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Gonna be a while? Grab a Snickers.

Corey Rollins — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:26:03 -0500

Some poor guy has been all over the news for getting caught in a chair lift, somehow stripped of his snow pants and left dangling for over seven minuets.

Longest 7 minuets ever.

Anyways, I saw a collection of larger sized photos at The Smoking Gun and couldn't help but make this.

Bicycletta Del Alberto

Monique — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:26:47 -0500

Tagline: Good design happens when there is nothing left to take away.

I stumbled across this photo in Elemente Magazine and was immediately inspired to create an ad. In user interface design I like to say, "the design is not finished until there is nothing left to removed." Surly someone famous said that, but I'm claiming it, and the quote perfectly suits this company.
http://www.elementemag.com/index.php/news/298/63/d,item_detail

The image is from Alberto del Biondi, http://www.albertodelbiondi.com

The Industrial Design Department of Alberto Del Biondi Industria Del Design in Italy designs for people. Everyone needs good design. Elemente Magazine describes it best. See the link above.

EFFEN Vodka Black Cherry Print Ad

chrissy2two2 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:37:12 -0500

It's another Effen ad...

This time it's for Effen's Black Cherry (which I must say may just be better than the original, but I guess that's a matter of taste). And much like the original Effen Vodka ad I posted, this would be another print ad.

Again, check out their website at www.effen.com and if you're able to score a bottle, do it!

EFFEN Vodka Print Ad

chrissy2two2 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:22:37 -0500

First and foremost, with a name like Effen I'm not quite sure they really need a tag line, but it's a lot of fun thinking of the possibilities. lol...

I'm thinking this would be a print ad for Effen Vodka (just imagine flipping through the nice glossy pages of your favorite magazine and then there it is, simple but to the point and oh so intriguing).

Anyways, Effen is imported from Holland but I haven't really seen it too much on the west coast yet. Check out their website, www.effen.com and if the drink is available in your area, buy a bottle - it's pretty effen good.

The Pike Brewing Company

chrissy2two2 — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:53:16 -0500

So here's an ad for The Pike Brewing Company in Seattle... It features Pike Kilt Lifter and the tagline "take a peak at Pike's" (get it?!?). Anyways, much thanks to James and Corey!

Febreze: Shooting Gallery

k is for ken — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:36:47 -0500

This is one in a series of ads for Febreze which uses the shooting gallery image to demonstrate the power of Febreze to kill strong odors.

Febreze: Shooting Gallery

k is for ken — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:34:34 -0500

This is one in a series of ads for Febreze which uses the shooting gallery image to demonstrate the power of Febreze to kill strong odours.

Febreze : Shooting Gallery

k is for ken — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:32:25 -0500

This is one in a series of ads for Febreze which uses the shooting gallery image to demonstrate the power of Febreze to kill strong odours.

My Take on a Flickr ad

Paschal Ssemaganda — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:56:28 -0400

Since I became a flickr member I have marveled at the company's ability to grow its community with little obvious advertising on the web or elsewhere.
This is one of the reasons Flickr is a necessary case study for anyone attempting to create a web community.

For this ad, I used one of my own images and a generous helping of Flickr's corporate identity.
(Please don't sue me)

As usual, my focus is on copy here so I took my inspiration from the classic VW Ads by DDB from the 60s and 70s. The big image with the logo, placed to imitate Flickr's home page. Naturally, I had to big up my own work, but the attribution is standard.

Flickr is unlikely to take out a full page ad (in a magazine no less) so I have cropped the image to look as much like a polaroid as possible.

This might work for a newsletter of a web announcement where the copy discusses new features or recognizes the community or something like that.

Entre Nous

k is for ken — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:06:51 -0400

The third in a series for a high end, relationship based, gay dating service. It's humour is aimed specifically at the experiences of the Gay community.