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Let's Go Get Lost Trailer

Growing up in Minnesota during the early days of snowboarding it was never about $80 lift tickets, high-speed quads or one hundred foot kickers. Isensevens Let's Go Get Lost feels like a day in the city park with slightly more expensive camera work. Nice.

Sorry I'm Late

A stop motion short film shot with a stills camera in the ceiling pointing straight at the floor. There's tons of 'making of' stuff at the website sorry-im-late.com

Advertising still not learning

Flea Marketing

This looks fake to me and it's a strange choice of perspective considering how many people walking over this ad are missing the message but it looks fun none the less. If anyone knows anything more about this piece feel free to shoot me an email.

Thanks Joe!

I stand Corrected! The ad is real. You can read more here.

Advertising Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi, Jakarta, Indonesia
Chief Creative Officer: Andy Greenaway
Executive Creative Director: Juhi Kalia
Art Director: Aryanto Salim, Joel Clement
Copywriter: Pancaputera, Juhi Kalia
Photographer: Heret Frasthio
Producer: Annisa Mulyani, Muhammad Iskak

via I believe in Advertising

Thanks Ali!

Street Signs

Cricket Calling

Cricket called on the Cultural Engineers of Seattle-based strategic non-traditional marketing and events firm NEVERSTOP to craft a unique campaign leveraging the creation of the world’s largest fully functioning cell phone. The campaign will included pop-up retail stores, inconspicuous wallet drops containing cards, coupons, and sometimes cash to drive traffic to the official campaign website. Commuters who spot fellow commuters reading green newsprint featuring the letter “K” and containing the campaign URL will be rewarded with Cricket-branded free subway or train passes. http://www.getsomerespekt.com

The Cricket pop-up boutique with the world’s largest cell phone will be active March 6th through 15th in Chicago. The campaign will launch in Philadelphia on March 20th.

Thanks Cosondra!

Kalle Lasn: Clearing the Mindscape

Adbusters interviews Kalle Lasn on the state of advertising, Subvertising and cosumer culture. Lasn, one of the founders of the non-profit, anti-consumerist Adbusters Media Foundation is also the author of “Culture Jam: How to Reverse America’s Suicidal Consumer Binge – And Why We Must,” and “Design Anarchy.”

full interview here.

We're Going in the Hudson

Hello Inspiration

Hello Inspiration is a collection of daily internet links. No text, no opinionated rants just image links to the best of web. The blog is open to the public, simply email Helloinspiration@gmail.com for an invite. Check it out at Hello Inspiration

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Andrew Sloat

25 Years ago

Steve Jobs introduces the first Apple Macintosh in 1984.

Househub

Scripted web video sunk to a new low when the U.S. Government opened an account on Youtube. Youtube really? America considers itself one of the most technologically advance nations in the world and our government finds it necessary to toy around in the 3rd world of internet video sites? Watch for over scripted and outdated buzz words such as "Transparency" "Orginal Content" and "Social Media". Is it January 20th yet?

Tight Knit Crew

For the last couple of years, Chicagoan's have been delighted by the public crochet works of the Micro-Fiber Militia in the form of wonderful Crochet Graffiti covering bike racks, road signs and light posts. Now comes a video of what must be one of the largest pieces of public Crochet. A giant water tower cozy in New York City.

By The Book

Via Wooster Collective.

Merry Christmas!

This is the Theater District Business Center building in Chicago. The front of the building facing Randolph Street contains a number of colored lights running on a pattern loop behind semi-opaque glass. For Christmas, the pattern was modified to include a number of traditional Christmas themes.

288,000 Candles

I'm sorry AKQA but I have a new favorite holiday video. Famous from Brussels delivers an amazing year end video with the help of 288,000 tea candles.

Agency: Famous, Brussels
Creative Director: Christophe Ghewy
Art Director: Nicolas France
Copywriter: Olivier Roland

And of course there is a making of...

Money

N.A.S.A.'s "Money" featuring David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, Z-Trip and the iconic artwork of Shepard Fairey.

Youtube Hillifier

We're digging the The Benny Hillifier. Add the Benny Hill Yakety Sax to any youtube video. Just enter the youtube video ID (the code after the "=" in the URL) into the box and blamo! hilarity ensues. Check out the one we made this morning.

You're Not Alone and It's Not So Bad

A fantastic video from Anthony Ferraro about getting laid off. Finally, a bit of optimism from the land of unemployment. If you haven't been to the land of unemployment recently you may wind up taking an unexpected trip there soon so, watch the video and realize you're not alone and it's not so bad.