David Airey, graphic designer

BMW’s manual gear shift

Published on February 8th, 2007 13 appreciated comments »

Here’s a new ad from BBDP & Fils for BMW’s 7 Series.

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Einstein drank Guinness

Published on February 3rd, 2007 4 appreciated comments »

Guinness haved launched a few new ads of late, from AMVBBDO ad agency in London. Some of the classic TV ads are hard to top.

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Pharma ads from decades past

Published on February 1st, 2007 3 appreciated comments »

There’s an intersting collection of pharamceutical print ads from the 50s, 60s and 70s over at ex-novo’s Espacios publicitarios album.

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Creative advertising

Published on January 28th, 2007 2 appreciated comments »

I thought I’d piece together some clever advertising from around the world, to get the creative juices flowing. Here’s a few for starters. Shimmy on over to the Advertising / Design Goodness blog for some interesting others, courtesy of Frederik Samuel. If anyone know of the agencies responsible for the ads above please do let [...]

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Smoking ruins lives

Published on January 23rd, 2007 2 appreciated comments »

The text in the upper right of the poster reads: “Tobacco is the third cause of death in Portugal. It’s a contagious habit. Ask the children of smoker parents.” The strapline at the foot reads: “It’s not just the life you lose, but what you lose in life.” This poster is one in a series [...]

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Hoover advertisment

Published on January 22nd, 2007 8 appreciated comments »

Even though this print advert didn’t run (it’s the work of students at Miami Ad School), I think it’s a superb example of print advertising.

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JWT get it wrong

Published on January 16th, 2007 6 appreciated comments »

Ford, HSBC, Unilever, Vodafone. Just some of the clients of JWT. You’d expect them to be at the top of their game, everytime. This ad (above) produced for the Junior Horlicks sub-brand tells us that even the big guns can waste your advertising spend.

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IDBI Bank: Book

Published on January 14th, 2007 1 lonely but appreciated comment »

This print ad caught my eye, for the IDBI Bank’s ‘education loans’.

It focuses your attention on the idea. Created by Bates Enterprise, Mumbai, India. Nice.

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Homer Simpson + John Wayne = George Bush

Published on December 4th, 2006 6 appreciated comments »

This print ad for Mexican newspaper – Milenio Diario – caught my attention as a light-hearted piece of work.

The strapline reads, “Such a complex world needs a good explanation”.

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The Apprentice termination letter

Published on November 17th, 2006 1 lonely but appreciated comment »

To promote the new series of “The Apprentice” to white-collar workers – the main target audience for the program – the agency obtained staff lists from numerous companies and sent out bogus termination letters that were personalised and hand delivered.

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