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9 November 2009 • nyc ad bathroom phone

“As part of a national campaign promoting McDonald’s restaurants, a downtown Vancouver lamppost became part of an out-of-home (OOH) optical illusion, appearing to pour coffee into a giant cup on the sidewalk.”

16 September 2009 • ad canada mcdonalds coffee

Google has conducted internal tests, according to people familiar with them, in which the company put its logo and treatment on another engine’s search results. Users still prefer the results with the Google logo, even if they’re not Google results.

— Microsoft Aims Search Guns at Google With Bing - Advertising Age

28 May 2009 • google microsoft ad

Coca Cola ad for the upcoming summer featuring odd furby gremlin creatures.

8 May 2009 • coke ad music

In the past few months, model agencies such as Premier and Storm have observed a significant increase in requests for blonde hair-blue eyed (BHBE) models, something that they put down to a fragile economy and grim financial climate. Advertisers, they claim, no longer want the quirky faces that have dominated the catwalks, billboards and weekly glossies in recent years. Instead, they’re searching for safe, wholesome-looking girls with flaxen manes who will reassure rather than shock the consumer.

— Recession chic: why blondes are having more fun - Times Online

6 May 2009 • girl model ad economy

“Sure, they put this ad over a set of stairs. But does anyone believe that’s what’s they were thinking when they presented “Great going down” to the client?”

5 December 2008 • ad alcohol subway nyc