Advertising Is Good For You

Walking in an Orgy Wonderland

T-Mobile's holiday commercial is meant to celebrate a 4G Wonderland.

But it ends up sounding like an Orgy Wonderland.

Click here to see T-Mobile's 4G Orgy commercial.

Zombie Monday: Toshiba commercial

Click here to see the Toshiba Satellite Series commercial that explains the beginning of the zombie apocalypse.

What kind of f*cked up view of marriage did the creative team have?

 

This AT&T commercial divulges way too much about its creators' warped view of marriage. It's uncomfortable to watch, yet, as with any train wreck, impossible to ignore.

Click here to watch the awkward AT&T unlimited messaging spot.

Toshiba used 200 HD cameras to create this Time Scupture spot

Click here to watch Toshiba having fun promoting its Upscaling DVD Technology.

My only gripe is that is doesn't really explain what the product is or how I would use it at home. Googling "upscaling DVD technology" didn't help, either.

Anyone?

Nice tribute to Steve Jobs from Jonathan Mak

Via Jonathan Mak

What it's like to own an Apple Product, by The Oatmeal

My iPhone G4 has lost its lustre now that the iPhone 4S has been unveiled. The Oatmeal understands.

Click images to enlarge or click here.

Click here to see what The Oatmeal thinks of Juicy Fruit gum.

Graphical ads for IBM

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Via Blue Strawberry

Fun facts about Mac users and PC users

• PC users are 26 percent more likely to prefer fitting in with others.
• Mac users are 13 percent more likely than PC users to say they want to be "perceived as unique and different to make my mark."
• 23 percent of PC users are more likely to say they seldom throw parties.
• Mac users are 50 percent more likely than PC users to say they frequently throw parties.
• Mac users are 80 percent more likely than PC users to be vegetarian.
• The majority of PC users would choose a Harley over a Vespa; most Mac users would choose the Vespa.
• On the Internet, PC users enjoy reading I Can Has Cheezburger, Go Fug Yourself and CNN.com, where Mac users prefer Apartment Therapy, the Huffington Post and BoingBoing.
• In print, PC users enjoy TV Guide, Redbook, US Weekly and the New York Times. Mac users prefer Dwell, ReadyMade magazine, Macworld and the New York Times.
• The majority of Mac users (52 percent) and PC users (58 percent) both consider their respective companies most responsible for driving the global growth and adoption of computing.

Via The Atlantic

Apple wuvs you

Found at Apple's website.

Click here to see a list of the 10 best-selling iPhone apps of all time.

From France, a graphical ad campaign for IBM

Police see emergencies before they emerge.

Now food can tell you how fresh it is.

Any child can access a first-class education.

Buildings bring down their own energy costs.

Drivers can see traffic jams before they happen.

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy, Paris

Found at Ads of the World

Celebrity Saturday: Lady Gaga for Polaroid

Polaroid -- the once iconic brand, now a symbol of obsolete technology -- has hired Lady Gaga as a creative director of new products.

Don't laugh.

I think it's genius.

Lady Gaga is very contemporary, yet mainstream enough that pretty much everyone knows who she is.

And the woman is smart, talented and a heck of a marketer. She writes her own music, created and manages her larger-than-life persona, makes boatloads of money every second and she's not yet 24.

I can't wait to see how this plays out.

Source: Pop Dirt

Nice idea, nice design

Taken last week at Logan Airport, Boston.

Bill Curtis is the new Peter Graves

CLICK HERE to watch Bill Curtis in a spot for AT&T.