2008

Oct

Flaming for Obama

Hype Machine has an interesting (and funny) way of getting...

ideas: Examining the candidates | The Economist Some...

Enough said, really. Thanks to Frank and Adrian for this...

Scientists with too much time one their hands try and deduce...

Strange similarity between the front and back covers of...

Sep

Glossy new site for Agent Provocateur./Tom

Oasis' New Album Gets a Subway Debut -...

Urban interventionist art from D.Billy

Uniqlo's robot blogger ...

Aug

Samsung are up to some really interesting digital stuff at the moment - Tim showed me this new video...

Interesting chart from Techcrunch on how new (and future)...

Interesting presentation on economics, happiness, social media and brands. via the excellent...

data visualisation of 'Big Humanities'

“Some see the reciprocal and perhaps limitless possibilities of emergent technologies and...

Incredible visualisation/news tool at digg labs that uses...

Whilst we’re on the topic, this is a nice and simple explanation of social networks and why...

‘Why Traditional Ad Models will not work in social...

Frame Not Included is a wonderful photo-blog by three...

Beautiful new trailer for the BBC’s Olympics coverage, from Gorillaz animator Jamie...

Jul

the internet: under threat?

The argument for net neutrality, or against the commercialisation and privitisation of the Internet...

visa swap: a great brand idea

Visa Swap, which I participated in at the weekend, is an excellent example of positively...

“If you’re really worried about your ‘branding’,...”
— Merlin Mann (via tinyblip via...

21 incredibly creative flash websites

The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks

The Citrus Report

A familiar face, John McKay, here on The Gruen Transfer, a superb Aussie comedy show about...

Jun

Heinz pulls male kiss ad after hundreds of...

Honda wins May Thinkboxes with live skydiving...

Great TV work for the UN. ‘Peace is Hard’ (via UNbluehelmets) /Tom

Nice creative for the new Samsung f480 phone (which I happen to have just taken delivery...

Nice Ford work from JWT Brazil

These new print executions for the Ford Fiesta are great - click on the images for a larger...

The Democratic Nominations in 8 minutes

“As the media theorist Marshall McLuhan pointed out in the...”
— From a great article in the...

US vs. UK - from The Economist

presentism: Click on it to zoom in. /Tom

May

Weezer, ‘Pork and Beans’ - This video features a wealth of internet celebrities, famous...

“The best mobile campaigns take advantage of the personal and...”
— A quote from...

CPU: A Unit of Measurement for Both Creatives...

What Every Good Marketer Knows ...

This list, called ‘What Every Good Marketer Knows’, recently resurfaced on Seth...

Compfight is an excellent flickr search tool - great for...

Popbitch Eurovision Guide

“It is not well known nor accepted that the social networking...”
— Great article brought to my...

The real value of money

These new print ads for Brazilian financial newspaper Gazeta Mercantil are superb. They were made by...

Future Leaders of Tech - BusinessWeek

Nicely edited and shot video that shows the contrast between London and the English countryside...

Ogilvy work in Creative Review

Over on the CR Blog are these cool print executions for RC Scorpion remote control cars that come...

‘Unexpected performance’ - a cool viral for lastminute.com

Brand tags is a new online project from Naked strategist and...

This is amazing

from donttellmymum, aka Nick: A mixture of pure talent and hard work has provided us with this 7...

Just because - a nice illustration of a paddle steamer on...

Following the Herd ...

Recession? Not in the Advertising Business

Following up on my report from the recent Under the...

New economics and planning slideshow

Hello all - here are the slides from yesterday’s presentation on new economic thinking, and...

Nick found this on Brand Republic: funny, great music, good line - what’s not to love?

Advertising Art starts on May 14 at The Chambers Gallery in...

The lovely new site for Nokia NGage uses stop-motion...

Apr

Another from It’s Nice That, this time from...

It’s Nice That is a great source of art and design...

“Remember that our own lives can often be best understood by...”
— Interesting from Jim Carroll,...

“Give yourself a media budget of zero and see what you come...”
— Matt Willifer of M&C...

“The secret to getting a good, fast strategy is to all sit...”
— Fairly obvious, but it bears...

It's in the game

donttellmymum: Nike’s got a new Guy Ritchie-directed footie ad out. It’s all shot in the...

Bloggers offer glimpse of uncensored Cuba

Nice print execution for Bic showcases their two best known...

Under the Influence slideshow

Featuring Sean McIlrath, Laurence Green, David McCandless and George Parker. Enjoy...

Dynamic typography

I’ve posted a few videos below that reflect a recent trend for dynamic type - the examples are...

“One of the largest emerging opportunities for luxury brands...”
— Eco-strategy and luxury brands...

And dynamic type in the realm of the music video too - this is ‘DVNO’ by the French...

Slim-fast advert with dynamic type, and an obscenely catchy tune …

Apologies for the profanity, but this dynamic type rendering of a famous Pulp Fiction scene is...

Clare drew my attention to this amusing research group comedy skit - for the new...

Philips ‘Karis’ TVC (via Creativity). A fairly daring piece of work from DDB London -...

Vote Match - London Elections

Spam never looked so good

A great tumblog I stumbled upon - on Jen Reads Junkmail, the incongruous email spam that we are all...

Finally, the new Ogilvy UK website. It’s certainly a...

The all important work section

An interesting positioning statement for sure - this line...

Screenshot of the nice site for Dunlop’s Aussie kicks,...

Nice print ad from JWT Sydney for the sweatproof Bandaid -...

This Google Maps mash-up lets you drive a little car around...

15 Stunning Cutting-Edge Gadgets and...

“A leap of imagination with commercial consequences.”
— Laurence Green’s (Fallon)...

Scientists find secret ingredient for making...

A service launching this month allows parents to trace the...

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Mmm … tasty bookmarks on advertising, blogs, art, technology, trends and a whole lot more....

Sony Foam City - with a twist

Nice online work from US agencies Big Spaceship and...

‘Sony Foam City’ (via Tim Whirledge) - This is the new TV work for Sony digital...

‘Saatchi & Saatchi’s Roberts: Getting to the Future First’ (via...

Here’s the dashboard on Google Analytics for this...

'I attached this camera to the bench so...

The Plug is a small zine from Atlanta, Georgia with some nice articles and original thoughts. In a...

Commuting culture

I’ve always been intrigued by the way in which the most mundane daily activities are acted out...

A great shot from Ravi Deepres’ 2003 exhibition...

“Human behaviour is sometimes more influenced by the medium...”
— Our own Rory Sutherland in a...

a trend: image bookmarking Alongside the success of social...

Better to play a Sage

via donttellmymum: I’ve been thinking about the role of brands online. I reckon, as Rory...

My memento from White Gold, the fictional, milk-promoting...

Interesting but hardly revelatory statistics via AdLab -...

Online adspend set to overtake TV in 2009

Great print work from JWT New York for Schick razors #2 -...

Great print work from JWT New York for Schick razors #1 -...

“We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the...”
— Roy Amara, via Naked...

Planning trip #2? Clare suggested going to see the Juan...

That's some f£&*ing tasty pizza!

19.20.21 is an organisation concerned about the rapid growth...

The art of online

For the first official post here at approvingly lounging, I thought I’d share some links to...

Pictures of babies on rice packets in (you guessed it) Japan...

“I believe that, overall, they make beautiful products that...”
— Which brand had this said...

Buzz marketing techniques illegal from May,...