The State of Contemporary Art & Ads as New Art

In a world suffering from an overabundance of ‘contemporary’ modern art, is it not possible that advertisements will be the best “representation” of our era? Surely, this is what Firebrand TV is counting on (opens Oct 22 2007). The plethora of...

12 kinds of ads

Here’s an example of on-line learning, from Slate. There are only 12 kinds of ads. I thought this slide show by Seth Stevenson, revisting Donald Gunn’s 1978 theory about there being only 12 kinds of [master] ads possible, was a great little exercise. It...

Misplaced ad placements

Courtesy of Opinionated Marketers, found this posting about 15 ads with unfortunate location. The naughty ones tends to win out over the morbid, in my opinion. There are location (real estate) and timing (jokes) mantras that come to mind.

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