Advertising Is Good For You

Apparently, a copywriter from 1957 was dug up and brought back to life so he could work on this ad

This ran in Fortune in 2005. The copy for this ad reads:

Imagine a World Without Her

What would you do? How would you manage? Caring for a child or elderly parent, cleaning the house, driving the kids to soccer practice, cooking meals.

A recent study concluded that the value of the things she does can be as much as $43, 461 per year, not including overtime . . .

2005 wasn't THAT long ago.

Source: No Soap Radio 

Celebrity Saturday: Eva Mendes for Calvin Klein

Photo: Rachel Been, AOL

The most recent Calvin Klein billboard to appear in NYC features Eva Mendes.

Other images from the same campaign featuring the actress:

 

 

CLICK HERE to see an earlier Calvin Klein billboard that caused controversy.

Sources: Style List, Style News 

Is it just me -- or is this in poor taste?

Spent today showing my niece and her husband around Boston.

Among other things, we went to the New England Aquarium on Central Wharf in Boston. It's a nice place to visit.

Directly across the street from the Aquarium is Legal Sea Foods.

That's right. The first thing you -- and lots of little kids -- see upon exiting the Aquarium is a restaurant that serves fish.

Seven inches of double entendres

Source: Melodramatic Diuary of a Cynic

Rogue Burger Kings selling "baloney"

Some Burger King restaurants in Tennessee added anti-global warming messages to their signage without the home office's approval. CLICK HERE to read the whole story.

Racial harmony + furniture = viral TV commercial

I love this wonderfully quirky TV spot for a furniture store in North Carolina.

Some, though, find it offensive.

Watch it and judge for yourself.

CLICK HERE to see the spot.

The spot was created by Rhett and Link.

Roll your eyes and think about how much you've come to hate the word 'edgy'

A five-story billboard in Manhattan:

Source: copyranter

Offensive -- or marketing genius?

Non-traditional media company GoGorilla has come up with an idea to capitalize on the potential swine flu pandemic.

Here's GoGorilla's pitch:

Source: Gawker

Campaign for Aussie bike store

"Biking is believing."

Advertising Agency: Loud, Sydney

Source: Ads of the World

Ad campaign for "The World's Smallest Maglite"

Imagine the outcry from American parents if this ad campaign were to run in the U.S.

Advertising Agency: Leagas Delaney Hamburg

Source: Ads of the World