by Jason Fox | Apr 24, 2012 | Advertising |
According to Agency Spy, JWT (that’s the hipster name for J. Walter Thompson) won the federal Corporation for Travel Promotion account nine months ago. I’m guessing this resultant campaign took seven months of red tape finagling and two months of insane...
by Jason Fox | Apr 17, 2012 | Advertising |
The British arm of the TNT proves that the best way to show you know drama is to manufacture said drama. On demand, no less. Later,Fox
by Jason Fox | Apr 9, 2012 | Advertising |
Nike recently released a product called the Nike+ FuelBand – a wristband that measures your calories burned, steps taken, etc. throughout the day and spits the data back out to you via the band’s built-in LED display or on your smartphone. It also converts...
by Jason Fox | Apr 6, 2012 | Advertising |
When I saw this Verizon 4G LTE spot the other night during “Dancing with America’s Next Top Voice Idol,” I immediately flashed back to 1990 and a parody spot from “Saturday Night Live.” You could call the Verizon bit an homage, but the...
by Jason Fox | Mar 28, 2012 | Advertising |
When we last left Sony Ericsson, the brand was busily scarfing down a container of the Colonel’s finest Original Recipe so it would have a suitable bucket to kick. Now, with the brand equity-less “Ericsson” finally jettisoned, the rechristened Sony...
by Jason Fox | Mar 26, 2012 | Advertising |
Thanks to Adland.tv, even us Yanks can get in on being (for once) properly offended at a Turkish ad that manages to be anti-Semitic and misogynistic at the same time. Apparently, using Biomen will wash that morality right out of your soul. Hmm, perhaps ad agencies...
