Logo a-go-go! After the fiasco of that logo, comes more news that the banking institution known as Barclays is highly likely to change their logo for fear of offending the Dutch if the proposed merger with ABN Amro takes place. While the logo causes less visual intolerance than the 2012 thing, it does strike aContinueContinue reading “stuff and things 19.06.07”
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digital gets kidnapped
All will be revealed during Cannes week, if they win an award. If they don’t who knows. Will the ransom be paid? Enjoy!
stuff and things 15.06.07
Forget wikipedia, watch videopedia instead. 5min.com has short, instructional video clips on a whole lot of stuff. (source: iconoculture) Swap the plane for the train & get a first class ticket with Virgin Trains. The bearded one likes green stuff. Interesting that despite staggering out of Euston tube station each day onto the main concourseContinueContinue reading “stuff and things 15.06.07”
stuff and things 14.06.07
I love this image of social circles that I found on bnox courtesy of Philippe. Explore the links in the bnox post, you will be rewarded. 60% of British bosses dream of sex during powerpoint presentations. See, it does make you go blind. “Abby is suffering a painful bum from being over-spanked” is possibly oneContinueContinue reading “stuff and things 14.06.07”
leave…
… a mark. You may remember that Hugo Boss had sent me an email a while back & I ordered a sample. Well, the only one that wasn’t sold out. Anyway, it pitched up last week. In a somewhat over-the-top dm piece. The copy is particularly alpha male, e.g. “To leave a mark or impressionContinueContinue reading “leave…”
stuff and things 13.06.07
I want one of these. The guy who created it is a finalist on the ITV series, Tycoon. And my wife works with someone who’s selling them. And it’s in my lounge! But it needs batteries and I don’t have any. The excitement level is huge. The key question is: can I adapt it toContinueContinue reading “stuff and things 13.06.07”
spam the monkey races with coulthard
Faces For Charity is the Red Bull Racing team’s charity. But more important than that, for £10 you can get your mug on the side of their cars for the British Grand Prix! So Spam the Monkey gets to fly round Silverstone at nearly 200mph. Woo hoo! (and feel good as he’s done somethingContinueContinue reading “spam the monkey races with coulthard”
fakebook – it’s only rock ‘n’ roll
Unsigned band, The Bribes, have just mildly annoyed about 4,000 Facebook members. Trading on the tirade of abuse that 2012 logo is getting, the band set up a fake facebook group. And then in a dastardly turn akin to the butler in Scooby Doo removing his mask, revealed that it was a ploy forContinueContinue reading “fakebook – it’s only rock ‘n’ roll”
socially (ir) responsible advertising | part 4
A smorgasbord of offerings here. And remember, this is taken from a UK perspective of what would frighten the old grannies here. Hymen Tightening Gel? Good lord. From an agency in Dubai. And we know it’s hard to get good techies anywhere so lets roll out the old “sex sells” mantra with a loose punContinueContinue reading “socially (ir) responsible advertising | part 4”
