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Exceptional design is truly awesome but is it “Proof of God?”
I designed you, brother! Did you know there are proofs of God’s existence? Neither did I. That is until my daughter informed me at dinner the other night. Camille is a freshman at Marin Catholic High...
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Dateline Zagreb: making film about new school experience…experiencing retail...
Interviewing Croatian school official… The past week I’ve been in Zagreb, Croatia helping produce a case study film for one of our clients. Much of the time was spent in a local high school,...
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Client from Hell: Resist becoming a monster when dealing with one.
In the face of evil… In a 2005 concert recording of U2’s lovely ballad, Miss Sarajevo Bono prefaces the number by offering a prayer to victims of a then-recent terrorist bombing in London. The prayer...
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You want agency culture? Then try sticking around, Holmes.
culture needs something to grow on… I’ve been thinking about agency culture or the lack of it. By definition, a “culture” forms in/on something that has permanence to it, like mold on a piece of...
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D-Rose & LeBron James try and keep it real in new TV commercials but are you...
But you’re rich, bitch! In keeping with the start of the NBA season a spate of new TV commercials just dropped featuring two of the sport’s biggest stars: Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls and the...
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AT&T spends big bucks advertising U-Verse. But is it much ado about nothing?
One reason to drag TV outside. Name another? I keep seeing advertising for AT&T’s U-Verse; if I understand it correctly, the primary benefit seems to be the ability to watch TV anywhere you want....
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Giant baby overtakes screen in new commercial for Nationwide Insurance.
Good Lord, that baby will destroy us all! So, I’m watching football this weekend when on comes this giant ass baby. I was like What The F—k? There’s a humongous baby in this dude’s garage. Then it’s...
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What do cavemen, gangbangers and national brands all have in common? Signs.
Ever since helping give rise to the “Curiously Strong Mints” campaign for Altoids, I’ve been a huge fan of outdoor advertising. Especially posters, propaganda and signs. Yet, maybe the awe for it goes...
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Snap shots equals sling shots in SugarCRM’s David-like attack on the...
#SugarSelfie (okay, so I’m colorblind!) If ever there were a perfect example of corporate Goliath it would have to be Salesforce, the huger than huge Customer Relationship Management (CRM) company...
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When it comes to texting and driving, AT&T’s “It can Wait” campaign pings the...
More than any one commercial or piece of marketing communications (of which there are many), what I really dig about AT&T’s campaign to eliminate texting while driving (and during movies) is the...
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Merry Vulgarity! Lexus continues its holiday tradition of pretentiousness.
No one would ever call me a liberal but nothing makes me veer to the left like those pretentious “December to Remember” commercial from Lexus. Take a look at this latest campaign from the luxury...
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Getting dumber by the link. Reflections after reading issue of the New Yorker.
Yes, the New Yorker. While traveling these holidays I found myself on a 3-hour flight with only a copy of the latest New Yorker magazine. Only? I ended up reading the thing cover to cover (and not...
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Cadillac furthers its new image with an ode to the American garage. And the...
No automotive company has done more to alter their brand’s image than Cadillac. Via edgy product design and mostly provocative creative approach to advertising, Cadillac has taken a tired symbol of...
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Like a fishing trip: The secret virtues of business travel.
“Now that we’re alone together…” One thing that seldom gets talked about in a good way when we talk about business trips is the bonding that takes place among our traveling companions. We piss and...
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Goodbye Jim. Farewell Mike. Thoughts on the passing of two decent men in...
A couple advertising men passed away last week. Jim Schmidt was a copywriter by trade and co-founder of Downtown Partners, a creative boutique within the DDB matrix in Chicago. Mike Hughes was also a...
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The real outrage over Phil Robertson’s homophobic rant is the hypocricy of...
“Er, I thought you liked my ignorance.” I’m not surprised, offended or even “disappointed” that Phil Robertson from A&E’s hit show Duck Dynasty went on a homophobic rant at some dumbass bible...
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T’is the season for great expectations, which invariably lead to holiday fails.
The holidays are “rough.” And so that was Christmas. And Thanksgiving. And Hanukah. And a bunch of other boozy, carbohydrate and kin filled days and nights comprising the holidays. Of course, we still...
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Miley Cyrus crushes 2013 with a Wrecking Ball and is my choice for campaign...
Nothing can stop her… My choice for the best integrated marketing campaign of 2013 goes not to a product, service or new-fangled bit of technology but, rather, to a young woman, Miley Cyrus. Maybe...
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Whaaaa? Bruce Lee ressurected to sell a Japanese car!
Anyone see this commercial for the new Mazda 3, comparing the vehicle to none other than martial arts icon, Bruce Lee. I’m old enough to remember Lee and can recall paying two bucks at the long gone...
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So, teens don’t like Facebook anymore. Here’s why FB might not give a damn.
“I hate my parents almost as much as Facebook.” I keep hearing about Facebook’s plummeting popularity among teenagers. That it has become uncool for them, partly because so many of us parents are...
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