Here’s a brilliant video done by Coy! to launch the new identity of the Creative Circle awards in the UK.
This short stop-motion film references countless classic advertisements from the past. I think I was able to recall five out of possibly over a hundred ads referenced in the video?
Very entertaining 3 minutes.
(via Adverblog)
I love this Let Imagination Take Over ad campaign for Play-Doh, done by Kinetic Design and Advertising. Looking at these ads brings me back to being a kid and playing with Play-Doh and Lego (separately, of course) and having infinite possibilities available to me right in my hands. I miss those days.
(via Behance Network)
More photos from the ad campaign after the jump.
Japanese mobile provider Softbank ads continue with their ridiculous take on Japanese family life – this time, with Quentin Tarantino.
Julie in Japan describes the series of ads quite well:
In the ads, the father is a white dog, the mother is a Japanese woman, the daughter is a famous Japanese pop star and the brother is an African-American man. The ads are funny because the father is really strict but he’s a dog, so he’s adorable. The family doesn’t make any sense to look at, but they act like a regular, typical Japanese family and that’s why it’s funny.
AdFreak posted up a rough English translation of the Tarantino ad if you’re wondering what’s going on.
I personally think these ads are so bizarre that they’re genius.
(via Blah Blah Blog)
It’s not a new music video from them, but I just came across it again on YouTube and was reminded of this video. This, I suppose, was the first time RIP SLYME had a thinly-veiled corporate sponsored music video, setting the stage for their more recent Good Day “Adidas Originals remix” video.
I have no problem with music videos like this. Though, I have to wonder, is it just a cultural difference that the Japanese public tolerate such blatant corporate advertising in music videos whereas something like this would be scoffed off of American television? Even Japan’s social networking giant, Mixi, is littered with advertisements in every corner of the screen. Would North American members of Facebook be as forgiving? And, of course, there are the actual outdoor advertising-laden streets of Shibuya and Shinjuku, where one’s eyes are easily bombarded with advertising messages at all directions at any given time.
Art x Advertising. We all know it happens, of course, but to combine the two in a way that organizations no longer have to be subliminal (or ashamed) at pushing products via art or non-traditional forms of media? Some might argue it’s too much, that we would lose grip of what’s genuine and real versus what is fake. On the other hand, others may actually appreciate the creativity which organizations put into their advertising. Both sides of the spectrum are valid, but is it already too late for a compromise of the two? Seems to me that the wheels of change have already begun turning and we’re in for a whole lot of advertising.
Think annoying website pop-up ads, except in real life.
To advertise Nikon’s COOLPIX S1000pj digital camera, GT Tokyo advertising agency came up with this pretty brilliant campaign. Take two cute little Japanese kids (the Helicopter Boyz), stick digital cameras all over them, and let them dance in synch in Yomiuri Land. Fun and creative marketing at its best.