The ad above was displayed as a billboard on the corner of Hollywood and Highland in Hollywood, California. The billboard grabbed my attention because of the gorgeous blond it focused on. I took the picture myself about two months ago. The featured pretty lady is Victoria Secret supermodel, Marisa Miller as Captain Morgan’s sexy first mate. I’ve wanted to write about this billboard because when I saw I thought how awesome is it that a woman like that is just watching over us. I am a little unclear which ad agency is behind the campaign but I am 90% sure that it is WPP’s Grey, New York. Although according to…

FNSF – Le film choc from FNSF on Vimeo. The ad above has to be one of the most disturbing PSA to stop violence against women. It’s a French PSA to stop violence against women shown in France. It actually scares me that people in advertising can use this type of imagery to scare people into feeling guilty for not speaking up. The imagery in the ad above goes so far over the top that I almost didn’t want to watch the advertisement. Causing people not to watch or be unreceptive to the message of the ad. It would be a disservice to the target audience if people were so…

Michael Vick, the superstar quarterback who was put in jail for illegal dogfightingis back to advertising. Vick was in jail for about 21 month and most of his blue chip marketers such as Nike have let him go. But he is back, even if it’s on a much smaller scale as a spokesman for Woodbury Nissan in Philadelphia/New Jersey according to an AdAge article. According to the article will not receive any monetary compensation for the spot you see above except for the use of Nissan Armada. As stated earlier the spot above is on a much smaller scale compared to what the QB used to do in the advertising…

A new video making the rounds on YouTube is an advertising mashup. The mashup takes segments from two separate commercials and patches them together to create a clear message. The message: The king could still learn a thing or two from “His Airness.” Read the full Ad Age article. Here is the Mashup ad video. Here is the original commercial created by W+K. They aren’t really sure who created the mashup. Best,-A.B.

In the spot above, a guy named Glen tries to create a flyer for a lost cat for his friend but he getting interrupted and his laptop smashed beyond repair. The point of this exercise is to demonstrate how safe the new Chrome OS is because it stores everything in the cloud (online) for those of you non-techies. During the course of the video guys in biohazard suits take pleasure in destroying his Chrome Laptop about for times in several ways. This is done to emphasize how the new Chrome OS stores everything online, in real time, so you will never have to worry about losing data if your computer…

Really wish voting was this exciting. As a country we might actually get more people to come out and vote. The ad above was done for the Socialist Catalonian Party in Spain but can’t find the agency that did it “did it” for them. Best,A.B.

When I first saw this elaborate setup of a Chicago bus stop that was transformed into a small part of the Absolut universe I was amazed at the attention to detail it encompassed. Then I thought to myself, this would do well as a portfolio piece but not in real life situations. Chicago weather gets so cold and wet during the winter season that the Absolut bus stops would be ruined right after the first rain or snowfall. The other question that came to mind is whether or not people would appreciate having something so eye-catching to sit on while waiting on their bus. It might make people feel awkward…

I can’t take credit for the for the saying but I did Photoshop the background design myself. I am putting this up because I can’t find the creators of the last two “real” ads I wanted to discuss and I felt a real need to put something up. Best,-A.B.