Kudos to Caribou Coffee and its agency for this wonderful idea to promote Caribou’s hot breakfast sandwiches. These bus shelters not only resemble ovens, but they also include real heaters, which keep commuters warm as they wait for the bus. Yes, we are aware of our own hypocrisy here considering READ MORE >
Check out these crayon sculptures from Vietnamese-born artist Diem Chau. From her bio: Chau’s work “combines common mediums and common means to…connect us to each other through cultural and humanistic similarities.” Agreed. There’s more remarkable work to see here.
Now this is how you do a PSA. Elephant Parade is a conservation campaign that creates awareness for the endangered Asian elephant. Over 250 brightly painted life-size elephants will be spread out central London this summer, each decorated by a different artist or celebrity. Great idea. Love the effort. Bravo. READ MORE >
A big shout out (Do people still say that?) to Edge Designs, an all-female interior design company that specializes in office spaces. They were tasked with designing the space of another female-run company and decided to have some fun with the men’s room. Potty humor at its finest.
American Express is running a new commercial to promote its purchase protection service. The spot uses a series of images featuring everyday objects or scenes that resemble a sad face or happy face (see the screen grab above.) It’s a nice spot. Simple and well executed. But here’s the rub READ MORE >
Back in June we posted about the storm brewing in the coffee category when McDonald’s went all-in with McCafé. Well the pot is boiling over. Have you seen this t-shirt from Dunkin’ Donuts? It reads, “Friends don’t let friends drink Starbucks.” Not sure who would pay $14 for it, but READ MORE >
Want to succeed in business? Then fail. Make mistakes. But do it quickly and move on. Sound scary? Not when it comes from John Lasseter, former Pixar chief and now top dog at Walt Disney Animation. In this article from Variety, Lasseter preaches learning from failure and, coming from the READ MORE >
To promote CBS’ new fall lineup and Pepsi’s diet drink Pepsi Max, the two brands teamed up to take advantage of a new technology from Los Angeles-based Americhip, features a paper-thin interactive video player. It is being unveiled in an insert packaged with a co-branded ad that will appear in READ MORE >
Many years ago, American Express ran a print ad featuring Lee Clow, an ad man who looks a lot like the late Jim Henson. It would be fair to say 99.9% of the people who saw the ad probably said, “I thought Jim Henson was dead.” But to the .1% READ MORE >
Take a good look at the artwork. It’s not a photograph, though it’s based on one. And it’s not a painting, though the artist that created it began as a traditional painter. It’s a drawing. Drawn with a blue Bic pen. Actually many blue Bic pens are used to create READ MORE >