A glimpse at the future of road-tripping:
Screw pretending there’s a little man running alongside the car or doing that stupid wave thing with your hand — with Toyota’s interactive car window display, you can doodle, measure distances, zoom in on roadside features, and even learn more about what you’re seeing. Sure, “Window to the World” is just a concept right now, but I’m sure that if we say the phrase “is it ready yet” enough times it’ll be ready sooner.
by Chris Bodenner
The cantankerous Copyranter has a soft spot:
Leaving aside my opinion about zoos, I think this Colorforms-like outdoor summer advertising campaign by Amsterdam zoo Artis is lots of fun. Locals were invited to remove these animal stickers—promoting a "baby boom" of newborn animals at the zoo—and spread the word around the city. Free media re-placement!
by Zoë Pollock
Ok, maybe just a less prude ad watch. Copyranter rejoices:
NO, you don't understand, this is a historical advertising moment, people! OK, it's just a dot that's representative of menstrual blood, BUT STILL. After years of TV spot after TV spot using that ubiquitous blue liquid, Look! Red!
Andrew Price unpacks a recent Nissan Leaf ad:
We think of gas as an Industrial Age power source, whereas iPods and computers are Information Age products. By highlighting that contrast, the ad is selling electric cars as modern and efficient, rather than as the saviors of rainforests. That's gives them an aspirational appeal that resonates with a much broader swath of America than just the treehuggers.
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Copyranter, a sucker for Legos, delivers:
These ads, via Malaysia just won an Outdoor Silver Lion. Ogilvy Malaysia hired some local Lego artists to create the posters that play off of the surrounding environment. Yes, they're actually made of Lego bricks. Pretty damn smart idea.
Copyranter notes:
The Rube Goldberg thing has been done to death in advertising (one example). But this is the first one done with dogs that I know of. So, there's that.
Samsung gets hip to finger-tutting – and then some:
Party fouls are more forgiving in slo-mo:
No introduction necessary:
The Dish 