Council who are documented to have come into contact with a billboard industry lobbyist.

via » Free Billboard Lobbyist Sanitizer Now Available for All Members of Council ::: illegalsigns.

Portland Summer Advertising Smorgasbord

Michael Mandiberg — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:43:19 +0000

This is a mixed up collection of funny advertising pictures from my 5 weeks in Portland. Some funny, some tragic, some WTR R U Serious?!!

The lamppost with all the flyers for music shows says “Dont Advertise” but… do they mean, don’t advertise anything other than indy rock. Or does no one care?

At first we thought that the Ginger Ale was listed as Sugar Free because it has Corn Syrup in it, not real Sugar. That would have been some amazing mislabling. Instead, they just ran out of the diet version, and slid everything over. Kind of a let down, but still funny.

The antique store has its new antiques, delivered in a new container from china. Oh, authenticity.

And the Mens Multi. So much for the rumors that it doesn’t exist.

And last but not least, this young woman was go-go dancing in her red-white-blue underwear on the street corner in NW Portland trying to get people to come into the lingerie shop for a big sale. Sex sells, but is that really how bad the economy is, that the company is that desperate, and the young woman is that willing to… dance near-naked on the street for money? I mean, I wholly approve dancing naked on the street for fun, but for money, its just a whole other thing.

Its Tappening: Bottled Water is Joke

Michael Mandiberg — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:17:33 +0000

The folks at Tappening have released one of the funniest and smartest PSA-ish social education campaigns I’ve seen in a long time. Well, maybe since the New York Times Special Edition.

Reports are these cute single color posters with white lies about the bottled water industry will be hitting the streets of NYC soon, if they aren’t already up (I’m out of town for another week).

My favorite is “Bottled Water: 98% melted ice caps, 2% polar bear tears.” The small print at the bottom of the poster says: “If bottled water companies can lie, we can too.”

Their “Start a Lie” website is also killer. Anyone can add a lie about the bottled water industry, e.g.: “Bottled water makes me urinate fire.”

They also did these great ones during the Presidential election about McCain and Obama.

Awesome work!

Also, for any educators out there, this is practically a readymade course assignment for any art, design, social studies, activism course.

From Coolhunting, via Marisa Olson

Nick Kroll: “Mom, I wanna stay hydrated but I ALSO wanna rock n roll!!”

Steve Lambert — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:29:13 +0000

“Mom, I wanna stay hydrated but I ALSO wanna rock n roll!! Why doesn’t dad live with us anymore? And why do you drink white wine out of a coffee mug in the car? I HATE my new computer!”

via the very funny Nick Kroll

Charlie Brooker’s 10 Biggest Cocks and She-Cocks in Advertising… ever!

Steve Lambert — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:45:13 +0000

Hacked Electronic Signs

Steve Lambert — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:36:52 +0000

This is making the rounds could inspire some creative action:

There’s a set of instructions on how to hack the signs floating around the internet. My favorite series is over on the MIT site.

Thanks Kelli Anderson for the tip!

“The Dog Dies” all over Los Angeles

Steve Lambert — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:51:11 +0000

via TomorrowMusuem via via Cinema Blend