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Sauna

Nice print campaign from Grey (Dubai) for an air conditioner maintenance service. Simple idea, meticulously executed. (It's been so cold here lately, these rooms actually look quite inviting.)

Via I Believe in Advertising.

Three Times A Day

Part of a larger campaign our studio created for the Department of Food Science and Technology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Under the campaign theme of Impacting the World Three Times a Day, we produced a series of oversized recruitment posters to explain some of the big and little ways food scientists make the world a better place. Other headlines in the series include: "Deadly pathogens can run, but they won't be hiding in that frozen burrito" and "Saving the world from superbugs, as well as the not so super potato chip." The posters are being sent to high school seniors interested in science (most of whom will have never heard of the field of food science).

Copy and creative direction by Tim Siedell. Art direction by Yayle Roncka. Photo by rw/2. And yes, those are real food scientists (some of the top minds in the field, to be exact).

Happy

A classic ad from the agency Lowe Bull in Cape Town, South Africa. Still makes me smile after all these years.
    Happy Father's Day weekend to fathers everywhere.

Via Trend Insights.

Reach

Clever? Or too subtle? You tell me.

Via Ads of the World.

Own It All

A simple, smart idea extremely well executed. Fun campaign from JWT Frankfurt.

Via Adhunt.

Chicken: Low Art, High Calorie

In the newly released book Chicken: Low Art, High Calorie, graphic designer Siaron Hughes takes a look at the graphics used in the fast-food signage of independent fried chicken restaurants. As Hughes explains over at Art MoCo: "The book isn't about food or healthy eating—it is about a very specific vernacular design used to market food. Nothing in the book talks about food, just the signage and designs used to sell the food." Tasty. Available for purchase here.

Via Art MoCo.

Big Borgar

Love this campaign from Leo Burnett, Cairo. A nice, simple idea with pitch-perfect execution.

Via I Believe in Advertising.

Matter

 
In an increasingly virtual world, here's a way to get your hands on a box of real stuff.
    Sign up here (UK only for now), and you'll get a box full of stuff you can read, play with, or try at your leisure—delivered free to your door. The first box of Matter contained a new Cadbury candy bar flavor, a CD sampler of BBC audio books, a new brand of shower gel, samplers of two new Harper Collins books (first chapters plus covers), and more. The people behind Matter view the service as a type of magazine, delivering interesting content (not crap) to interested households.

Via Ad Lab.

Quorn Campaign

McCann Erickson London just sent me this print campaign for Quorn, a premium brand of all-natural, meat-free chilled and frozen foods in the UK. They thought I might like the whimsical illustration style, and they were right. Love that early 1970s feel with a modern touch.

Quick Dry

Fun idea for Rimmel Quick Dry Nail Polish by JWT London. These larger than life sculptures were placed out on sidewalks in front of retail stores. Life-size versions were also created for point of sale counters.

Via Ads of the World.