Advertising Is Good For You

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It's beer, it's Japanese and it has a cat on it. For more information, you have to click the link. And be fluent in Japanese.

Via Rakuten

ALQUIMIA animated font by Pavel Paratov

Click here to watch the animated font ALQUIMIA in action.

Click here to see more work by Pavel Paratov.

 

So much to love about this Oreo video

Beautifully animated video. Great song. And answers to questions like, What would happen if I gave an Oreo to a vampire?

Click here to watch Oreo's wonderful Wonderfilled Anthem video.

The MTV Airbus, illustrated by Andy Ward

 

Illustrator Andy Ward created the design for this Vueling Airlines Airbus. The client was MTV.

Click here to see more of Andy Ward's work.

Stunning old movie poster from behind the Iron Curtain

One of my other blogs, Found in Mom's Basement, is devoted to old advertising. By old, I mean everything from late 19th century to the turn of the last century. 

I find old advertising by looking through old magazines and googling. Sometimes find advertising that truly blows me away.

This is one of those times.

 

It's a 1957 movie poster from Poland. The movie it's promoting, Height/Vysota, was made in the Soviet Union.

The designer of the poster was Waldemar Swierzy, a noted Polish designer. Learn more about him and his work in this wonderful post by Adrian Curry.

'Hey, mortgage company, thanks for scaring the crap out of me' said no one ever

A very official-looking envelope arrived in the mail yesterday. I knew it was probably junk mail but I opened it anyway. Just in case.

This is what was inside:

For a split second I thought the IRS was was after me.

But, no, this was an offer to refinance my mortgage. To an adjustable rate mortgage, no less.

The folks at Residential Finance designed their direct mail solicitation to look like something from the IRS.

Look at the box in the top right-hand corner of the blue letter, then look at this sample 1099 from the IRS:

The similarity was just close enough to fool me into a momentary panic. 

Once I realized what it really was, I scanned the solicitation to use in this post. And then I put it through the shredder.

Scaring people is not a good advertising strategy.

May flowers

Happy May Day!

This floral alphabet was designed by Anne Lee Designs.

Click image to enlarge.

Robot from illustrator Orlando Arocena

Click here to see more work by Orlando Arocena.

Movie Poster: The Congress, French language version

Via IMP Awards

Inspired anti-drunk driving ad campaign

All I know about these ads is that they were shot by photographer Andy Rudak and I love them.

Click the images to enlarge them and you'll see all the text is 'written' with spilled beer.

 

Magazine Cover: Howler

As the tag line says, Howler is, "A magazine about soccer."

Exito ads promise an end to stinky water

"Now in a new bottle with 7 layers to protect the flavor of the water in your fridge."

Created by Sancho BBDO, Bogota.

Via Ads of the World

On a lighter note, the new ceramic cup I ordered came in the mail today

 

Ain't she a beauty? 

The iconic paper cup on which this ceramic cup is based, called the Anthora, was designed by Leslie Buck in 1963 to appeal to Greek-owned coffee shops in New York City. 

Purchase your ceramic version at We Are Happy To Serve You.