Advertising
23 Jul
The burlesque legend heats up for, then cools off with, Perrier

Kudos to Perrier for having the marketing balls to execute their latest campaign, titled Perrier Mansion with Dita Von Teese. I mean it doesn’t take Don Draper to realize pairing your product with someone as smoldering as von Teese is a surefire win, but the manner in which Perrier taps into her sensuality to promote […]


28 May
The sexiest instructional video on the Internets

Probably the most sexy thing I’ve seen on the Web since oiled midget mud wrestling is this Super Sexy CPR instructional video. To think that a lingerie company cares enough about first aid to create an instructional video — now that’s a great way to fulfill your civic responsibilities and give me musing material all […]


9 Apr
George Lois and Esquire's affair to remember

George Lois is a legendary ad-man from the 1960s who is publicly best known for his famous collaborations with Esquire Magazine. From 1962-1972 Lois serves as a consultant to the magazine and produced over 92 famous covers for them, proving Esquire to be one of the edgiest publications in the journalistic world. It was the […]


29 Mar
French animation team H5 present Logorama

This is a genius short film directed by French animation collective H5. The animation on Logorama is superb, and the attention to detail is hilarious— a gay Mr. Clean, lecherous Pringles guys and a deranged, bloodthirsty Ronald McDonald all enter the fray (love the Slurm cameo and Leica rifle scope, too). No wonder Logorama was […]


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 there not to like about a giant, evil Kaiju-like gas pump to battle? That’s how you […]


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 to drive it through a tunnel…upside down. Why not? The Gullwing SLS AMG sprints from 0 […]


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 this, which is why I’m suddenly seriously considering a career in Chinook Business. You never know when that could pay off…


20 Jan
Endless inspiration from little plastic blocks

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 of Frank Lloyd Wright masterpieces, great albums and epic moments in history to remakes of the Matrix and scenes […]