Billboard Garden Gets Gold, Mama Gets Facebook, Ritz-Carlton Makes Movies

amex-ritz.jpg

– For client McDonald’s, Leo Burnett/Chicago grew a lettuce garden spelling “FRESH SALADS” on a Wrigleyville billboard. Watch the garden grow. The effort won a Gold at New York Festivals’ Innovative Advertising Awards. See other winners.

– Ritz-Carlton and AmEx caught the film bug. These three promotional movies “subtly weave exceptional and unique guest experiences into their story lines, demonstrating how The Ritz-Carlton has been able to elevate service to an art form.” There’s nothing subtle about the movies. But if PR were an art form, that sentence would be the template.

– It’s a disappearing car door! Think De Lorean but without the retro wing action.

– Michelina’s Mama gets a Facebook. Digging her profile photo. One commenter asks, “What would Mama think of 2 girls 1 cup?” Horrors.

Picture of Steve Hall

Steve Hall

RECENT ARTICLES

TRENDING AROUND THE WEB

The difference between people who care about you and people who truly love you becomes visible the moment you stop performing competence – one group gets uncomfortable, the other gets closer

The difference between people who care about you and people who truly love you becomes visible the moment you stop performing competence – one group gets uncomfortable, the other gets closer

Global English Editing

People who reach their 70s and 80s without bitterness share these 9 mental patterns that most people never develop — and none of them involve pretending their regrets don’t exist

People who reach their 70s and 80s without bitterness share these 9 mental patterns that most people never develop — and none of them involve pretending their regrets don’t exist

Global English Editing

I’m 63 and I’ve stopped trying to explain myself to people who’ve already decided who I am – not because I’ve given up but because I finally understand that being misunderstood by the wrong people is actually a form of protection

I’m 63 and I’ve stopped trying to explain myself to people who’ve already decided who I am – not because I’ve given up but because I finally understand that being misunderstood by the wrong people is actually a form of protection

Global English Editing

Psychologists explain the loneliness that destroys people in their 60s isn’t the absence of company — it’s the moment they realize they spent forty years being needed and not one of those people actually knew them

Psychologists explain the loneliness that destroys people in their 60s isn’t the absence of company — it’s the moment they realize they spent forty years being needed and not one of those people actually knew them

Global English Editing

I’m 65 and nobody warned me that the loneliest part of aging wouldn’t be losing people to death — it would be losing them to indifference, watching relationships you nurtured for decades fade because you’re no longer central to anyone’s daily life

I’m 65 and nobody warned me that the loneliest part of aging wouldn’t be losing people to death — it would be losing them to indifference, watching relationships you nurtured for decades fade because you’re no longer central to anyone’s daily life

Global English Editing

Behavioral scientists found that people who prefer solitude over socializing aren’t lonely – they’ve discovered that the quality of their own company is higher than what most social interactions provide

Behavioral scientists found that people who prefer solitude over socializing aren’t lonely – they’ve discovered that the quality of their own company is higher than what most social interactions provide

Global English Editing