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Marketing, Advertising and Social Media News With Attitude by Steve Hallen-us2012-06-28T10:45:57-05:00'Horror Buckets' Promote Horror Convention
http://www.adrants.com/2012/06/horror-buckets-promote-horror.php
Apparently because popcorn can look like a person's brains, a pair of Y&R New York interns, Paul Wood and Milan Daniels, developed this popcorn packaging for Motor City Nightmares, a Detroit horror convention.]]>Packaging2012-06-28T10:45:57-05:00Dockers Packaged Like Whiskey
http://www.adrants.com/2011/12/dockers-packaged-like-whiskey.php
To introduce a new line of Dockers, Draftfcb San Francisco shipped 600 online customers three pairs of new khakis in containers resembling scotch or whiskey packaging.]]>Packaging2011-12-09T13:43:48-05:00Butt Banned, Bikinis Rap, Nokia Backfires, Bingo Bombs
http://www.adrants.com/2010/09/butt-banned-bikinis-rap-nokia.php
It's not only boobs that cause ads to get banned. Butts do too. According to the Russian Office of Federal Antimonopoly Service "indecent image of a woman's body cannot be placed in a public place."]]>Super Bowl 20112010-09-16T14:15:00-05:00Hermes Makes Another Streamlined Sexy Expensive Thing You Can't Have.
http://www.adrants.com/2009/10/hermes-makes-another-streamlined-sexy.php
Never mind Birkin bags and pretty scarves. The object at left is a new and insanely luxurious piece of social currency dubbed WHY -- the Wally Hermes Yacht. ]]>Brands2009-10-01T13:14:01-05:00Attention All Cereal Eaters! Wheaties is for Hard-Asses.
http://www.adrants.com/2009/09/attention-all-cereal-eaters-wheaties-is.php
So Wheaties, the wholesome man's man cereal that once sported Michael Jordan on the box, has rebranded to reflect our taurine-powered, chrome-enhanced times.]]>Packaging2009-09-18T12:03:22-05:00But Will It Be Available in All 50 States?
http://www.adrants.com/2009/09/but-will-it-be-available-in-all-50.php
It won't, just ice cream trucks in Vermont. Ben & Jerry's have renamed one of their flavors to recognize Vermont's gay marriage resolution.
I KID. Ben And Jerry's have renamed one of their flavors to recognize Vermont's gay marriage resolution. (Vermont joins Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hampshire as the only states to recognize same sex couples under the law.) ]]>Packaging2009-09-02T13:42:00-05:00For that Irresistible Peeling Feeling, Network with These Guys.
http://www.adrants.com/2009/08/for-that-irresistible-peeling-feeling.php
The wtf-is-that at left is actually a business card for AGRIE Paint Services.]]>Packaging2009-08-25T13:13:12-05:00Ye Olde Theatre: All Minimalist and 2.0-ey.
http://www.adrants.com/2009/08/ye-olde-theatre-all-minimalist-and.php
We dig the theatre, especially reworkings of Shakespeare and his frothy contributions to the perpetually-tragic human condition, so these posters for the Denver Center Theater Company hit us in a smushy spot. ]]>Campaigns2009-08-24T11:20:26-05:00Cannes Lions: Real Winnars in Cyber, Design and Press
http://www.adrants.com/2009/06/cannes-lions-real-winnars-in-cyber.php
Last night was the Cannes Lions awards event for Design, Press and Cyber efforts. ]]>Agencies2009-06-25T14:53:42-05:00Thanks For Nothing Knob Creek
http://www.adrants.com/2009/06/thanks-for-nothing-knob-creek.php
So Knob Creek, due to demand for its bourbon, is running low on supply and is at risk of running dry before its next batch is ready in November]]>Direct2009-06-23T12:09:38-05:00