Year End Close Out Sale

I didn't have much time for this blog in December. So to make up for it, I used the holiday break to post all the stuff I never got around to during the past year. So everything must go!
Like this bus shelter video ad that crashed before I left for vacation.

Is it good to be king?

These ads bearing orders from the King of Gilboa appeared before the holidays.




I still think teaser campaigns have been overdone, but this one is pretty good. I like the clean design and seeming simplicity of the copy. And the kings2009.com microsite sets up some plot points without really giving anything away.


These next few play off of the medium they appear in:




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How would you sell a car these days?

Ford and Infiniti think thrills are the way to go.

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Want to get naughty with a nice drink?

Stolichnaya vodka’s latest campaign wants you to party Moscow style.






Stoli.com has some cool images as well.


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Does your drink taste like ass?

I guess Georgi vodka has had such success featuring a rear end in their ads that Banks Beer decided to follow suit.


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Happy Hanukkah

Is running good for your digestion?

Poster Boy NYC hit this Asic’s NYC marathon ad:

Here are a few other ads from the campaign:



There’s a few more in this flickr set.

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How do you want to live your life?

Seems someone took offense to the tagline “The life you were meant to live” in this Caesars Atlantic City campaign.


The text under the paraphrased Mahatma Gandhi quote reads, “Counter programming brought to you by Mystical Expressionist Kapproves (AKA Yourself)”

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What's wrong with tap water?

Spotted this well-intentioned rant shortly after this article ran in the Times.




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Who's got a beef with McDonald's?

Good ad placement for the thought bubble, but someone who can't spell salmonella doesn't like their chicken sandwiches.


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