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This series of print ads was created for German hotel chain, B&B Hotels, as a promotion for their recent bed and breakfast specials. Brilliantly combining the idea of bed and breakfast in one image — a hotel bed has never appeared so delicious.
[via Ads of The World]
To help commemorate Elvis Week — a celebration of The King of Rock and Roll’s life, and the anniversary of his passing — Oreo made him into a cookie. Elvis Oreo is part of Nabisco’s uber-brilliant Daily Twist campaign — a series that is taking us through 100 days of significant news events and milestones in cookie form.
You may remember Oreo had recently caused a stir with their fictitious rainbow version during Gay Pride Week. Which reminds me… Hey, Nabisco… We’re still waiting for our Sextuple Stuf Oreo. What’s the holdup?
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Before he introduced us to Sneetches, the Lorax, and green cuisine — Dr. Seuss was a typical corporate drone, illustrating ads for major companies. Using his unmistakable style and sense of humor, Theodore Seuss Geisel tried to convince us that we needed Schaefer Beer, Ford Motors, and Holly Sugar — long before he was selling us on the idea of a cat in a hat, or tiny universes on clovers.
The Dr. Seuss Collection, housed at the Mandeville Special Collections Library at the University of California, San Diego, contains many examples of Dr. Seuss’s advertising artwork. The library has scanned a selection of these advertisements for greater access. Besides promoting the Standard Oil companies Flit and Esso, Dr. Seuss’s creations have hawked such diverse goods as ball bearings, radio promotional spots, beer, and sugar.
[Check out more here, via Nag on The Lake]
To help promote their fizzy lemon/lime beverage, Sprite created a beach shower to look like a giant soda fountain. With help from Ogilvy Brasil, beachgoers in Rio were able to pretend they were disposable drinking cups and cool off.
Although it was merely water coming out — actual Sprite would’ve just gotten you all limony.
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Applegate Farms wants you to know that their beef is hormone, antibiotic, and pharmaceutical free. And what better way to get the point across, than with commercials starring grown men dressed as cows?
During a few job-interview-type meetings set up by concerned moms, the man cows — made to represent the average, non-Applegate bovine — have trouble hiding their dependencies. Needless to say, none get the job. But they’re also too stoned to realize it.
[via AdWeek]
Recently winning a Gold Lion at Cannes, this Australian spot for Hahn Super Dry officially became the best beer commercial of the year. Using the one-minute spot to prove how manly their beer is — the effective use of beer drums, kung fu, and shag carpeting makes the title a bit hard to argue.
Keep these images in mind, the next time that you try to “Man Up” with Miller Lite.
[via Buzzfeed]
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