Advertising Absent
Dan –Pilu– Moldovan, Creative Director and Partner of advertising agency Propaganda died last night while shooting a TV commercial. He was 35. May he rest in peace.
Dan –Pilu– Moldovan, Creative Director and Partner of advertising agency Propaganda died last night while shooting a TV commercial. He was 35. May he rest in peace.
Entry no.: 347
18 Nov 2007, 3:05 PM
Tags: advertising, news, quotations, television, zeitgeist
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“Hypothesis: television news programming is mainly a way for advertisers to aggregate viewers by gullibility.” Carlos Yu at Halfway down the Danube.
“You ever worked in a creative department, son?” No? Then “you can’t handle a bigger logo!” [Via DO.]
Just coined that. Advintaging is modern advertising by hijacking vintage adverts. [Via NDG.]
“I love seeing the end of advertising.” — São Paulo No Logo article at PingMag and adjacent Tony de Marco’s Flickr photoset. All good except the inept title— it’s not about logo (identity), it’s about advertising (sales).
“We know that the best drum solo in the whole history of rock - ever - is coming. The Gorilla knows it too.” Those cheeky Brits do really know a thing or two about advertising: Cadbury — A Glass and a half full of Joy.
Following Liviu David’s article, Lucian Georgescu of Gav Scholz & Friends re-iterates similar opinions — the youngest adman wannabes have certain attitude problems — while looking back at industry’s development over the years. [links in Romanian]
Liviu David (CD Next, ex-CD D’arcy) — one of the most unpretentious top professionals I know — writes on IQads About Modesty [link in Romanian] and sums up what makes the Romanian advertising industry rotten: incompetent arrogance.
For £15,000 as agency Mother have bought the right to run both the content and design of the February issue of Creative Review, working alongside the in-house team. [via magCulture]