This campaign for Merge radio in Oman was shortlisted in the 2012 Dubai Lynx Outdoor category!!!
Lady Gaga dressed as an Omani girl!!!
I spoke to the client (who is based in Oman) he never heard of it.
I spoke to the outdoor media in Oman and they never saw or heard of it so I spoke to the orgnizers and it was pulled in the last minute 
nice try guys but no cigar.
Continue reading ‘dubai lynx 2012 episode three and a half – bad romance’
I guess “Justice will be served” is an appropirate title for this campaign after all LOL 
I brought this (and other examples) spoof/ghost ad to the attention of the Dubai Lynx orgnizers and to Campaign magazine but it still went through and won Bronze in Design!!!
Really now, in a down-turn-economy a shoe repair shop would turn to a reputable agency such as the Classic Partnership and capitalize on the time and talent of their chief creative officer to work on his business card (which was also used as a flyer)!!! no kidding.
| Advertiser | KHALID JAVED |
| Product | COBBLER |
| Entrant | THE CLASSIC PARTNERSHIP ADVERTISING Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| Type of Entry: | Design |
| Category: | Stationery |
| Title: | SHOE REPAIR |
| Advertiser/Client: | KHALID JAVED |
| Product/Service: | COBBLER |
| Entrant Company: | THE CLASSIC PARTNERSHIP ADVERTISING Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| Design/Advertising Agency: | THE CLASSIC PARTNERSHIP ADVERTISING Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| Creative Credits | |
| Name | Company | Position |
| John Mani | The Classic Partnership Advertising | Chief Creative Officer |
| Vitthal Deshmukh | The Classic Partnership Advertising | Chief Creative Officer |
| Alok Gadkar | The Classic Partnership Advertising | Executive Creative Director |
| John Mani | The Classic Partnership Advertising | Copywriter |
| Alok Gadkar | The Classic Partnership Advertising | Art Director |
| Abhay Chawak | The Classic Partnership Advertising | Photographer |
Continue reading ‘dubai lynx 2012 episode two and a half – moon walker – The Classic Partnership’
I was born in Kuwait, worked in Kuwait, KSA, Dubai and Oman and I am yet to see ads featuring international political figures featuered in the local media let alone with sexual gestures!!! one more thing if such practices are not tabu then why not make it more relevent and feature local or Arab political leaders
Seriously now…where and when were these ads published? No one is questioning the creativity of the concepts (as it is very much a subjective matter according to most critiques) nor is anyone questioning the quality of execution. What is being questioned is the legitimacy of participating with ghost ads (ads that never ran or ads that ran once due to loopholes in the awards criteria) and if they should be allowed to compete with real ads (ads that ran for real, for real clients without any special doctoring for the awards). In my personal view the playing field should be leveled and everyone should play by the rules. It is not accepted to win by any means and take the industry for granted, risk the reputation of the award organizers (as happened in the Dubai Lynx scandal also known as the Lynx Gate). Winning by cheating has a snowball effect, they win, then publicize their win thorough PR and Advertising campaigns, which attracts more clients (depriving you from a fair chance at winning business). Your friends in the industry risk becoming redundant while copycats are get promoted and earn the big bucks as a result of either ignorance of their management or consent of their upper management!!!
The following campagin won three Gold Print at the 2012 Dubai Lynx and was shortlisted in LIA in 2011!!! Here is a related link which I blogged sometime back Politically incorrect creativity
Do you think the countries that censor these ads Spot the differences will not censor the above ads? or the county that promotes this playboy will allow the above ads to be published in the print media yet alone the outdoor media?
Did anyone see them published? remember the Samsung Jesus ad in Lebanon here is a reminder enough is enough
Source: OBAMA/CLINTON and CAMERON and PUTIN and http://www.dubailynx.com/winners/2012/print/index.cfm?award=2
It also won Gold in the Outdoor at the Dubai Lynx 2012 while shortlisted in LIA in 2011!!!
Source: OBAMA/CLINTON and CAMERON and PUTIN and http://www.dubailynx.com/winners/2012/outdoor/index.cfm?award=2
Entrant: Memac Ogilvy & Mather, DubaiReporters Without Borders
Seriously now…where and when were these ads published? No one is questioning the creativity of the concepts (as it is very much a subjective matter according to most critiques) nor is anyone questioning the quality of execution. What is being questioned is the legitimacy of participating with ghost ads (ads that never ran or ads that ran once due to loopholes in the awards criteria) and if they should be allowed to compete with real ads (ads that ran for real, for real clients without any special doctoring for the awards). In my personal view the playing field should be leveled and everyone should play by the rules. It is not accepted to win by any means and take the industry for granted, risk the reputation of the award organizers (as happened in the Dubai Lynx scandal also known as the Lynx Gate). Winning by cheating has a snowball effect, they win, then publicize their win thorough PR and Advertising campaigns, which attracts more clients (depriving you from a fair chance at winning business). Your friends in the industry risk becoming redundant while copycats are get promoted and earn the big bucks as a result of either ignorance of their management or consent of their upper management!!!
Continue reading ‘Politically incorrect creativity’
BlogAnubis is an active participating exhibitor at Oman’s 3rd Media & Advertising conference. October 18-20, 2011.
Published in Gulf Marketing Review, May 2011. Page: 30.
Client: M&J Seafood
Country: UK
Year: 2011
NB. Almost won a Best of Show in the Print category of SIA – Summit International Awards but I alerted SIA and it was withdrawn.
Source: Classic John West ad recycled / Une histoire de “suiveurs”
A political spoof/Ghost ad expressing the situation in Egypt. Commercial ads featuring politician figures are not a new thing. For other examples of spoof ads featuring politicians please check the following links Ideas? Where’s your creativity? and Drivers wanted
The above is screen shoot of the “Artist” Deviant Art page caprozo911 http://caprozo911.deviantart.com/gallery/#_featured , notice that 85% of his work is either copycat, cliche’ or ghost ads!!! We have featured Seif’s “work” in the past in seperat posts so I will not duplicate the effort. Instead I will just post the links to the above examples from this blog and you can draw your own conclusions.
This is what happens when you copy and paste
Self portrait of the “Designer” wearing his crown with the GAP logo which we all know is an abbreviation of Guy And Proud.
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