Adstuff • my advertising archive

Adstuff • my advertising archive

Francis Lippens  //  This site is my online archive, my collection of nice campaigns, my own playbook on the web.

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Jan 5 / 8:50am

The power of radio

Check this out. Two radio sales houses who want to show that radio has everything to sell stuff. Shapa shows that radio helps you imagine the whole story. 
Shapa-knight
Var ads a twist by pointing out that great songs on paper are worthless but thanks to radio they became hits. I clearly prefer the Var approach. 
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Work by LG&F from Belgium and BRR Saatchi & Saatchi Tel Aviv. 
Jan 3 / 2:47am

Absolut Purity in Paris

I've always been a great fan of Absolut Vodka. Not only the drink, but also their advertising history. One would think this poster is only made on 1 copy to win prizes but think again... It's no scam but an artwork by Simon Schubert and depicts a bottle on paper, made only with light and shadow and creates a pure picture thanks to a great folding technique. 

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Schubert illustrates the theme of "purity" in dazzling fashion for Absolut and TBWA\Being with this Paris bus-shelter ad. The work uses one sheet of paper and shows the vodka brand's limited-edition multi-sided bottle reflected from every angle. 

Via Adweek.

Oct 10 / 6:37am

Show your eco friendliness

How can you show, being a big brand like Mercedes, you care for nature? Easy, feed the pigeons on top of your outdoor poster and reinforce the ecological image of one of your models by doing so. I love this idea, although it could have been made 'bigger' by adapting the image/copy inside. 
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Oct 6 / 8:44am

In store Ducato

Love this great ambient idea for the Fiat Ducato in Turkey. I don't know the agency but it's a very clever idea to show the benefits of the product. 

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Sep 3 / 12:53am

P&G goes customer experience: Ariel Fashion Shoot

Procter & Gamble understood that the future of advertising and communication is in customer experience. After the great Febreze Breathe Happy campaign, P&G Nordics is now running “Ariel Fashion Shoot”, an interactive campaign centred on a specially built glass popup installation in Stockholm Central Station, Sweden.

 For one week, 29 August to 3 September, passers-by could watch as clothes were hung on a washing line, only to be soiled by ketchup, drinking chocolate and lingonberry jam. Visitors to Ariel Sweden’s Facebook page (or Denmark, Norway or Finland equivalents) could win clothes by controlling a specially programmed industrial robot cannon. With designer garments as your targets, your challenge is to hit them as they swish in front of the robot at Stockholm Central Station. It´s easy: aim, stain and win. The stained garment will be sent in the post after being washed on-site with regular Ariel Actilift.

Filed under  //  advertising   online  
Aug 23 / 5:11am

Opel Movano Filemover

To promote their utility range Opel Belgium and McCannLowe came up with the Movano Filemover. The concept is quite simple but brilliant and really appropriate for the product. You can upload your load and the banner transports it to your destination, exactly as the Movano would do.

Ok, this technology isn't new (remember WeTransfer or Yousendit) but the parallel with the Movano is really clever. Some thoughts however... Is the real target group a lot on the internet? And why didn't they come up with a nicer design?  

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Via the McCannLowe blog
Filed under  //  advertising   online  
Aug 12 / 2:40am

We are all the same

Ok, I must admit: it's a bit corny but you have to admit it's nicely done. And what do you have to say about WWF after all those years and the thousands of campaigns that have been done worldwide?


Filed under  //  TV   advertising  
Jul 11 / 6:26am

Lose your license and you're screwed

Finally an approach to safe driving I think young people will relate to. We all know the horrible stories about traffic victims, drunk driving and other shock therapy campaigns. Youngsters have seen it all so this approach is in my opinion much more effective for the target group. Talking about "social death" instead of "physical death" is a fresh approach by The Motor Accident Commission (MAC) of Australia which deserves credit.
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Also check out one of the clips of the TV campaign. 

Nice work Clemenger BBDO Adelaide. 
Filed under  //  TV   advertising   print   viral  
Jul 8 / 6:58am

The Febreze Breathe Happy Experiment

Good ideas don't need a lot of explanation. The Febreze Experiment is just a great way to show the strenght of the product in a funny and clever way. The campaign by Grey New York was awarded several Lions in Cannes this year. Without any doubt well-deserved. 

Filed under  //  TV   advertising   viral  
Jul 6 / 3:15am

Beck's augments art with the Green Box Project

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Since the Statue of Liberty was gifted to Americans in the 1800s, not much about her has changed… until now. Today, with the help of celebrated Belgian artist Arne Quinze, a colossal 200ft digital sculpture will emerge from her flame torch to launch the world’s biggest cultural commissioning program: The Green Box Project by Beck’s.

The Green Boxes will form the world’s first Augmented Reality Gallery and in turn inspire creatives the world over to submit their own ideas for the project. It’s a massive bringing together of like-minds to raise awareness for the Beck’s art fund – Beck’s will commission a thousand green boxes conceived by members of the public over the next year, giving support to all artists and continuing to lead as a champion for independent thought.

Available for download on iTunes for iPhone, iPad and Android devices from today onwards, you’ll be able to look at any of the Green Boxes through your smart phones to reveal the unique content contained within it.


Filed under  //  graphic