by Erik Kain on October 19, 2011
This short-film ad spot for designer Proenza Schouler is probably the most racist, disturbing, and bizarre thing I’ve seen in a long time. Designers Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough took a trip through the southwest and came up with their fall line of clothing inspired, apparently, by Native Americans they had seen on the road. Then [...]
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by Erik Kain on October 18, 2011
Dr. Pepper has launched a new ad campaign for its new diet soft drink, Dr. Pepper Ten – a ten calorie beverage designed, apparently, to appeal to men. In fact, the new ad campaign makes it explicit that Dr. Pepper Ten is “not for women.” The ad campaign and soft drink were developed in an [...]
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by Erik Kain on October 18, 2011
This is an interesting spot. The ad agency behind the commercial is Leo Burnett. The emphasis here is on family time, with a horde of adorable children invading the pristine office buildings of their professional parents and quite literally dragging them off the premises. Interestingly, not only do we not see any food, we also [...]
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