Friday, August 11, 2006

Alien Food!


Pizza Pie-er does have some really bizzare advertising for an eatery. Strange pyschotic combination of veggies and meat made to look like those aliens from MIB (Men in Black). The type of things that I'd never want to look at, let alone taste. I don't know if some you find these appetising but I just find them ugh!!

Thursday, August 10, 2006

BBDO Guerrero Ortega >> Moving >>

BBDO Guerrero Ortega is moving office and to make the big announcement they made this cool press ad. They also have a new office that you can check out at www.bignewoffice.com but you will have to wait till the 18th of August when the builders leave...something tells me it should be worth the wait!

No More Mosquitoes!




Baygon Print >> Title: No more mosquitoes >> Developed By: FCB Ulka >> Art Director: Rajesh Gola >> Content Strategist: Rajesh Gola >> Creative Director: S R Singh >> Illustrator: Avinash Chugh >> Writer: Rajesh Gola

Walk With The Man





SONY Walkman >> Print >> Title: Walk With The Man >> Industry: Electronic Goods & Entertainment >> Developed By: M&C Saatchi, New Delhi >> Account Executive: Abhishek Upadhyay >> Art Director: Swami Anand Tirth >> Creative Director: Vaybhav Singh, Swami Anand Tirth >> Illustrator: Swami Anand Tirth >> Writer: Vaybhav Singh

Can You Explain This?






This campaign by Saatchi & Saatchi, U.S.A. for 42 Below Vodka won 6 Gold Lions at the Cannes 2006. I somehow fail to understand the idea behind it. Can you explain what's the idea here??

Bull Fight in a Restaurant

Agency: JWT, Italy >> Client: An Authentic Spanish Restaurant

Sundek Beach Wear


What's with doing exactly the same things that have been done again and again and also about finding the most senseless campaigns and re-creating them, I guess the entire creative team on Sundek Beach Wear needs to visit the admirror on Coloribus more often!

Dress To Kill - Now & Then




A few days ago, Fabian Tritsch sent me the Wallis Campaign above asking me who had done it. The campaign was done by an agency named Bartle Bogle Hegarthy many years ago and the campaign was a huge success story because it broke the mould of regular fashion adverts where all you got to see was great looking images of a model wearing the merchandise and a prominent logo next to it.
I also found an interesting semiotic analysis of this campaign by Sarah Richards that you may want to read here





And many years later the wheel has evolved and come almost full circle, my partner Abhishek D Shah came up with this campaign for a store named hi-style in Chennai almost 2 years ago when he worked at an agency named Winds of Change (WOC). The campaign had to be pulled down after several protests from the public. I'd love to know whatyou think about it!

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

WOAH!

A very cool guerilla attempt by Durex! In the beating doors of the entrance to the subway stations near universities, photographs of feminine buttocks were installed with the following copy: “You’re safe with Durex”. To open these beating doors men had to push them thereby simulating a physical contact!

My only doubt was why have the buttocks of women? Isn't having the frontal region more apt, especially when it's a condom and you're talking about safe sex? via

TATA Indica 37 Litre Tank



Do you think this campaign for the TATA indica is a convoluted saga of sorts or are these ads rather simple enough to be understood by the average reader? Agency: Black River Football Club, South Africa >> Copywriters: Khaya Dlanga, Mahle Kwababa >> Art Director: Tefo Modisi >> CD: Ahmed Tilly.

Yaaaaaaaaaawn!



Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, Mumbai, India >> Creative Director: Piyush Pandey, Anup C, Rensil D >> Art Director: Antra P, Ashish P >> Copy: Jyotsna Bhat >> via

Yamaha Sea Power!




Client: Yamaha Marine Motors >> Agency: 1861 United >> Product: Yamaha Sea Doo >> via

Massage Message

A very lame and horrific attempt at a guerilla stunt via floor stickers for this Thai Massage Centre called Devi Joga Center in Slovenia (assumed). I find the thought of people trampling on a body quite repulsive...this one could do with some more thought into it! via

Make it Simple!



A sweet and simple campaign for Faber Castell Stationary. Unfortunately, the headline is in an alien language and I can't understand the ad without it, can anybody translate the same?

Making OUT!



Pandas, Deers and Giraffes...all trying to be protected by this campaign for VIDA SILVESTRE in Argentina, a foundation that helps endangered animals. This campaign made me laugh but I dubt the fact that it will work in a way that is desired. I think shock, shame/guilt or compassion are better routes while making a campaign like this...but it does work in definetely stopping me in my tracks & wondering what this was all about!

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

100,000 hit on 24!

Hi everybody! twenty-four is now 1 hundred thousand hits old...the guy's taken quite a beating but he ain't complainin! At this happy moment I'd like to thank all of you who come back each day, all of you who write in, all of you who've linked me and all the others who give me the encouragement to keep going on each day!
A few statistics on this happy occassion:
A) twenty-four's visitors come from the following continents:
>> Europe - 57%
>> Asia - 20%
>> North America - 12%
>> South America - 8%
>> Australia - 1%
>> Africa - 1%
>> Unknown - 1%
B) About 863 visitors hit on twenty-four each day.
C) twenty-four has about 1738 links as of today from 255 blogs and is ranked 8315 on technorati
D) twenty-four is ranked at No.15 on BMA's (Beyond Madison Avenue) top 25 advertising blogs!
E) twenty-four currently has 875 posts and has been running since November 16th, 2005.
Thanks again to everybody, keep visiting and I hope you continue to enjoy the site as always...

Friday, August 04, 2006

Elephant Multiplication!

ROTFL! This ad for The National Geographic Channel had me in splits. The headline reads 'It was at this moment, our photographer thought of his wife whom he hadn't seen for months'. Quite a funny way to bring out what kind of sacrifices actually go into getting us those great photographs.

Nedbank Gay & Lesbian Film Festival - Closet

There are very few people who aren’t familiar with the phrase “coming out of the closet.” This worked perfectly with achained up closet and the sign that read, “Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Opening Soon.” Another dimension was added to the idea by looping a recording of random knocking and screaming and playing it from within the closet.
This created the illusion that actual people were trapped within, and were dying to come out. It also generated lots of smiles. The closet was in the foyer of the cinema complex for two weeks prior to the opening of the festival, thereby reaching cinema lovers directly. Agency: The Jupiter Drawing Room

Eatalica Wet Floor!

A guerilla stunt for Eatalica, an American-Italian Food Joint in Chennai, India. These Wet Floor sign boards done by by 1pointsize were placed near Eatalica Burger Signboards with the message 'Ogling at the burger may involuntarily cause drooling which may in turn lead to a wet floor. Issued in your safety by the management of Eatalica Restaurant. via

No Cavities!

Client: Promise Toothpaste >> Agency: JWT, India >> Award Winner @ The NY Ad Fest 2002.

Thursday, August 03, 2006

The Polio Ladder!

A guerilla attempt by Mudra DDB Communications to help prevent polio...can anybody figure out what really is the relevance of using a ladder here? Is it just to show the difficulty, me confused!