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Cool Thing We Want #286: Every Single Word From “A Clockwork Orange” On One Poster

Scout Magazine — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:10:01 +0000

Sure it’s just an ad (for a New Zealand bookseller), but we want it just the same…

EVERY COOL THING WE WANT

Smoke Break #808: Deschutes’ “Landmark” Is One Of The Coolest Beer Ads Ever Made

Scout Magazine — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 05:34:59 +0000

…and I say that not because I drive a Westfalia, drink beer, dig the banjo and have absolutely nothing against the occasional nipple.

PS. I’ll take summer now, please.

Smoke Break #772: Knowing How To Sell To Every Generation…

Scout Magazine — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:48:27 +0000

A Brazilian market research company produces a slick magnum opus of a promotional video that weaves through several generations of youth in order to make sense of seducing the newest group of kids. It’s hardly a revelatory notion, but as Christmas approaches it’s worth remembering that we’re being meticulously examined, distantly understood and secretly sold to at all times by people in Brazil. Watch your backs.

Smoke Break #761: Books Fall As Dominos In Cool Bookstore Spot

Scout Magazine — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 06:16:26 +0000

It’s not everyday that you see a television ad for a bookstore. Rarer still is marketing from a company that sells used stock. So of course it’s going to be good…

Smoke Break #749: “Ad Freak” On New British Cider Campaign…

Scout Magazine — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 22:54:50 +0000

My daily dose of Ad Freak ended up with coffee coming out of my nose…

A clumsy oaf fumbles around for a late-night snack in a dark kitchen and winds up with a bottle of Frosty Jack’s Cider shoved up his butt. Then his hot girlfriend walks in. Who writes this stuff, Hemingway?