Goodbye, Mr. Jobs

Goodbye, Mr. Jobs

About an hour ago, as of this writing, Apple posted this simple statement on their website: Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who were fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a...
Goodbye, Mr. Jobs

Google Wallet Pulls a Costanza

Google continues to roll out its new Google Wallet service in ways both puzzling (only available to the ginormous installed user base of Nexus S 4G phones on Sprint and nothing else) and delightful. Assuming you find the still grumpily cherubic Jason Alexander in full...
Goodbye, Mr. Jobs

No, FedEx, Thank You

If you’ve read this blog over the years (Hey, Carl!), you know I’m a mildly drooling fan of BBDO’s work for FedEx. It’s obvious that the brand knows that not everything needs to be rush rush rush to be done well. My favorite FedEx spot of all...
Goodbye, Mr. Jobs

Coke Happyificates, Take Five

Coca-Cola, via the Amsterdam office of Wieden + Kennedy, has unspooled the fifth installment of their “Happiness Factory” campaign. Once again, Psyop did the animation. And once again, it depressed me since I don’t work for W+K, Coke, Psyop or with...
Goodbye, Mr. Jobs

Truth in Advertising About Advertising

Stumbled across (but not upon) a new site today called Graphic Design Junction. Well, it’s been around for about 15 months, but it’s new to me. The page on their site that first nabbed my attention was titled “50 Print Media Ads You Never Seen...