Advertising

Watching the USA vs Canada gold medal game this weekend — one of the rare times I cannot TiVo through commercials — they played this Michelin ad and I actually rewound and watched it  again. Great animation, and what’s…


29 Jan
Why not drive your supercar upside down?

How do you show off the power of a 563 hp, 6.3-liter V8 supercar with 479 lb-ft of torque? Well if you’re Mercedes Benz and you want to show off your new 2011 SLS AMG you hire Michael Schumacher…


There are many reasons to go back to college and continue your education, but none more potent than a well shot, well designed flipbook (almost like this thing). Vancouver’s Langara College seems to understand…


20 Jan
Endless inspiration from little plastic blocks

LegoClick

Rock Paper Scissors created this video with directing duo Blue Source to show the inspirational abilities of Legos, and who’s gonna argue? Not only are Legos the greatest toys ever, but they’ve inspired everything from replications…


13 Jan
Gestalten's comprehensive tome on all things creative and packaging

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Gestalten is one of our favorite publishers, and they’ve hit LIAS bullseye with their recent Boxed and Labelled tome — in their words, “a comprehensive overview of the most intelligent, innovative, playful and attractive examples of current packaging design.…


Twix

Here’s a pretty clever Brazilian commercial for Twix with the slogan Invent a pause. Open a Twix. Guy sure picked a good time to invent a pause…


8 Jan
Why do dancing vegetables make me wanna eat some beets?

IGAveggie

This is a really rad commercial for IGA supermarkets — titled Le Rigodon — promoting veggie eating by Montreal-based Deshed studio. We couldn’t manage to embed it, so just hit the link below and enjoy the video!

IGA_LeRigodon.mp4


4 Jan
Controversial Yaris Ad gets Toyota apologizing

Yaris

This Yaris spot won an Australian short film competition to become an actual commercial. The only problem was that after it was shown women’s groups instantly condemned it as sexist, and Toyota had to apologize and cease showing it.…

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