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17
Feb
09

no money no funny

By Anubis 2 Comments
Categories: X-Files

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Client: Midas.

Agency: Al Hudhud.

Country: Kuwait – 2009.

Source: 15 Years Anniversary With Midas

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Client: KEMS

Country: Kuwait – 2009.

I cant understand how the “creatives” in Kuwait think but I suspect that the above concepts are inspired by the headline “economic meltdown” so they are burning/melting the local currency!!!!

while the other is probably inspired by the agency cutting the designers salary in half :)

these are speculations only so I welcome feed back from the originators of these ads.

NB. wasn’t there a law sometime back prohibiting using the currency in ads without written permission?

17
Feb
09

Blood diamonds

By Anubis Leave a Comment
Categories: COPY CAT ADS

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Client: Al Sayer 

Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi (in-house agency for Al Sayer)

Country: Kuwait

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Client: National Real Estate – Souk Sharq

Agency: Eureka Media

Country: Kuwait

Lateral Thinking: When a low probability line of thought leads to an effective idea, there is a “Eureka” moment and at once the low-probability approach acquires the highest probability. – Edward De Bono. Excerpt from a book by John Townsend & Jacques Favier titled The Creative Manager’s Pocketbook. Page: 2. ISBN: 1-870471-69-5.

A copycat is a person that mimics or repeats the behavior of another. The term is often derogatory, suggesting a lack of originality. The expression may derive from kittens that learned by imitating the behaviors of their mothers. – Wikipedia.

Plagiarism: The abuse of another’s original work by copying it and passing it off as one’s own. As defined in Alastair Campbell book titled The Designer’s Lexicon. Page: 293 ISBN: 0-304-35505-4.

“Imitation is the sincerest form of thievery” excerpt from a book by Capsule titled Design Matters. Page: 84. ISBN -13:978-1-59253-341-1.

17
Feb
09

Pink Floyd

By Anubis Leave a Comment
Categories: COPY CAT ADS

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Client: MBC Action

Agency: Memac Ogilvy Duabi

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Published in Media Week ME 17th of May 2009 issue. Page: 21.

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Client: Nike

Lateral Thinking: When a low probability line of thought leads to an effective idea, there is a “Eureka” moment and at once the low-probability approach acquires the highest probability. – Edward De Bono. Excerpt from a book by John Townsend & Jacques Favier titled The Creative Manager’s Pocketbook. Page: 2. ISBN: 1-870471-69-5.

A copycat is a person that mimics or repeats the behavior of another. The term is often derogatory, suggesting a lack of originality. The expression may derive from kittens that learned by imitating the behaviors of their mothers. – Wikipedia.

Plagiarism: The abuse of another’s original work by copying it and passing it off as one’s own. As defined in Alastair Campbell book titled The Designer’s Lexicon. Page: 293 ISBN: 0-304-35505-4.

“Imitation is the sincerest form of thievery” excerpt from a book by Capsule titled Design Matters. Page: 84. ISBN -13:978-1-59253-341-1.

17
Feb
09

What is a newspaper?

By Anubis Leave a Comment
Categories: Classroom

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14
Feb
09

Chill thrill trail

By Anubis Leave a Comment
Categories: Brand Hijacking

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Pepsi Cola Vs. Coca Cola - comparative advertisements.

Special thanks to sender: Tarek Iskandar.

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Related Link: http://www.coloribus.com/admirror/coca_cola_vs_pepsi/

14
Feb
09

creative allure

By Anubis Leave a Comment
Categories: Articles, Dubai Lynx 2008, Jordan Advertising Awards, KAAA and MENA Crystal

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Source: Campaign Middle East. By Nick Henderson.

I was not surprised of Chafic Haddad response that “the issue of scams and copycats has been blown our of all proportion” I think he is starting to feel the heat and as such is trying to undermine the creative awakening in the GCC (the first step towards fixing a mistake is admitting that the mistake exists).

Chafic Haddad (and JWT) know well about the mistakes that won them creativity awards (be it Lynx, KAAA, MENA Crystal) or others that got them the title Agency of the Year in 2008) so he for one will not be admitting to such mistakes ;) once again FP7 Doha is Agency of the Year in my book.

NB. lets not forget that many of Chafic’s “creative ideas” are featured on this blog alongside the ORIGINALs ;) check these out for an example (to see more just search this blog for JWT):

Say No…to copy-cats

Mouse trap or copy cat trap?

Sushi

To add insult to injury the creative director of this awarded copy cat is serving as a judge on the 2008 MENA Crystal Creativity Awards jury!!! and guess who dominated the Awards ;)

14
Feb
09

Home alone

By Anubis Leave a Comment
Categories: COPY CAT ADS

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Special thanks to sender

Lateral Thinking: When a low probability line of thought leads to an effective idea, there is a “Eureka” moment and at once the low-probability approach acquires the highest probability. – Edward De Bono. Excerpt from a book by John Townsend & Jacques Favier titled The Creative Manager’s Pocketbook. Page: 2. ISBN: 1-870471-69-5.

A copycat is a person that mimics or repeats the behavior of another. The term is often derogatory, suggesting a lack of originality. The expression may derive from kittens that learned by imitating the behaviors of their mothers. – Wikipedia.

Plagiarism: The abuse of another’s original work by copying it and passing it off as one’s own. As defined in Alastair Campbell book titled The Designer’s Lexicon. Page: 293 ISBN: 0-304-35505-4.

“Imitation is the sincerest form of thievery” excerpt from a book by Capsule titled Design Matters. Page: 84. ISBN -13:978-1-59253-341-1.

14
Feb
09

How to stop scams

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Categories: Articles

opinion

Source: Campaign Middle East. Opinion. 26 October 2008. Page: 16

13
Feb
09

flash back

By Anubis 4 Comments
Categories: Cliche, COPY CAT ADS, Louai Alasfahani and Paragon

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Client: Viva

Agency: Leo Burnett

Country: Kuwait

Year: 2009

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September 6th, 2009 by Bibhuti

Source: Smoking Kills : Gun

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Agency: Art Link

Creative director: Omar Rashad

Illustrator: Ahmed El Habash

Country: Egypt

Year: 2009

Published in Media Week ME magazine. July 12, 2009. Page: 21.

RefreshYourself

Agency: Liwa Advertising, Dubai
Creative Team: Suhas Rege, Sajeev, Vinayak Adate and Tarun

Country: UAE, Dubai – 2006.

Related link: http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/garden_cafe_follow_up?size=_original

Client: Egypt Air

Country: Egypt  

Year: 2011

BANK

© DREN RACAJ
PRISHTINA / KOSOVO

SHOWCASED THE 21.10.10

Via: http://www.designanddesign.com/showcase.php?d=364&keyword=

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Client: Al Fanar Mall

Agency: Paragon Marketing Communications

Creative Director: Louai Alasfahani

Photography: Xhami Alasfahani

Country: Kuwait

Year: 2003

NB. Editors choice for best Ramadan campaign; back in 2003 there was no Lynx, no MENA crystal and no KAAA or KREA.

Lateral Thinking: When a low probability line of thought leads to an effective idea, there is a “Eureka” moment and at once the low-probability approach acquires the highest probability. – Edward De Bono. Excerpt from a book by John Townsend & Jacques Favier titled The Creative Manager’s Pocketbook. Page: 2. ISBN: 1-870471-69-5.

A copycat is a person that mimics or repeats the behavior of another. The term is often derogatory, suggesting a lack of originality. The expression may derive from kittens that learned by imitating the behaviors of their mothers. – Wikipedia.

Plagiarism: The abuse of another’s original work by copying it and passing it off as one’s own. As defined in Alastair Campbell book titled The Designer’s Lexicon. Page: 293 ISBN: 0-304-35505-4.

“Imitation is the sincerest form of thievery” excerpt from a book by Capsule titled Design Matters. Page: 84. ISBN -13:978-1-59253-341-1.

13
Feb
09

crisis in logos

By Anubis Leave a Comment
Categories: X-Files

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Apple

 

 

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3M

 

 

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Best Buy

 

 

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Sisco Systems

 

 

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Citigroup

 

 

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Chrysler

 

 

 

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Dell

 

 

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Ferrari

 

 

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Dow Jones

 

 

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Ford

 

 

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Good Year

 

 

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LG – Life’s Good

 

 

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Yahoo

 

 

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Xerox

 

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Nike

 

 

 

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Nokia – Connecting People

 

 

 

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Adidas

 

 

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Renault

 

 

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McDonalds

 

Special thanks to the sender: Safwan.

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