Creative Criminals

There are legendary stories about John Jameson and the passion he had for his great tasting whiskey. He’d do anything to save his whiskey, even if it meant drowning the city. OK, maybe that’s a tall tale, everyone knows not to mix whiskey with water.

This is a fun print ad for the Young Director Award, with the slogan ‘Born to create drama’ they want to address young directors. To illustrate this slogan in a literal way they are using the image of a youngster that is born to create drama as well. He removed the W and O of the word ‘Women’ on the women’s bathroom door, and a man enters obviously. Creating drama indeed.

Today we cannot stop talking about social networking, over 600 million people have Facebook and everyday new social networks are launched. Heineken however has been a social networking for a long time. This clever print advertisement illustrates that, with the following tagline: “Heineken: Social Networking since 1873”.

Remember this stunt from Mini a couple of years ago? Well they are using the same angle again in this campaign. Implying it’s fun to drive in a mini and inviting people to “play” with it.

Another beautiful commercial for the French non-profit organisation ‘Aides’. Obviously their purpose is to fight AIDS. In this spot a grandfather tells his life story, but in the end it gets a pretty shocking turn.

This “Legends of McRib”- video is a part of a temporary reintroduction of the sandwich. It asks the viewer to tell ‘their personal account of boneloss pork history’. Th mythology of this burger is rich, with famous people such as George Washington, Napeleon and do on..
Maybe a bit too heroic, but a nice animation spot!

The Pepsi Max driver and the Coke Zero driver meet once again–this time at a supercenter. The battle for the #1 zero-calorie soda begins as each driver attempts to build the most impressive display. A special appearance from the legendary Snoop Dogg makes it clear which cola is king.

Endangered Wildlife Trust in South Africa ran a series of print advertisements in 2009 featuring the remains of deceased albatross chicks who had been fed junk by their parents. “If you don’t pick it up they will”.

Pedigree Dentastix are apparently so good for you dog that your dog will bite a part out of a frisbee. The tagline that goes along is: “Pedigree Dentastix. For healthy teeth.” This reminds us of another great advertisement for dog food.

This commercial is part of Nissan’s campaign called Innovation for All. A polar bear is on a quest to find a friend that cares about nature. It is the guy who drives the Nissan Leaf, a new type of car that is 100% electric and uses no gas.