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Logorama – Ronald Raygun McDonald gets his revenge

By Michael Mandiberg | Published: February 22, 2010

[Oscars 2010 Mejor Cortometraje] – Logorama This is 16 minutes long animated film of logos and and advertising characters produced by a serious 3D house in France, and nominated for an Oscar, but yet in dire threat of lawsuits for use of corporate logos. At least this is according to the blogs, which, are… well… [...]

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New York Post – [Very] Special Edition

By kelli | Published: September 22, 2009

I was lucky to be involved with a great group of people (including the Yes Men) who produced a counterfeit — although 100% factually accurate — special edition New York Post for the kick-off of climate week. Distributed yesterday morning to surprised NYC commuters, the paper replaced the oft frivolous Post content with imperative stories [...]

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A Funny Place to Advertise Pizza

By kelli | Published: September 16, 2009

Couldn’t resist…

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Confusing on several levels…

By kelli | Published: September 4, 2009

Welcome Kelli Anderson, our newest latest on the Anti-Advertising Agency site. Kelli worked on the New York Times Special Edition designing ads for Dr. Zizmor among other things. Welcome Kelli! “For sale” realty signs are a familiar sight in post-real-estate-bubble Williamsburg. It was only a matter of time until some super clever ad exec co-opted [...]

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Portland Summer Advertising Smorgasbord

By Michael Mandiberg | Published: August 31, 2009

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 [...]

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DeBeers attempts sleazy take down of parody ad

By Steve Lambert | Published: November 26, 2008

As you probably heard, on November 12th a group of artists and activists unveiled a “Special Edition” of the New York Times dated “July 4th, 2009″ and outlining the end of the war in iraq, a national tax base for schools, and free public universities, among other things. In addition to the print paper, an [...]

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Obsessive Stephen Colbert Disorder

By Anne Elizabeth Moore | Published: August 26, 2008

We’re supposed to have viewed Stephen Colbert’s “Dr. Pepper Interview” with Lucas Conley, author of Obsessive Branding Disorder, as a hilarious detournement on the subject of Conley’s book, our nation’s ever-increasing need for brand mentions. But all I got out of the interview—yes, difficult to parse through all the hilarious jokes about brands, ha ha—was [...]

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World’s Worst Person Decides To Go Into Marketing

By Michael Mandiberg | Published: August 4, 2008

Louis Deenan is the World’s Worst Person. He is going into marketing. He says, “I think it’s the career path that will best utilize my networking skills and my ability to think outside the box,” said Deenan, whose smug, gloating tone and shit-eating smile just make you want to punch his goddamn teeth in. “So [...]

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