Monthly Archives: February 2008

One smile at a time…

Good Magazine recently reported this about Sam Walton’s family business. The combined area of all of the Wal-Mart stores in the world is 18,810 acres, while the island of Manhattan covers roughly 15,000 acres. NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg has denied rumours that the city will be hiring smiley greeters to stand and wave on the [...]

ALL NEW!!!

This ad campaign pretty well speaks for itself. According to the website, Diamond Shreddies are the result of “recent advances in cereal technology.” There’s a series of commercials that shows focus group participants weighing in on this innovative food marvel. All focus groups portrayed and opinions shown are genuine. Someone took a chance with this [...]

Strong Enough For Brunch, Made For Portaging

Finally, outdoorsy clothes for indoorsy types. Clothing manufacturer Nau designs pieces that are both good looking and camping-friendly. Their philosophy hinges on three elements – beauty, performance and sustainability. Timeless colour choices combine with both durable and sleek design to ensure you’ll have your Nau jacket in your closet for a long time. 5% of [...]

Smell You Later

Taking communication to an entirely new level, Nokia recently unveiled their ‘Scentsory’ phone. Sensors within the device will detect how a caller smells at that moment and then emit that experience to you. Also transmitted will be light levels, colours and the temperature from the caller’s environment. It’ll probably make you want to brush your [...]

Sans-Serif Sweets

Well it’s that time of year for whispering modernist nothings in your loved one’s ear, and who better to help illustrate than our friends at Australia’s Baska-Jon? These milk chocolate Napoleons come in a range of 24 bite-sized bits, each wrapped in black and white and imprinted cheekily with a few romantic words in Helvetica, [...]

It’s a Small World

In his quest to make Dubai the “best at everything”, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid recently unveiled his city’s latest geography-altering ambitions. It’s called The Universe and in size, it will exceed the city’s current project entitled The World – a collection of over 200 man-made private and public islands being formed off Dubai’s sandy coast. [...]

Canburger

Well it had to happen eventually. German foodies Trekking Mahlzeiten present their Cheeseburger in a Can for those on the go, and those looking to make a tastier donation to a canned food drive this year, and those stocking up their war bunkers. At 4 Euros per unit, you may wish to hold on to [...]

Can’tburger

Burger King recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Whopper with a new campaign entitled “Whopper Freakout”. The documentary style spots were conceived by Miami ad heads Crispin, Porter + Bogusky and show BK customers being told that the Whopper has been discontinued. Customers’ ensuing reactions clearly reflected the fear of TV viewers, who drove [...]