New Durex Press Ad...

Invaded Space...

Something very strange but nice happened yesterday.  As well as the normal 'work' work I've normally got a couple of random bits and bobs going on myself, just to release a bit of creative energy I suppose. One of these was a collection of war photo's I had collected and wanted to do something with, not necessarily to prove a point or make a statement. I had the idea of mixing the photographs with old space invaders to see what happened. I liked the results so put them on my behance profile.

Above is one, click here to see the rest.  I uploaded them about 7pm just before leaving work. The next morning I had an email saying they had been featured here. As I got into work it became pretty apparent it was zipping around the net at a rate that really surprised me, features on notcot.org and designyoutrust were some of my favourite.

It was good to see how a viral message can travel and spread from blog to blog and around the world. A lot of the work we do in the agency never goes anywhere which can be quite frustrating at times, it was good just to send a little something out into the world without all the red tape and barriers.

Many thanks to everyone who forwarded and featured the work, and all the postitive comments, a few people have succumbed to chinese whispers and claimed I took the photos, which I did not (they are credited at the source) but thanks all the same.

Ex girlfriend's back...

I've heard many people talking about the feeling that when an brand leaves an agency and you see the first ad from the new agency, it's that 'seeing her with the new boyfriend' moment. For the first time it's now happened to me.

I spent a lot of the last year working on ghd, a good product with a great brand. It was a good learning curve and although a lot of work never saw the light of day there were some ideas we did that I was pretty proud of.  A few moments ago I saw the new tv ad, more info here if you fancy or have a look...




I wasn't sure what my reaction would be when I saw it, and I'm still not sure now. I'm not going to do a Simon Cowell and crit the ad, it's not my place. I had mixed feelings about it but I wasn't filled with a 'fuck me we should have done that' moment.  Maybe ex's are best forgotten.

Hey Jude...

Click to make biggggggger

Normally I wouldn't post something so suit-like as a flowchart, but this made me smile.

Advertising Blogosphere

Well that was a long week, it's hard to keep the momentum of the blog going sometimes, especially after a break. A lot of people seem to have jacked in their blogs recently but I'm not going to, I'm just going to post as and when I feel like. If that's once a day or every six months then so be it.

Anyway... a new project... train of thought...

I like following blogs.

Lots of blogs.

I've got them bookmarked and some with RSS feeds.

But it's a pain in the arse to keep following them all. All the time.

Wouldn't it have been great to have a site to track them.

There wasn't a site that did this.

I'll make one.

So that's what I did...

advertisingblogosphere.blogspot.com

I've put on all my favourite blogs, in categories showing the last post made and when it was posted.

It helps me, saves time, hopefully it might do the same for some of you.

If you like it, want to be on it or have comments please leave them here (or there).

Adam

P.S. I've also tried to design it to be iphone friendly.

Off...

Off on holiday this week, due to credit crunch goodness I'm not out of the country but enjoying the wonders of Cornwall, the best of which is pear rattler, possibly the nicest cider I've ever tasted.

Anyway, back in a week when I have something special blogging wise to share

Adam


-- Post From iPhone

Formula 1...

I don't look at Adsoftheworld much anymore, it's full of ripped off, overly art directed crap from agencies that don't hold the account for the ad they produce. Rant over. But I had a quick look today and loved this. Nice art direction, true and simple. It also appears that Showpony Advertising in Australia, hold the Bridgestone account. Tres bon.

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In more me related news, finally after working at TBWA Manchester for over a year, I've been given a Man United job to work on, only a small one nice to work on never the less!

I hate this woman...