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IKEA reveals the dark side of lawn gnomes

April 25th, 2013 / Comments (0)
Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work.

April 24th, 2013 / Comments (0)
Via.
A disturbing and effective ad against driving and texting

April 23rd, 2013 / Comments (0)
Whew. That's heavy. There are a couple more from the same campaign on Ad Teachings.
A few examples of how bad design hurts everybody

April 22nd, 2013 / Comments (0)
...But especially the responsible parties.

Via.
TO DO CAT turns your task list into a LOLlist

April 19th, 2013 / Comments (0)
To Do Cat
LEGO Architecture honors Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater

April 19th, 2013 / Comments (0)
• A striking and imaginative display for your desk, bookshelf or mantelpiece

• Replica of real-world architectural landmark Fallingwater

• Booklet included with details on design and history

• Measures 10" (25.6 cm) wide

• Contains 811 pieces

Beautiful.
Creative tee design for a personal trainer

April 18th, 2013 / Comments (0)
Next time you are called upon to design a shirt for a client, we challenge you to do as well as this. Personal trainer Roland Semprie’s creative training T-shirt design:
Stop using eyes in poster design

April 16th, 2013 / Comments (0)
Especially in horror movie poster design. Via.

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When Brand Building Becomes Personal

06/06/2013 - 12:38 / Comments (0)

by The Austin Egotist

Jared Dunten is a lot of things. Copywriter. Artist. Father. Husband. Paraplegic. Fighter. That last one probably should have come first.

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How to Spend $275 Million in 48 Minutes: Three Super Bowl Ad Trends for 2013

02/01/2013 - 15:54 / Comments (0)

by joshhogan

Want to watch $275 Million get spent in 48 minutes? Just tune into CBS at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday to see one of America's greatest primetime displays...
The school of life.

11/26/2012 - 08:41 / Comments (0)

by Anonymous

Yesterday a reader asked us "how do you get into advertising?", our knee jerk reaction was to ship them off to the nearest ad school for a year or...