Author Archives: Steve Lambert

YouTube – 80s Estonian Meat Commercial

By Steve Lambert | Published: November 30, 2008

This comes via Merit Karise a professor of media in Estonia who says this is “the best commercial ever made.” I’ll admit, it does have a way of sticking in your head. The YouTube user who uploaded it explains, “An intense meat commercial from Soviet-era Estonia. I’m told that the words “beef” and “chicken” are […]

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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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NY Times Prank

By Steve Lambert | Published: November 14, 2008

This is why we’ve been a bit quiet lately. Embedded video from CNN Video New York Times Special Edition Video News Release – Nov. 12, 2008 from H Schweppes on Vimeo.

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The Great 2008 Political Ads That Weren’t Political Ads

By Steve Lambert | Published: November 4, 2008

Better do this before tomorrow. These are some of the favorites I’ve seen in the past few months. Post your favorites in the comments… From Jon Winet’s Electoral College project (now on Add-Art): Best inadvertent No on Prop 8 in California video (wait for it) Gay Scientists discover the Christian Gene Batman for Mayor – […]

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Hey guess what?

By Steve Lambert | Published: November 4, 2008

There’s a national election today. What? A hundred other websites didn’t tell you? P.S. Bring your book in case there are lines.

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We are not an advertising agency

By Steve Lambert | Published: October 30, 2008

I get a few emails a year from people asking us for rates. I know it says “Advertising Agency” in the name, but some people just don’t read any further. I suppose I should be honored that our parody of the industry gets past some people. Usually I ask them to have a closer look […]

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Quick Links

By Steve Lambert | Published: October 25, 2008

Athiest Bus Ads may run in England. Charlie Todd at Urban Prankster reports that the “creatives” at a Portuguese marketing company used Improv Everywhere’s Food Court Musical to sell napkins – even using the same song and lyrics. Jordan at Public Ad Campaign learns that Philadelphia is adding digital LED signs to the sides of […]

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Dinosaurs Hate Illegal Advertising

By Steve Lambert | Published: October 23, 2008

from Dinosaur Comics

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NYT: City Room Blog – Ad or Art? Chanel’s 2.55 vs. Zoning’s C5-3

By Steve Lambert | Published: October 20, 2008

Vinyl billboard blankets have been draped over all kinds of buildings, but they’re not usually found obscuring the glittering luxury outlets along East 57th Street. Chanel, however, has done that very thing: hanging a big piece of vinyl over its building at No. 15, promoting Mobile Art, an exhibition by the architect Zaha Hadid that […]

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Introducing comment voting & any other requests?

By Steve Lambert | Published: October 14, 2008

I added comment voting to the site this weekend, so you can vote up or down on all the comments on the site. This provides a form of feedback for readers on other readers comments. Hopefully it will become useful as readers begin helping to filter the comments using the tallies. It’s sort of a […]

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PSAs can’t beat Prudent Boozers

By Steve Lambert | Published: October 14, 2008

The language isn’t bad, it’s what you say Casual visitors to the Anti-Advertising Agency site might find it odd or incongruous that we take issue with advertising, and yet use advertising methods in our projects. But they misunderstand. It’s not the method as much as the content. The core methods used to speak to a […]

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If CBS Outdoor had their way…

By Steve Lambert | Published: October 11, 2008

This is what the London Underground would look like: from Public Ad Campaign: This is a bizarre little video done by CBS to showcase their future products and subway station domination in the future. Without any people or sense of place the subway system is turned into corridors and vistas whose sole purpose is to […]

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Quick Links

By Steve Lambert | Published: October 10, 2008

What I’ve been reading this week: New York Magazine on “Product integration, 30 Rock, and the trouble with using brands to write TV.” New York Magazine (again): “Slice and Dice – One man’s vandalism is another’s political art. Just ask Poster Boy, the Matisse of subway-ad mash-ups.” Art Vs. Advertising – compiling info you may […]

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Demand a Read/Write City

By Steve Lambert | Published: October 3, 2008

This is graffiti: it’s spray paint it’s done without permission on someone else’s property it’s illegal politicians hate it It’s the expression of a citizen (or small group of citizens) in public space speaking to fellow citizens. Anyone, willing to take the legal risk, can do it. This is advertising: it’s printed vinyl it’s done […]

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Sorry Amber, for Calif. Republicans you’re just not as important as this precious, precious money.

By Steve Lambert | Published: October 3, 2008

The L.A. Times is reporting Clear Channel has its eye on 674 state owned digital billboards on California Highways. The billboards were installed to alert drivers to road hazards and for Amber Alerts providing “urgent bulletins in the most serious child-abduction cases.” But now the state is listening to Clear Channel. Apparently California needs money. […]

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