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Are you Awesome too?

Have you ever had the fortune to work on a major project where the budget is "whatever it takes to get it right" and expectations are high? And while you are on said job, you find the winning idea super fast? Fast, as in the first idea you put to paper fast? At the agency we use a brainstorming...

October 9, 2009

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CGI is so passé II

The phenom of the “Got Talent” shows has created another YouTube superstar like the UK’s Susan Boyle. The latest success story is from the Ukraine spin-off version. 24 year old Kseniya Simonova (who ended up winning the show) creates an amazing sand animation on stage. She tells the story of people’s suffering during the German invasion...

September 23, 2009

Brad

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Warning! Magazines Photoshop their pictures!!

French politicians are teaming up with eating disorder experts to putting together a bill that would require magazine spread, ads and packaging designs to have warnings for airbrushed photos. While not as graphic and in your face as cigarette warnings, the penalties are hefty enough; $16,000 or 50% of the ad campaign cost. Certainly nothing to...

September 21, 2009

Brad

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I hate artists

Maybe that is a little harsh. I am jealous of artists. I am a pixel-pusher that can draw really good stick figures, but that is about it. So when I came across a fantastic painter—Francoise Nielly living in Paris—my jealousy boiled over. She creates some spectacular portraits using a painting knife, cake-frosting thick paint, and vibrant, bold...

September 10, 2009

Brad

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WWF lays a Smackdown on DDB Brasil

They say that any publicity—no matter how bad—is good publicity. Sometimes it is so bad that it gives you a swift kick and a black eye for all the world to see. Social media allows these firecrackers and quickly turns them into full-blown bonfires. A few months ago a print ad done by DDB Brasil on behalf...

September 4, 2009

Brad

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Disney loves men in spandex

Most of you have heard that Disney has started the purchase of Marvel for $4 billion bucks. It is good to see that the Happiest Place on Earth hasn’t been hurt too much from the gloom of the economy. This is a pretty big deal. Obviously Disney is hoping to expand on the success of Marvels’ Spider-Man,...

September 2, 2009

Brad

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Pepsi and CBS hookup for putting Video ads into Magazines

The Sept. 18 issue of Entertainment Weekly (LA and NY only) will preview the upcoming fall season on CBS. Ho-hum right? Well, not quite. In these two cities, there will be special editions that will have “paper-thin interactive video players” built into the article. It will have multiple videos that the reader can choose from. Pretty...

August 19, 2009

Brad

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The Coles Notes on Twitter Stats

Recently, a social media analytics company – Sysomos Inc. – analyzed over 11.5 million Twitter accounts and have come up with very detailed findings. I have collected the summarized version, but you can check out the full version of their findings here. 72.5% of all users joining during the first five months of 2009 85.3% of all...

August 13, 2009

Brad

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Modest Mouse / Heath Ledger video

There is a bit of hoopla around Modest Mouse's latest music video, King Rat. It is beautifully illustrated, it tells a very graphic bizarre tale of whales hunting humans. The subject matter is dark and deep. Funny, as soon as something like whale hunting gets humanized it becomes something outrageous, and evil. Perhaps this should be...

August 7, 2009

Brad

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Deadline Video :: the Prequel Sequel

I had posted earlier on an amazing stop-motion video of an Art Student’s final project using post-it notes. (Story here) It has become a large success on Youtube—2 million hits +. Now there is a “Making of Video” that has been posted. It is interesting to see how much planning went into the video. Have a...

July 28, 2009

Brad

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