Cannes Lions 2009 #3

Then people ask me why I don't like advertising awards. This campaign below won the Press Grand Prix in Cannes 2009. Why I wouldn't know. It looks more like a photographer's portfolio than an advertising campaign. Let's imagine you don't know what Wrangler sells. You would continue not knowing based on these ads. What's the concept? People behave like animals? What it has to do with jeans? What motivates the consumer to buy the product? What are their features? Well, I don't know the answer to those questions. Probably the jury knows.

Advertising Agency: FFL Paris, France
Executive Creative Directors: Fred & Farid
Art Director / Copywriters: Julie Louison, Perinne Durand:
Agency Supervisors: Fred & Farid, Daniel Dormeyer, Brani Branitcheva, Vassilios Basos, Paola Bersi
Advertiser Supervisor: Giorgio Presca, Mark Cuthbert, Gary Burnand, Carmen Claes
Art Buyers: Camille Guerrier, Charlotte Delobelle
Media Strategy and Buying: FFL Media, Pascal Crifo

Ikea's staircase drawer

When everyone else sees a stair, the creative mind sees a drawer.

Advertising Agency: Lowe, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Executive Creative Director: Ng Heok Seong
Creative Director: Ng Heok Seong
Copywriter: Mohan Prabhakar
Advertiser’s Supervisor: Yeong Tze Kuen
Account Supervisor: Ong Bee Lin/Nicole Wong
Producer: Eddie Lee
Art Director: Joseph Lee
Illustrator: Desmond Phang
Photographer: Hoch/Studio Pashe

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Eye tracking billboard

That's the world's first billboard which reacts when people are looking at it. There's a camera in the billboard, and when you look at it the image changes. The challenge was to raise awareness to domestic violence, and the solution is terrific. When you are not looking at the billboard, there's a man beating his wife, but as soon as you turn your head to look directly at it, appears an image of a happy couple, with the copy "It happens when nobody is watching". An amazing example of technology combined to a great and powerful concept.

Advertising Agency: Jung von Matt, Hamburg, Germany
Executive Creative Directors: Wolfgang Schneider, Mathias Stiller
Creative Directors: David Mously, Jan Harbeck
Copywriter: Nicolas Linde
Account Supervisors: Frank Lotze, Ilan Schaefer, Ina Neumann, Melanie Ebensperger, Simone Buchcik
Art Buyer: Marjorie Jorrot
Art Director: Duc Nguyen
Photographer: Dirk Heinrich
Agency Producer: S. Hannemann
Media Agency: Wall Ag
Final Artwork: C. Von Bartkowski

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One thousand

Next Wednesday Photoshop F.C. completes 1 week of existence, and it has passed 1000 visits already. I know it's not much, but I didn't expect that kind of traffic so soon. I'm really glad people are enjoying reading the stuff I post here. It's been an amazing experience for me, and everyday I wake up I can't wait to come here and post something interesting. If you have any comments, suggestions or critiques please share with me, I'd be more than happy to hear them.

And since I'm a little inspired today, I've done something to celebrate the 1000 mark.

Thanks everyone!

Keep Moonwalking

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Cannes Lions 2009 #2

Another campaign from Cannes 2009. This one is to promote Air India's daily flights to all over the world. The ads are simple but very efficient. It has a tasteful approach and the use of different cultures and ethnics within the families gives a very human touch to the campaign, while communicates brilliantly the message.

Advertising Agency: DDB Mudra, Bangalore, India
Chief Creative Officer: Bobby Pawar
Executive Creative Director: Joono Simon
Copywriter: Melissa Roshini
Advertiser's Supervisor: Aloke Singh
Planner: Krupanand S
Account Supervisors: Kapil Bhatia, Yughandar
Art Director: Melissa Roshini
Illustrator: Mahesh N S
Photographer: Syed Zubair
Stylist: Anu Yadav

Cannes Lions 2009

Although I'm not a big fan of advertising awards, I must admit there are some really interesting works and ideas in those, so I'm going to post some of the winners and nominees here. The first one is a campaign for Fiat, with the objective to show they are worried about the environment.

Advertising Agency: Marcel, Paris, France
Chief Creative Officers: Frederic Temin, Anne De Maupeou
Copywriter: Eric Jannon
Advertiser's Supervisor: Olivier François, Arnaud Belloni, Maurizio Spagnulo
Account Supervisor: Frederic Témin
Art Buyer: Jean-Eric Le Coniac
Art Director: Dimitri Guerassimov
Photographers: Ebo Fraterman, Roman Schwienbacher
Digital Artwork: Le Moulin De Docs

Well, some people may think the idea of having live animals on a crash test is not very nice, but I thought it was a smart insight, specially the copy. "Engineered for a lower impact on the environment" is brilliant, and it completes very well the image.