Tell Your Epic Brand Story with Pictures!

Tell Your Epic Brand Story with Pictures!

Check out this billboard advertisement by Nike?  It’s a lesson in simplicity from a design perspective.  We’ve got a simple black background, we’ve got an athlete pulling with all his might, and appearing to pull the tub boat that’s out in the lake the...
Bus Stops Turn into Advertisements

Bus Stops Turn into Advertisements

It’s both fabulous and comfortable, is it not?  Well, as comfortable as one could reasonably expect a bus stop to be, of course. This is one of IKEA’s latest OOH ads, and it’s brilliant.  On the side table, there’s a small placard that announces the stop as...
Whenever Possible, Play into Stereotypes

Whenever Possible, Play into Stereotypes

Everybody knows that Americans are obsessed with coffee.  Hot coffee, iced coffee, specialty coffee drinks, it doesn’t really matter.  As a country, we run on coffee.  If we don’t have a good amount of caffeine coursing through our collective systems,...
Show What Your Product Can Do!

Show What Your Product Can Do!

Show, don’t tell. That’s a common bit of advertising advice that almost everyone has heard before.  Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done sometimes, and for that reason, anytime we run across an excellent example of that advice in action, it’s well worth...
Use Shadow Creatively to Make Your Ad Memorable

Use Shadow Creatively to Make Your Ad Memorable

On its face, billboard advertising is fairly simple.  There are a handful of “rules” that when applied correctly and consistently, will yield good results.  Saying that, however, is deceptive.  Chess is also a fairly simple game to learn, but it can...