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Shooters Production Studio visit

Written by . Posted on April 19, 2010. Filed under Career Scoop. Tagged , . 1 Comment.
View of Shooters Production Studio (from website)

I attended a very informative, and extremely interesting visit to Shooters Post & Transfer recently. Shooters is a production studio here in Philadelphia, located in the Curtis Center. The Curtis Center in itself is a beautiful building, but when the…

Bob Garfield retires

Written by . Posted on April 9, 2010. Filed under Issues in Advertising. Tagged , , , , . No comments.
Budweiser, "Whassup!" Ad

Bob Garfield, a prominent writer for Ad Age, has decided to retire. He writes the column, Ad Review on the website, and is highly respected in the industry. He recently posted a fair well write up, entitled, “Garfield Says Adieu“.…

Vintage Beer Ads

Written by . Posted on April 9, 2010. Filed under Vintage Ads. Tagged , . No comments.
Blatz Beer Ad

Today, there are many regulations in the advertising of alcohol. Before these laws were put into place, there were many ads put out that seem shocking today. Perhaps the most shocking I came across is an ad for Blatz Beer.…

The Flintstones sell cigarettes?

Written by . Posted on April 9, 2010. Filed under Vintage Ads. Tagged , , . No comments.
flintb5

Looking at vintage ads can be a very fun activity. Just like ads for alcohol, it is astonishing what they could get away with when advertising cigarettes back in the day. Advertising cigarettes has so many restrictions now. It is…

The Axe Effect

Written by . Posted on April 1, 2010. Filed under Issues in Advertising. Tagged . No comments.

Many people are familiar with the Axe brand of body spray. Their latest commercial features thousands of women running through trees, and jumping over rocks to get to a man on the beach who is spraying himself with Axe. These…

Great guerrilla

Written by . Posted on April 1, 2010. Filed under Interactive. Tagged , . No comments.
guerilla 1

I came across some really great guerrilla advertising campaigns used on buses. One is for a Baltica Beer. The poles to hang on for people who stand in a bus, actually have beer cans around them. So when you hold…

Does it offend you? Or make you think?

Written by . Posted on March 29, 2010. Filed under Advertising, Print. Tagged , , , . 5 Comments.
Humans for Animals-TBWA Paris

There is always controversy when it comes to animal rights advertising. In the United States PETA is responsible for creating some pretty attention grabbing campaigns. Most of the time they feature a naked celebrity, claiming they’d “rather go naked than…

A visit to Red Tettemer

Written by . Posted on March 26, 2010. Filed under Events, Philadelphia Events. Tagged , , . No comments.
Michelle

We all know that joining TAC has many benefits. One of the main benefits is getting to visit real, and prominent ad agencies. Recently, TAC visited Red Tettemer, a mid-sized agency located right outside of Philadelphia. I got to talk…