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Moment of Truth: Art School

March 6th, 2012 / Comments (0)
Speaking of cranky designers: 50 reasons not to date a graphic designer.
Stream, Stream...Buffering

March 6th, 2012 / Comments (0)
The Martin Agency's latest work for Comcast. You've got to give that shop credit. They're not afraid to take on industries/brands that people don't like very much. Car insurance (Geico), credit cards (Discover), and now, the grandaddy of consumer ire.

Catchy. Simple. But not DirecTV.

Previously from the Martin files: New hope for the MySpace of credit cards?
The history of NASA according to Optimus Prime.

March 6th, 2012 / Comments (1)
There are perks to having NASA in our backyard. This on one of them.

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Gen-X technostuff: Kids say the Frenchest things about technology
Design Army looks good on paper.

February 29th, 2012 / Comments (0)
Design Army takes viewers behind the scenes as it helps Neenah Paper revamp its classic paper line. Beautiful art book ensues.

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Other bookwormage: Book Clock; Book: The Movie.
The poster contest you didn't win.

February 29th, 2012 / Comments (0)
The AIGA Ink & Pixels poster contest is over. And unless you're Emilee Hunt from Millersville University, you didn't win. WAH-WAH.

Her winning design is above. You may collect your lovely parting gift of shame and sour grapes on your way out.

Other things you haven't won: TXTNG PSA SRSLY OMG; Alphabet Throwdown.
New Business: Warschawski gets Topps baseball card account

February 27th, 2012 / Comments (0)
Baltimore shop Warschawski has been drafted by Topps to handle integrated campaign duties for the release of its 2012 baseball card series.

From the presser:
The card company will work with Warschawski to build awareness for the 2012 release of its collectible gold series baseball cards, which celebrate Golden Moments, shining achievements, promising young players and more.

Related: Neutral Business.

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Plumbing company's vehicle wrap crap.

February 22nd, 2012 / Comments (0)
Finally a plumber who doesn't give a shit, even if he's taking one. We're fans of brands that don't take themselves too seriously.

Of course, having this parked in front of your house is the plumbing services equivalent of a cashier calling for a price check on tampons over the PA. (photo via Dana Goldstein)

Other shit: DC Lottery reminds us life is shit
Preakness freakness

February 20th, 2012 / Comments (12)
This year's installment of Preakness advertising is starting to crop up. And if it were possible, they're even more bizarre than ever. A billboard (below) has popped up on the corner of North Avenue and Howard Street, pointing befuddled onlookers to a gibberish-infused Facebook page for the Easter Bunny.

Elevation, the DC shop responsible for such Preakness gold as Get Your Preak On and Kegasus has disavowed all knowledge of the ads.

Which is really just a clumsy, fumbly, prom-night-gropey way to say: Yeah, we did them.

We hope they're going somewhere with this because, at the moment, it feels like Andy Kaufman's creative directing this fucking mess.

image via Chris Merriam

Oher Easter Bunny nightmares: Hitlerbunny sells vodka.

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Dear Jr Creative, Earn Your Place. You’ll Be Better For It.

05/21/2013 - 10:32 / Comments (0)

by Anonymous

Dear Jr Creative,

I’m a firm believer in earning your keep, starting from the bottom, doing the less than desirable well, before moving up...
How to Spend $275 Million in 48 Minutes: Three Super Bowl Ad Trends for 2013

02/01/2013 - 16:54 / Comments (0)

by joshhogan

Want to watch $275 Million get spent in 48 minutes? Just tune into CBS at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday to see one of America's greatest primetime displays...
The school of life.

11/21/2012 - 17:38 / Comments (0)

by Anonymous

Yesterday a reader asked us "how do you get into advertising?", our knee jerk reaction was to ship them off to the nearest ad school for a year or...