Mona Eltahawy, the prominent Egyptian-American writer and activist, has been arrested in New York after spraying paint over a controversial poster on the subway that has been condemned for equating Muslims with “savages”. Full story behind the video.
To mark the fifth series of the adland drama, we look back at leading campaigns of the 50s and 60s. Andrew Cracknell, author of The Real Mad Men: The Remarkable True Story of Madison Avenue’s Golden Age
Shakespeare on a Tube map - an oldie but a good one.
Madrid’s equivalent Oxford Street, the shopaholic Puerta del Sol stop, has been snapped up by Samsung in a month-long deal and renamed Sol Galaxy Note. What would you rename stations on the London Underground?
Liking newenergyspace’s suggestions:
Toshiba-kerstreet
Mars-enal
FujiCam-den Road
Sloans-for-you-Square
Premium Bond Street
Ladbroke’s Grove
Barclays-water
So I guess you’re wondering what the pig picture was all about earlier? Now you can see more images from the making of the Guardian’s new advertising campaign. Get a closer look at the detailing in the film, how we created crowd scenes and some candid moments of the actors off duty
This advert for the Guardian’s open journalism, screened for the first time on 29 February 2012, imagines how we might cover the story of the three little pigs in print and online. Follow the story from the paper’s front page headline, through a social media discussion and finally to an unexpected conclusion
Honestly, Peta’s ads make me so angry I could stamp on a kitten. While eating a Big Mac and wearing chinchilla. If this has offended you, then I should make clear that my tongue is very firmly in my cheek. Which, funnily enough, was precisely the excuse Peta’s associate director of campaigns and outreach proffered when confronted with the criticism that the organisation’s latest ad, Boyfriend went vegan, all but condones physical violence within a relationship. After all, if sex sells, hard sex sells harder, and the sort of sex that leaves you hospitalised sells hardest of all.
• Arwa Mahdawi writes an hilarious piece on Peta - and why it has “tofu for brains”
Brilliant piece. Here’s a quote:
“Further, courting controversy for controversy’s sake has a troubling effect over time. While shock and gore still have the potential to be powerful, they have become so ubiquitous that we are gradually becoming desensitised to them. It makes no difference whether you’re promoting chocolate or charity: normalising violence can never be justified. We should cut Peta absolutely no slack for this latest ad just because, somewhere in the background, bunny rabbits are involved.”
Aldi campaign beats comparethemarket.com’s meerkats and VW ‘Darth Vader’ spot in poll of most-liked ads. More here.
The man behind Super Size Me has made a documentary about product placement – and funded it by featuring a fruit juice. Here, he reveals the murky world of movie sponsorship:
the first handshake: vaguely eco roll-on deodorant Ban. Then Sheetz, the petrol station chain, then a dribble more interest, then the hotel chain Hyatt, and, eventually, the big kill: a headline sponsor, who paid $1m in exchange for their brand running above the title. In fact POM, a pomegranate juice outfit that was 39th on Spurlock’s list of drinks, has more than paid their way. For it’s they who’ve unexpectedly added spice to the mix: since the film’s release, POM’s claims over the cardiovascular and prostate benefits of concerted swigging have been the subject of action by the US Federal Trade Commission, which POM is challenging.
Morgan Spurlock: ‘I asked cigarette and gun companies for money to make a film’
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