How to VJ #9
Puma Lift by Droga5 on Vimeo. I didn’t expect to include ads in this series. But I didn’t see this spot coming. Droga5 and Puma have used projection mapping to spectacular effect for their ‘Light...
View ArticlePharrell vs. Sammy Stephens
Fresh murketing from the Golden Arches sticks Pharrell chez McDonald’s at the crack of dawn. Acting like it’s not his first crack he’s tasted that day. P vs McDonald’s by NeRdArMyViDeOs on YouTube. Mr....
View ArticleClub Tropicana: Drinks -20%
Failed Tropicana packaging by Arnell Group via Brand New. Last week AdAge reported that Tropicana’s sales shrank 20% at the start of the year before rebranded packaging was pulled. Designs by Arnell...
View ArticleCraft, England and Codpieces
You need not see what someone is doing to know if it is his vocation, you have only to watch his eyes: a cook mixing a sauce, a surgeon making a primary incision, a clerk completing a bill of lading,...
View ArticleThe Hand that Fames You
So Bren over at M&C told me about the new Pot Noodle ads. “Flight of the Conchords rip-off” were his words. You can be the judge of that: Pot Noodle Advert – Moussaka Rap by R3SPAWNS on YouTube....
View ArticleGoogle Run (2nd?) TV Spot
So what do you make of it? Google Chrome, Japan by Google on YouTube [via AdWeek]. Strikes me as pitching somewhere between the understatement of Common Craft (who have been commissioned by Google in...
View ArticleThe Language of Fried Chicken
Chicken: High Art, Low Calorie is a fresh (or at least still warm) project by Siâron Hughes, showcasing the graphic vernacular of fried chicken vendors in the UK. Image cred: Mark Batty Publisher....
View ArticleAds that are either light years ahead of their time or so far behind it it’s...
Afri-Cola “Lust”, dir. Charles Wilp, 1968 [via Lonely Sandwich]
View ArticleVisible Sounds: What You Can’t See Won’t Hurt You?
Here’s what Serato Scratch Live looks like, if you haven’t seen it before: When I’m not busy ballsing up a mix, I’m staring at this screen – mainly at the middle, at the sound wave graphs. They’ll show...
View ArticleYou had me at “popcorn”…
Ok, so popcorn only comes into it at the end. But you catch my drift. Thank you, The Auteurs, for your charming (and helpful) email.
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