Help bring the Foo Fighters back to RVA
March 26, 2014
The Foo Fighters haven't played Richmond, Virginia since 1998. That's more than 15 years ago and that's way too long. So we're bringing 'em back.
Uncarriable Carrier Bags
May 11, 2006
Among the winners at the 2006 One Show in New York on May 10 was this Gold Pencil-awarded Self-Promotion effort from Mother/London, called, quite accurately, "Uncarriable Carrier Bags." In typical nutty Mother fashion, the shop distributed plastic ba
Rebranding Project
April 12, 2006
As it embarked on a rebranding process, the Philly-based Brownstein Group "had to restructure if we wanted to continue to be relevant and competitive in the marketing environment of the future," explains CD/writer John Gilbert.
The Surgery Christmas E-Card
December 22, 2005
All the War on Christmas whiners will be pleased to note that in Australia they still call Christmas by its real name, even if the baby Jesus has been delivered by an obstetrician.
All the Best From Jason Priestley
December 15, 2005
As anyone who sat through Tony Scott's Domino can attest, Beverly Hills, 90210 has-beens may be making a comeback.
1 Replacement Liver
December 13, 2005
Never let it be said that the VB&P creative party team of James Robinson and Ray Andrade are afraid to get their hands dirty.
The Party Girl Trophy
November 29, 2005
In an industry rife with awards shows and trophies, if there were a show devoted to trophy design
CreativeWorld
October 23, 2005
A U.K. agency known as The Fish Can Sing (www.thefishcansing.com), which specializes in new-product launches, has launched a new product of its own
The Slide Rule Vanishes
September 15, 2005
The latest in the Pentagram Papers "series of limited-edition publications designed and produced biannually by the partners of Pentagram," as the firm describes it, is #33, The Slide Rule Vanishes.
For Brands in Need of Emergency Attention
July 28, 2005
Melbourne agency The Surgery lives up to its name with this bizarre take on the Michelin Man. Likewise the Duracell Bunny (see the PDF), who isn't going and going and going.
Alphabet City
July 12, 2005
Next week in New York, remarkably enough, it's not Fashion Week and it's not even Advertising Week. For a refreshing change of pace, it's Type Week.
Alien Landscapes
June 08, 2005
You know the way on the old Star Trek there was always one guy you'd never seen before in the squad that would beam down to explore a hostile planet? And you knew you'd never see him again?
Belding Book "Congratulations"
June 07, 2005
The 39th annual Belding Awards, on May 26, the Los Angeles Ad Club's trophy fest, was notable for a win that didn't earn a Belding Bowl
Egg's Green Guide
April 28, 2005
Egg, a Seattle agency that "works only with responsible brands," as they put it, has a responsible self-promo in the form of a color swatch book in which everything is a shade of green.
Romancing the Big Idea
April 22, 2005
Good Lord, is this what the Teletubbies are going to look like in a few years?
Pure Card Art
March 31, 2005
New York design/effects/animation company Pure has an ongoing business card project that explores the slogan
A Vegas Hunk-a-Thon
February 24, 2005
Las Vegas agency DRGM's 2005 "The Men of DRGM" calendar is a classic beefcake parody with a nice ad slant.
Zehnder's Retro Christmas
January 06, 2005
Yeah, there are a lot of holiday promo pranks in this business, but we particularly like the one from New Orleans agency Zehnder Communications, 'cause the creatives managed to get the CEO to pose for Perry Como shtick.
Surgical Ad Strike in Oz
December 15, 2004
A tiny upstart agency in Melbourne, Australia, called The Surgery, has gone the PrintCritic notion of the "enhanced ad" one better