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Virgin Mobile Dances With Devil For Calling Plan

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Vancouver, Canada resident has collected a bunch of images on Flickr for a recent Virgin Mobile campaign promoting an after 6PM calling plan. The campaign consists of red 666 street postings which you can see here.

by Steve Hall    May-12-06   Comments ()    Bookmark and Share     
Topic: Good, Guerilla, Outdoor, Poster

Heineken Light Ad Promotes Absolut Vodka

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Bucky Turco sent us a shot of a new Heineken Light poster which, aside from being mostly blank to perhaps capitalize on the "please deface me" graffiti trend, also, very prominently seems to promote Absolut vodka since the white poster can't completely cover the Absolut ad underneath it.

by Steve Hall    May-11-06   Comments ()    Bookmark and Share     
Topic: Bad, Outdoor, Poster

NYCBikes Launches Poster Campaign

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Custom Brooklyn bike shop NYCBikes recently launched a poster campaign created by Woods, Witt & Sons. the campaign promotes biking as a superior means of transportation in and around the city. See all the posters here.

by Steve Hall    May- 9-06   Comments (3)    Bookmark and Share     
Topic: Outdoor, Poster

Subway Movie Poster Offers Ringtone Via Bluetooth

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While riding the subway to work in Toronto, Jonathan Hung noticed a poster promoting the Lord of the Rings musical (who knew?) at the Prince of Wales theater. What caught Hung's attention was the poster's encouragement to fire up the bluetooth or infra-red on his phone, point it at the poster and get a free ring Lord of the Rings-themed ring tone. While Hung says the musical isn't supposed to be very goo but the ad is a lot better than all the "take one to learn how to speak any language" ads that seem to be everywhere.

by Steve Hall    Apr-19-06   Comments (3)    Bookmark and Share     
Topic: Good, Mobile/Wireless, Poster, Promotions

advertising for peanuts: Apollo Optik

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Advertising For Peanuts points us to this ingenious ad for German eyewear retailer Apollo Optik which, as Advertising For Peanuts says, puts sex as a selling point to good use.

by Steve Hall    Apr-11-06   Comments ()    Bookmark and Share     
Topic: Good, Poster

MSN Music Teams With House of Blues For Branded Experience

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In an effort to lend some cool factor to MSN Music, The Wexley School for Girls and General Public have, in partnership with the House of Blues, created a branded experience for venue's MSN Music Nights. Elements include a special drink, temp tattoos, drink glasses, projections, in-house tv films, branded instrument installations, bathroom mirror stencils, t-shirts, bar shirts, collectible download cards, posters and silk screened drum heads. The work looks great and appears to blend nicely with the House of Blues decor. See two more images here and here and a video here.

by Steve Hall    Mar-24-06   Comments ()    Bookmark and Share     
Topic: Brands, Good, Guerilla, Point of Purchase, Poster, Specialty

Windshield Sticker Convinces Drivers Not to Speed

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While we don't know where, geographically, these windshield stickers were placed, we're quite sure most local PTA's would take issue with it. However, the message is powerful and clear. This poster is exactly what one could be looking at if speeding through a child-filled school zone. It certainly delivers the message.

by Steve Hall    Mar-20-06   Comments (5)    Bookmark and Share     
Topic: Creative Commentary, Good, Guerilla, Outdoor, Poster

Insurance Company Helps Get People Back to Normal

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Fallon London has created a microsite for its U.K. insurance client More Th>n (that's not a typo, you wing nuts, it's how they "spell" the company name) that focuses on the normal aspects of life in contrast to the usual sensations of unease when having to call upon an insurance company following some bump in the road of life. The site highlights the campaign but, more importantly, asked British citizens to contribute to the site their version of a normal life. While we're not sure this is all that normal, we've gotta be happy for this guy who defines his version of normal as, "Playing badminton with my 19 year old girlfriend knowing that i may not be quicker than her, but my experience wins in the end!

by Steve Hall    Mar-20-06   Comments ()    Bookmark and Share     
Topic: Campaigns, Online, Poster

'Lost' Promoted in Brazil With Missing Persons Poster

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Advertising for Peanuts points out a campaign in Brazil created by Publicis Sao Paulo to promote the ABC series "Lost." The campaign features missing persons posters with the images of the show's characters.

by Steve Hall    Mar-17-06   Comments (3)    Bookmark and Share     
Topic: Good, Poster, Television

Baseball Greats Featured in Sports Memorabilia Shop Campaign

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For its client Heroes of the Game, an Avon, CT sports memorabilia shop, Adam $ Knight Adveetising created a series of posters focusing on baseball greats such as Ted Williams, Don Zimmer, Willie Mays, Earl Torgenson and Mickey Mantle, The posters will be placed in-store as well as at card shoes. A series of print ads is planned as well. Take a look at the campaign here.

by Steve Hall    Mar-14-06   Comments (1)    Bookmark and Share     
Topic: Campaigns, Magazine, Point of Purchase, Poster

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