Before we opened this place I worked at a handful of agencies. And they all dealt with the same problem … time sheets. The agency perspective is always something along the lines of, “Please everyone, we need you to do your time sheets so we can bill our clients accurately and on-time so all [...]
TBWA France and Zurich29 recently created this beautiful animated piece for Amnesty International.
Converse commissioned Pharrell, Santogold, and Julian Casablancas to produce a track, “My Drive Thru,” to celebrate their 100th Anniversary. What makes this track so good is the fact that it doesn’t sound like a song made specifically for a shoe brand. It doesn’t say anything about the iconic chucks, even though it would have been too easy to drop the brand name in the lyrics here and there. Converse made a smart move and just let the artists do their thing, and showed their support. Check out the awesome video made by Psyop.
Check out an interview with Pharrell about Converse after the jump.
There’s a long out-of-print marketing book from way back called “When Advertising Tried Harder” about the creative revolution of the 1960s. When apparently, advertising tried harder—TO BLOW YOUR DAMN MIND. I might just put this in my portfolio for the hell of it, since the creatives who originally made it are probably still on the commune. [...]
