Archive for the 'Culture' Category

Social Campaigns: Say it with few words

Two more examples of simple but intriguing ad campaigns. The first one is for Amnesty International on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the second one for Greenpeace USA from their Anti Global Warming campaign. Click on the image for a larger version Click on the image for a larger version


The world is outside

Simple is often the best. Excellent ad campaign seen in a London Cab via Invisible Red


Guerrilla Advertising

Guerrilla marketing: Plenty of free ad space still available via I believe in adv


New York: Neighborhood maps

There is of course the official neighborhood map from the N.Y.C. Dep. of City Planning that maps the 59 community districts but most New Yorkers have a few more names for their neighborhoods. There is Hell’s kitchen, the Meat Packing district, the Theater district and many more that are not included in the official maps. [...]


Images: Sign of the Time?

The picture below was taken at Colombia’s largest public university (Universidad Nacional “la Nacho”) in Bogotá. Every year after the university campus is painted white, the same graffiti reappear since the late 60′s showing heroes of the “revolution”. click on the image for the jump via Wooster Collective


Advertising: Honda Samurais

Advertising and arts not necessary exclude each other. Below there is another fine example of how the two go well together. The ads shown below are for Honda helmets. The style used is similar to ancient Japanese drawings from the age of Samurai. click on the image for the jump via Coolz0r