Advertising Is Good For You

New logo for this year's Marblehead Festival of the Arts

Alicia Hall created the logo for the 2013 Marblehead Festival of the Arts, a 4th of July weekend-long celebration just North of Boston. 

 

Love this book cover design

A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler. The designer is Olga Grlic.

New cover for George Orwell's 1984

 Penguin's newest edition of George Orwell's 1984. Designed by David Pearson.

What you can't see on your screen is that "1984" has been printed and debossed under the black censor strip "leaving just enough of a dent for the title to be determined," according to the designer.

Via Boing Boing

Banned poster

First, this poster advertising the "Picasso & Modern British Art" exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art was hung at Edinburgh Airport.

Then some prudish air travelers complained and the poster was taken down.

Finally, airport officials grew a pair reevaluated their position and put the poster back up.

Via Overhead Bin

Artful food from Magimix food processors

Based on Magritte's Son of Man:

Based on Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa:

Based on a Picasso painting. I couldn't find which particular one. If it's one you're familiar with, please let me know.

Created by Shalmor Avnon Amichay/Y&R Interactive Tel Aviv.

Click here to see another ad campaign featuring anthropomorphic food.

Via Advertising Universe

The Scream shows up in another ad

Saturday I posted a few examples of Edvard Munch's The Scream being used in advertising. Today I found one more.

The ad is for Faber-Castell, the world's largest maker pens pencils and art supplies. If you click the ad to enlarge it, you'll see the image is made from colored pencils.

 Advertising Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, Singapore
Chief Creative Officer: Steve Back
Creative Directors: Troy Lim, Jon Loke
Art Directors: David Stevanov, Kairong Ku, Si Hui Heng, Jon Loke
Copywriters: Adeline Siow, Troy Lim
Illustrators: Dash Kadam, Inessa Loh, Loh Yi Qi, Danny Ong, Alicia Tan, Joycie Koor, Brandon Sim
Photographers: Jimmy Fok, Calibre Pictures
Account Managers: Shirley Tay, Ng Hui Min
Retoucher: Lay Leng

Via Ads of the World

The Scream in advertising

Wednesday, Edvard Munch's iconic artwork, The Scream, was sold for a record-breaking $120 million.

(Actually, Munch created four versions of the work, but this particular version was the only one still in private hands.)

One does wonder if all the free advertising contributed to the selling price. Here are a few examples of The Scream used in advertising.

The Scream for M&Ms:

The Scream in an anti-child abuse ad:

The Scream on Google's homepage:

Click here to find out how the M&Ms ad helped Norwegian police.

Fine art-inspired ad campaign for KitchenAid

Love this advertising campaign for KitchenAid inspired by artists whose works are representative of their periods.

The campaign was created by DDB, Brazil, with illustrations from 6B Estúdio.

Click images to enlarge.

In the style of Art Deco artist Tamara de Lempicka:

In the style of Art Nouveau artist Gustav Klimt:

In the style of Pop artist Andy Warhol:

In the style of Modernist artist Henri Matisse:

In the style of Surrealist artist Salvador Dali:

Click here to see another Warhol-inspired image of the KitchenAid mixer.

Via Ads of the World

Day of the Dead skulls sell Mexican food

0 to burrito in 60 seconds.

Runs on gas and salsa.

If we had a mascot, it would be Fidel Castro.

Advertising Agency: Bohan, Nashville, USA
Creative Directors: Dave Smith, Jon Arnold
Art Director: Brian Feeney
Copywriter: Dave Smith

Via Ads of the World

Fine art-inspired illustrations from Mihai Tenovici

To see more of Mihai Tenovici work, click here.

Advertising Agency: Frank, Bucharest, Romania
Creative Director: Teodor Cucu
Art Director: Irina Chira
Copywriter: Adrian Dragan

Even Norman Rockwell would think this was a load of hooey

I know what they're trying to do with these ads. But the scenarios are implausible and harken back to a time that never was. The result only serves to convince me that it's a fantasy to think one could get kids to love salad.

Advertising Agency: DDB, San Francisco

Found at: Ads of the World

Movie Poster: The Expendables

Found at IMP Awards

Absolut Vodka Rock Edition

Introduced August 10: the Absolut Vodka Rock Edition, with packaging designed by Natalia Brilli.