This message is clear. Quite creative, and aimed directly at a major rival, but it’s a bit too nasty and overly offensive!
The answer from the ‘2nd finger’ ….. Ouch!
Also, quite creative.
98 comments August 29th, 2007
UAE Telecommunications company du announced this week that it was pulling a radio advert off the air in Dubai, after a Briton said it was “offensive”.
Britons are divided on whether a scrapped du advert that featured a man ordering fish and chips to the tune of their national anthem was offensive.
Via [ Gulf News ]
1 comment August 6th, 2007
Louai Alasfahani sent in this ad for HSBC, and pointed out the resemblance to the centrepoint ads.
It seems to me that the ads have different messages, use the ‘electricity plugs’ differently, and it’s simply a coincidence.
15 comments July 18th, 2007
Advertising Agency: JWT, Amman
Creative Director: Kr!X
Art Director: Hani Sharaf
Copywriter: Kr!X
Via [ mediaME ]
10 comments July 12th, 2007
“Say NO to seduction in UAE”, an interesting ad created a while back by Team Y&R in Dubai for Al-Bayan newspaper in attempts to resist seduction and pornographic activities in the UAE.
The ad features the logo of Playboy, shaped like the word ‘NO’ in Arabic … very clever!
Creative Agency: TEAM/Y&R, Dubai
Illustrator: Wissam Hama
Creative Team: Sam Ahmed / Marc Lineveldt / Neil Walker-Wells / Wissam Hama
via [ Adeaters United ] [ mediaME ]
11 comments July 8th, 2007
Al Arabiya.net reports that Lebanese artist Jad Choueri is planning to launch an Arabic ‘adult’ satellite channel that will air steamy scenes currently censored in music videos, shows and movies. it will probably also include talk shows that handle ‘hot’ topics.
You can imagine what a controversial issue this would be in an Islamic region. Read more at mediaME.
1 comment July 1st, 2007
Over the past 24 hours, following the launch of the new London 2012 logo, a wave of negative feedback has swept the net. In blogs, on news sites people are outraged and shocked at the logo designed by renowned British brand designers Wolff Olins (at a reported price of 400,000 pounds, which I am sure not not just for the ‘logo’ but a whole identity system). People are even submitting their own logos to the BBC..
Now, as a designer and an owner of a design business myself, I try to be careful before I scream AWFUL when presented with any design. But my first reaction to to the logos, was negative. So was the reaction of the two designer colleagues in the office last night who showed it to me.
The logo, which is supposed to be animated, adopts what I can call a graffiti style some are calling it stone age style). It supposed to be bold, vibrant and appealing to young people who do not want something corporate and bland.
See the new logo animation
See the new brand video
To be fair, many design icons were hated when they were first launched.
The animation sequences are that lead up to the logo are quite interesting. But the culmination of all this dynamism in a broken square shape is disappointing to me.
I think what the designers tried to do is come up with an anti-design statement. To come up with something that the people can own.
Adopt this edgy look has apparently backfired. A graffiti tag in a London underground station is what it is. Turning it into a logo of a mega event seems forced.
And let’s talk about the design preferences of young people. Are all of them graffiti enthusiasts? Don’t they also gravitate toward the sleek, clean design language of Apple’s iPod?
Then again, this ‘shockingly bad’ logo might still surprise us. Good designs often polarizes people (but polarization means something like 50% loving it and 50% hating it). As I said, I don’t take judging these thing lightly.
I would like to know you opinion. See my poll below.
Here are some screenshots of the brand’s animation.
By the way, this was the logo for London’s Olympic candidacy campaign
So..
Via [ 360east ]
11 comments June 13th, 2007
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