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Oct
09

Royalty-free images and their abuse by advertising agencies in Kuwait

By Anubis 3 Comments
Categories: Articles, creative, Creativity, Graphic Design, Louai Alasfahani, Paragon and Stock Images

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Published in Focus Middl East Marketing Intelligence Report.  November 2004. Pages: 16 – 17.

Stock photography consists of existing photographs that can be licensed for specific uses. Publishers, advertising agencies, graphic artists, and others use stock photography to fulfill the needs of their creative assignments.

A customer who uses stock photography instead of hiring a photographer can save time and money, but can also sacrifice creative control. – Wikipedia

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10
Oct
09

Super Mom

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Categories: Brand Hijacking

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Title: Mother’s Day 2007
Media: Print
Country: United Arab Emirates
Ad-Agency: Intermarkets Dubai
Ad Info: TITLE: Supermom 
AGENCY: Intermarkets Dubai 
CLIENT/PRODUCT: Evening Post/Mother’s Day 
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: V Deshmukh 
ART DIRECTOR: Prem Rajan 
COPYWRITER: Siddhartha Banerjee

Source:  http://www.adofdamonth.com/ads/643

10
Oct
09

creativity restrained by a seat belt

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Categories: Cliche and COPY CAT ADS

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Source: Human Seat Belt / Une copie petit-bras

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Client: GM – Chevrolet

Country: UAE – Dubai

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.

10
Oct
09

Paragon M&C Saatchi – Kuwait

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Categories: Articles, creative, Creativity, Louai Alasfahani and Paragon

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Published in Arab Ad monthly magazine. Special issue focusing on Fresh Ideas. Pages: 30 – 31.

08
Oct
09

copycat cartoon network

By Anubis 1 Comment
Categories: copy cat caricature, Copycat and illustration

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Plagiarizer: Alaa Allaqeta. KSA (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

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Plagiarizer: Ali Al Ghamidi. KSA (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

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Plagiarizer: Ali Al Ghamidi

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Plagiarizer: Ali Al Ghamidi

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06
Oct
09

welcome to McDonalds

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Categories: Brand Hijacking and X-Files

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one could deduce from the picture that the global economic crisis has cast its shadow on the fast food industry and that they are giving away their franchising rights a dime a dozen. this could be a good time to invest. “Do not look at the problem in every opportunity, look at the opportunity in every problem”.

McDonald’s via: Funny | Weird | Misplaced Signs

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04
Oct
09

what is the latest on the KAAA?

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Categories: KAAA

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According to this article published in Al Watan daily Kuwaiti newspaper on Sunday the 15th of February, 2009; The deadline for participation in the KAAA was 28th of February 2009 and the award ceremony and winners were supposed to be announced in May 2009. till date there is no information on when or where it will commence.

Update: on the 26th of October, 2009 I received a call from the organizers of the KAAA in which i was officially informed that the Kuwait Arabic Advertising Awards will not be held this year due to the global economic crisis and the low level of participation in terms of quantity and quality. The good news is that all of the participants will soon get a full refund on their entry fees.

03
Oct
09

Facebook takes the lead of advertisers’ preference in Kuwait

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Categories: Articles and Classroom

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Published in Kuwait Times daily newspaper. September 24, 2009. The article sheds light on the topic of advertising on the net and voices the opinion of Gaja Kruchlik – Account Director at Paragon Marketing Communications, Kuwait.

02
Oct
09

On thinking and culture

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Categories: Quotes

“You can lead a whore to culture but you can’t make her think” – Dorothy Parker

 

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