Piccadilly Circus seems to be a pretty popular spot for advertising lately… whether outdoor interactive (like this McD’s spot) or viral.
This one is right up my alley. Bizarre, crazy, barely makes sense, yet still makes me smile. I know it follows the regular (exhausted?) viral formula, but it’s a bit more blatant and actually pimps a product feature – something most virals kind of fall short on.
and a side note on this blog… posting may still be a bit sporadic, as obtaining internet in southern new mexico is more difficult than I anticipated (and “Comcastic” is quickly becoming a less-than-favorable adjective in my repertoire).
Sometimes you have to be direct to get your message across. Like this beautiful bit of package design courtesy of the Hain Celestial Group:
Apparently organic foods and subtlety don’t go hand in hand. Although I suppose it is somewhat attention grabbing and effective, in an annoying sort of way. I’m fine with my rice crisps not having any attitude, thank you. Anyway…
Once again, I’m in the process of moving again, although just a few miles away this time – not half way across the country. So at the moment, I have no internet and no substantial time. Add to it the duties involved with showing a visiting friend around the area, and unfortunately the blog has fallen by the wayside. Dare I say it, I’m on a non-blogging staycation! (imagine regurgitation sounds here).
hmm. I get it. but I don’t get it. Over the top? Effective conveyance of the message? I really don’t know… all I know is somethin’ about it is just a bit unsettling. Maybe that’s the point?
Yesterday, The Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch and Adam Horovitz (more commonly known MCA and Ad Rock) put up a YouTube video as a splash page to the Beastie Boys homepage basically announcing that MCA has cancer of the parotid gland and a lymph node and they would be postponing tour dates and their much-anticipated upcoming new album release.
Fortunately, they didn’t seem all that concerned, so hopefully all will work out well. It’s interesting to see YouTube replacing the traditional press release. The Beastie Boys release their message via YouTube, and the news outlets, including giants like the New York Times, are writing articles entirely based from the video. (NTY article) It’s a unique format in that it offers both information (assuming the creator provides it), and quotes that one can’t extract from a traditional press release. The reporters can comment on mood, atmosphere, setting, and tone, all of which don’t exist in a normal press release. Interesting to see, and certainly speaks volumes for the validity of (at least some) social media outlets.
And as expected, as soon as the news broke, MCA’s Wiki Page was ammended like clockwork.
On a side note I’m amused by the NTY article referring to the guys as Mr. Yauch and Mr. Horovitz. makes me chuckle a bit.
And in other Beastie Boys news, there’s a recently released closer-to-finished version of “Too Many Rappers” featuring Nas. You can check it out here.
And one other Beastie Boys tidbit: Fifteen years have now passed since Spike Jonze directed the video for “Sabatoge” and the Beastie Boys have released a remastered version of Ill Communication, complete with a bonus disc of extra tracks. Definitely worth picking up.
Have some furniture you need to promote? Have some spare time? Maybe try doing something along these lines:
Product testing in stop motion is pretty impressive, especially for something as mundane as a coffee table (no offense to furniture designers!). The product is the Armadillo coffee table from Doublebutter out of Denver, CO. Cool stuff. It makes me want a coffee table that needs a bit of “product testing.”
It must be fate. Not that long after recieving a small bottle of 42Below vodka from a friend (which is beautifully designed in it’s own right), I stumble across a few videos comissioned by the New Zealand based vodka company (who has their own fairly interesting and bizarre website worth checking out).
The project, Onedreamrush, sponsored by 42Below, has a tagline of “42 Directors – 42 Seconds – 42 Dreams” and is is pretty much just that – directors getting 42 seconds to translate their dreams and visions into a short film. The website for the project is pretty impressive in it’s own right, but even more impressive are some of the films.
Political “signing events” have always intrigued me… politics combined with blatant photo opportunities. They’ve been known to produce some famous photos. But others can be quite bizarre, and this one is no different:
This photo has been making the rounds on the interwebz, and popped up on The Daily Show last night. Originally via the New York Times. Now I just need to find a baby to arm myself the next time I venture to a political event.
As many know, I hold a special place in my mind for restaurants and markets. That’s part of the reason that good design for food establishments makes me so happy.
All designed by Mucca Design for Brooklyn Fare, it’s simple, direct, and an absolutely perfect blend of crisp and ballsy copy with exceptionaly clean, almost modernist design (that kind of reminds me of the W+K work for The Guardian).
Eat Me Daily has an awesome write up with great info and an awesome video.
These spots pretty much speak for themselves. An interesting way to promote cell phone service, courtesy of the always interesting minds at Droga5 and Epoch films. Somehow, someone decided that Net10 and mixed martial artist Bas Rutten go hand in hand. This is the result:
Last I checked, it’s the weekend, thus an artificially constructed reasoning for posting random and bizarre video clips. Often, some of the most random and bizarre come as a result of celebrities staring in commercials in other countries. These spots for cell service SoftBank feature Sumo great Musashimaru and Brad Pitt. oddly humorous… well beyond the obvious intended humor, I’d say.
