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Distracted driving has been a perennial source of inspiration for advertising agencies and brands, as a cause to latch on to and create advertising/marketing messages. The distraction caused by a mobile device, even more so! Many such campaigns focus on the result…
Last week, when my wife went to the railway station to drop someone, she got a platform ticket. I noticed the platform ticket while at home almost casually. It was a standard platform ticket, but when I turned it around, there were…
Puma’s ‘Propah Lady’ campaign came out in October-end. , the idea was to, “counter the conventional idea of what makes women ‘proper’ and redefine it. It celebrates the shift from women being told what to do, to them writing their own rules”….
Two highly interesting ad films, from two different countries. The common thread: both treat the protagonists’ point of view very seriously. The leads in both films are children and they have a pressing concern that runs all through both films. The Mahindra…
I was astonished to see FedEx’s tweet yesterday! It said, Wow! That’s some fight they are starting! Ok, let me see the distortions and factual inaccuracies that they are referring to and then, with that knowledge, let me read the NYT article…
When almost all condom brands focus on the excitement of the use of their product or the kind of protection their products offer, Manforce Condoms has also taken a 3rd, unusual route to talk about: safety of a different kind, caused by…
Club Mahindra has attempted ‘interactive’ print ads earlier too. The most famous one so far that I recall is the one using origami, for World Family Day. Today, they try yet another interactive print advertisement, using augmented reality. The attempt is alluring…