Basians.

Crying uncontrollably. First the It Gets Better vid with Emerson kids and Woody, now this? Stop being so damn effective.

The Next Rick Roll?

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Some Days, I Feel The Same Way

Designer Jon Jackson is leaving LA for a new job in NYC, so he designed a series of billboards publicly saying goodbye to the fair city of Los Angeles. Methinks he should make a similarly bold statement to introduce himself to Brooklyn, his new home.





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No Appearance by Tom Hanks

Any city subway rider can tell you that they'd much rather take the escalator than the stairs when exiting the station [see: porter square t station]. In saying this, Volkswagen's latest ad campaign proves that just by making something more 'fun', more people will use it. I would totally use the stairs if this was in the states!! Ok, maybe not Porter Square still...there aren't enough keys for that shit.




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WHY IKEA IS BETTER THAN YOU

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DOH!nuts

A few years too late, but this ad for The Simpsons Movie was too good to pass up.


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Bye, Lucky Strike

Mad Men season 4 ends on Sunday, I'm thinking of starting up smoking and drinking heavily to cope with the loss.

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This is a Real Thing

'Golden Gaytime Ice Cream'

No. Really.



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Is That Baby Wearing Bling?

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Vintage Travel

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Mad Men Fever

Because it’s Friday; Brazilian ad agency Moma has created the above ’60s style ads for web services Facebook, YouTube and Skype. Part of the “Everything Ages Fast” campaign for Maximidia Seminars, the ads are visually stunning and the copy is eerily evocative (“Skype, The fabulous voice system able to put your family together”). Or maybe that’s just the quirky Portuguese to English translation?

So brilliant! Even this "Facebook Manners and You" instructional video is amazing!




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Too Young To Be A Dad

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Hooootttt Pocket!

Jimmy Fallon, reinventing the way people advertise Hot Pockets.

Google Changes Lives

This commercial was probably my favorite one that aired during the Super Bowl. In case you haven't seen it, here's what Google can do for your love life



Now here's what Google can do for Sarah Palin



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Comic Sans is SO 2000

Working around thousands of fonts everyday, i found this to be of interest.




























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Books Come Alive

Pictures from a recent ad campaign by a bookstore in Prague. If only all books did this.

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Open Sesame

I might get married just to hire this divorce lawyer...

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Flooding in a Subway Near You

Ok, we get it. The world is ending in 2012. But do you really need to make it look like a tidal wave is invading a subway tunnel, Sony Pictures? I guess you did. I mean it's pretty brilliant, but if I was in the bowels of the Brazilian subway and stumbled upon this on my daily commute, I might pee a little. But I mean ... well done.

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Subliminal Messaging

Remember in that one episode of Saved By the Bell when Zack used subliminal messaging on a new cassette tape for a hit song to convince Mr. Belding he 'was the son he never had' and to get Kelly to go to the dance with him? That's what I thought of when I saw this article. Here are some popular logos with hidden symbols and messages in them that represent the company. I can never look at a FedEx logo the same again.

At first glance, this logo looks simply like the initials for Baskin Robins but if you take a second look, you will see the number 31 in the acronym (highlighted in a pink color). This stems from the idea that Baskin Robbins sells 31 types of ice cream, one for each day of the month.

The hidden rightward-pointing arrow in the negative space between the letter E and X conveys the speed and precision of the company’s delivery service.

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Any Other Flavors?

Taken from a food blog based in NYC. This is too easy.

Chances of this signage, found at the Crazy Bananas Frozen
Yogurt on 32nd and 5th, being an innocent mistake is, oh, about zero (especially
considering the place also has a display case of wooden phalluses).

But that kind of makes it that much more awesome.
It doesn't inspire a need to drink bubble tea, but they get points for chutzpah.

Crazy Bananas Official Site

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