While in an Marks and Spencers Cafe, I noticed the new design they had put on their food tray...A generous topping of chocolate powder but in a decorative design....this is probably trying to re-create the topping of cocoa powder on a cappacino. This also reminds me of the BBC 2 adverts, using the '2' as a template. I really like the style as it fits in with the cafes surroundings and its overall design.
Britain’s first television commercial for Christianity. The advertisement, for an introductory course on Christianity known as the Alpha Course.The advert, which depicts human life as a conveyor belt from birth to death, has already made its debut on 2,200 cinema screens across the country. It is due to be shown 58 times on the E4 and E4+1 channels. It will also appear on advertising screens in more than 400 bars across the country and on 550 buses in London and Birmingham.
The Times said 'The Alpha Course, a 15-session course for those who are not established churchgoers, started in Brompton, London, in 1977. Courses now run in churches of every Christian denomination in 159 countries and have had about 10 million participants. There are 7,000 churches in Britain running the course.'
The 60-second advert is based on Factory, an animated film by Alastair Duckworth, 24, a graphic designer and Alpha supporter. It features faceless stick people being dragged through life – school, university,marriage, house, car, children, wheelchair, coffin – by the metal claws of a machine before asking: “Is there more to life than this?” The purpose of the advertisement is to raise Alpha’s profile so that more people know what it’s all about. Explaining the meaning of life is the point.”
I suppose it does put a fresh modern edge on religion but I am not quite sure if it is actually mocking religion? Have they taken it too far?
Only great minds can read this This is weird, but interesting!
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I came across quite an unusual display in Marks and Spencers...The fashion is going back to the 1940's, structured suits and fitted outfits. They have incoporated the style of fashion with the display stands...Making it into a train station, areas with signs, bringing props within their displays. I feel that it really sets the scene and get more shoppers involved.
A mastodontic installation in Toronto, Canada. This was for Cadbury Chocolate. I think that this is excellent execution! It makes me hungry just looking at it! How very different compared to the new gorilla drumming advert.
Agency: SCPF, Barcelona Creative Directors: Carlitos / Patricia Lujan / Toni Segarra Copywriter: Carlitos / Fernando Rubin Photographer: Inocuo Illustrator: Inocuo
IKEA is a privately-owned, international, low-cost home products retailer that sells modern, utilitarian design furniture, much of which is assembled by the consumer. I really like the style of these Ikea adverts. Ikea always like to be a little different in their promotional campaigns. They always like to be a little controversial.
Nick Sharratt was born in London in 1962 and trained in graphic design at St. Martin's School of Art. He takes his inspiration from the pop and graphic art of the 1960s, which he experienced as a child. He loves to use vibrant colours and bold patterns in his pictures, but, he says, "the most important element of my work is always the humour." He likes experimenting with different media and you'll find watercolour, liquid acrylics, charcoal, ink, animation cell paint and photographs in his work.
His work is split between illustrating for other writers, most notably Jacqueline Wilson, and producing his own picture books for a younger audience.
I really like his style as it is simple but also relates to the target audience...It sums up the style of the book in the pictures.
Vogue was founded as a fashion society magazine in 1892, but today there are different editions of Vogue published around the world. Revered for its editorial excellence and its visual panache, the magazine has long functioned as a bible for anyone worshiping at the altar of luxury, celebrity and style.
Now and Then Vogue was described by book critic Caroline Weber in The New York Times in December 2006 as "the world's most influential fashion magazine":
I love looking a the photography in vogue as I think the images reflect the elegance of the magazine and show fashion at its best.
I found on this packet of jelly tots, on the pack a message...Dont forget to brush your teeth. I found this really interesting as I have nevver seen this on a packet of sweets before. If you look at an old packet design on this website you can see the dramatic change.
(new packet design) http://www.rowntrees.co.uk/range/
People are becoming or trying to become a lot more health concious to avoid obesity, bad skin, hair and general bad health. Even little meassages like this will hopefully make an effect...especially for children.
Has anyone else seen little messages like this on confectionary products?
I really like the humour thats these mugs offer... They are definately different in design execution as people tend to forget about the underneath of a mug, when really its probably the most seen part whilst drinking from other peoples viewing.
While watching the end of Big Brother, this advert appeared during the break for Cadburys dairy milk...a new advert that certainly caught my attention...I did not really know how I felt about it though...It definately made me stop and take note...was it the Phil Collins backing track or possibly the drumming monkey, I am still not quite sure. Maybe it was due to the fact that it had nothing to do with the chocolate, it was something new, different a lot more experimental for Cadburys. I think it will make people stop and talk about it.
This in an article from The Guardian about the new advert... http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2537369.ece
Some people do not get it...Some people are laughing so hard that sides are splitting...What is your opinion?
Warren Muller is an American lighting sculptor who illuminates trash and found objects, with remarkable results.
I think the graters’ holes cast eye-catching patterns and shadows on walls and somehow the novelty of the lighting scheme sets the mood for something offbeat or creative to happen.
These pieces, especially the cheese grater reminded me of the images we were shown in a lecture by Jim Brogden, using a metal cutlery holder and a desk lamp to create different lighting effects...It just goes to show what you can create with ordinary objects...Its sometimes better not to look outisde the box.
Walking round London Zoo is actually very inspirational...Looking at the animals in a artisitc way, you seem so look into the beautiful shapes and patterns. http://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo//
