Advertising is by no means the only way to market. In October my partner Ian may well rearrange your thinking I took the picture in Bristol on my way to the train. There are table tennis tables dotted all College …
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WTF? What d’you suppose they were smoking when they came up with this lulu?
This Acer ad manages to tick all the boxes. Unreadable. Irrelevant. Incompetent. And frankly just a teeny bit bananas Imagine you’re given the task of launching a new product. The market is bitterly competitive. Computers. Dog eat dog. Squillions of …
Read MoreA tale of two posters
One a lost opportunity; the other perfect for purpose Stephen Leacock called advertising the science of arresting human intelligence just long enough to get money from it. Most people who write or design posters seem unaware how fleeting that time …
Read MoreCriminal waste of money by the Red Cross
I apologise, but I do feel sorry for these young people asked to do something so pointless The other day I saw two young people in front of a stand outside the local Sainsbury’s. I asked them what they were …
Read MoreDim-wit advertising by smart-arses
To appreciate the full stupidity of this you may need a magnifying glass, but let me explain. As you can see it shows a bridge. Clifton Bridge in Bristol, to be exact – perhaps the most beautiful bridge in England. …
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