impatience is a virtue

Absolutely brilliant ad from Samsung. The whole premise of the advert and the contrasting vibes it puts across give such a strong message. Unfortunately I feel I am more of a 'waiter', but this advert definitely inspires impatience.

mr hudson

As great as it is to see such talent make it to the big time, it's such a shame that it took an ego like Kanye to make it happen. Seeing videos of them on stage together, Mr H comes across as an unknown, jumping around the stage while Kanye takes in the cheers and 'sings' through an artificial tuner. It makes him look like a bit of a wannabe. A total contrast to his performance and presence when he is on the stage at his own shows, where he gives across an effortlessly cool, note perfect performance every time.

portraits cachès

a great set of images from french photographer thomas millet.

male drivers beware (again)

M&S appear to have adopted the same approach for their latest billboard campaign as Wonderbra did so infamously in the mid-90's, with the provocative shot of Eva Herzigova:

Only time will tell if Marks' poster causes as much buzz (as well as car accidents)...

sound mantra

comical voice of authority

the voice of Stephen Merchant has to be one of the most versatile in the business. the bristol accent tends to have certain farmyard connetations, however, Merchant seems to be able to adapt it into both comical and authorititive dialogues. seeing him recently performing a rare stand up gig in islington I witnessed this first hand. a funny man, fucking funny.

advertisers have put this to great use in the Sky movies ad (looked at in an earlier entry) and the latest comical Barclays campaign. people listen to what he has to say.

hepatitis leap

i heard a rather interesting radio ad for a campaign raising awareness of hepatitis C, it is part of a campaign covering also press and tv (the latter two I have yet to see). the rather bizaare set up went as follows:

"Have you ever pranged a mates car? Have you ever pulled a sickie after a night on the lash? ...Have you ever been to a party with some mates... and ended up injecting drugs?"

Strikes me as quite a big leap.

pola-void

a little mock up of an advert for polaroid, done for my university course. polaroid has to be the most raw form of photography, and is one that needs to be saved!

my flickr.

diesel xxx

absolutely amazing viral from Diesel. perfect use of potentially offensive yet eye catching footage.