by Prescott | 2010.09.10 | advertising_tv & radio, brands & branding, Britain
File this under feel-good advertising. Mother, a London-based ad agency, have produced a new ad for Ikea which, simply put, shows cats wandering the store in search of comfort. [SWF]http://perezfox.com/archer/archer_player.swf, 500, 375,...
by Prescott | 2010.08.25 | advertising_tv & radio, WTF
I don’t think one needs speak Japanese to be puzzled by this. My mouth is agape. Wow.
by Prescott | 2010.03.10 | advertising_tv & radio, brands & branding, design_product
Mad Men is a hit show — we love it. It’s about advertising, vaguely, and the characters have become quite iconic in only a few short years. So naturally, they’ve been made into Barbie Dolls. What? Four characters from the show are being made into Barbies....
by Prescott | 2009.08.22 | advertising_outdoor, advertising_print, advertising_tv & radio, brands & branding, cinema, music, national identities, politics, the industry
The Advertising and Design community has been talking about Art & Copy, the new documentary film about the ad industry. With anticipation, we’ve been sharing the trailer all over the various Internet outlets. Well, last night I snuck out to a preview and...
by Prescott | 2009.08.09 | advertising_tv & radio, brands & branding, fashion
Just when you thought chocolate and sex were safely separated by a impenetrable wall, Mars debuts Fling, a chocolate bar aimed at women. And by “aimed at women” of course we’re talking about lots of pink, some kind of edible synthetic sparkle goo,...
by Prescott | 2009.07.22 | advertising_tv & radio
Gidget, the Chihuahua from those cheeky Taco Bell ads of the late 1990s, has died. Read the obit on People.com » With any luck, this will also mark the death of all talking animals in television ads. Are we done with this crap yet?