Time for another round-up of assorted communications that I found charming, clever, or otherwise noteworthy. (more…)
Category: Observations
Doing good design is easy. But doing great design requires a great client.
Troy Library Book Burning Party
While the concept is perhaps a bit salacious, this is a great story of a library taking control of the conversation. Genius work.
Applebee’s Reaches Out to Hipsters, Ironically
This funny bit from The Onion shouldn’t be taken seriously, obviously.
Cleverness 6
Time for another roundup of miscellaneous bits of interesting advertising.
April 1: Fool’s Day. Folha. Nothing but the truth.
The Lamborghini Experience
Naturally, I can’t comment on the whole of the Lamborghini experience, but I really loved this collection of images I found entitled “This is how you will get your Lamborghini.” Ritual and ceremony play a huge part in creating a meaningful brand experience, and there’s something to be said about needing a crane on-hand for you to receive your motorcar.
15 Years VIB
I first noticed this work over on the Soon Behance Portfolio, but their own site does a better job showing off this work. There are really two things I feel about this work:
- This work is not my style. At all.
- I am terribly jealous of it.
Soon has done a terrific job of developing a fresh concept for this brand, and has applied that concept really well. Kudos.
Here are some more shots of the work:
DollarShaveClub.com – Shave Time, Shave Money
This video for DollarShaveClub.com may not redefine the category’s communications (thanks to Old Spice), and it was clearly designed to go “viral”, but it is absolutely pitch-perfect. Kudos to the production team at Paulilu, I’m jealous.
Kulula Airlines
South Africa’s Kulula Airlines does what I wish more brands would do – develop a distinct character. It’s a shame that more organizations aren’t as willing to have as much fun with their customers. There was a time that WestJet maintained a similar (if not as explicit) attitude, and that was a time that people loved WestJet. Unfortunately that attitude seems to have been replaced with a more bland communications strategy.
There’s a lot more pictures of Kulula’s fleet available on the Kulula website.
Cleverness 5
Yet another installment of random bits of clever ad creative. Where do I find all of this awesome stuff? On the interwebs.