Do you like to watch old commercials? AdViews is a digital archive of thousands of vintage television commercials dating from the 1950s to the 1980s. These commercials were created or collected by the ad agency Benton & Bowles or its successor, D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B). Founded in 1929, Benton & Bowles was a […]
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With the rapid development of media and promotion, advertising is almost impossible to avoid. Simply put, advertising is everywhere. The Graphic Design blog showcases some creative print ads that are backed by a powerful concept and effectively deliver the message. To see the complete showcase, go here. Photos by Graphic Design blog.
Fresh Green Ads: “Fresh Green Ads has developed a Raincampaign for Sea Life Scheveningen. Every time it rains the octopus of Sea Life Scheveningen appears on the streets and out of public drains and man-hole covers with its tentacles holding the text: ‘Sea Life laat je niet meer los’ (Sea Life never lets you go).
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Mike Michalowicz in an article for The Wall Street Journal reports on a clever way to get advertising for free. Count the signs listing phone numbers as you drive down the street in a commercial area, or the number of ads you notice as you surf the net or leaf through the Yellow Pages. Signs
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In its early days, a product is often relatively expensive to produce and it lacks the history of growing sales that is essential to get to first base with chain store buyers. So, how do we get sales started? And how do we get our product’s direct cost down to the point that it can
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How is a dollar bill different from a postage stamp? Both are produced by the government and seen by hundreds of millions of people each year. How come the government allows advertising on one and not on another? One artist did the math and figured out that the typical one hundred dollar bill changes three
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This is where it began in 1962. Below is the first ever advertisement for Wal-Mart. No comment from me.
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Like many aspiring rock stars, Jared Gutstadt, 32, used to split his life in half. He held down a day job editing television shows for clients like Disney, MTV and VH1. He kept his nights free for what he really wanted to do: make music, reports CNNMoney. That changed two years ago, while Gutstadt was
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PrintMediaCentr: The agency paired fresh coffee with fresh news by converting the coffee cup sleeves of Time Hortons into ‘Headline News’ Cup Sleeves. When customers bought a cup of coffee, the baristas would place the coffee cup sleeve into a special printer. The printer would pull tweets from the Gulf News Twitter account, and print
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Londonist: Set up just off Tottenham Court Road, the billboard allows passersby to have pictures taken of themselves and the words “I LOVE YOU MUM†— something that could be handy ahead of next Sunday. As Simove says, “I wanted an original way to send my Mum a Mothers Day greeting — greeting cards and
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