SKY is a broadcasting company from New Zealand. They must have been incredibly popular, because in 2009 they decided to scare some away: they published…
CIPC #322: Coffeecompany ad
Not that long ago, I wrote about an advert for a Colombian delivery company. The position depicted there was quite believable, even though it was…
CIPC #319: Deprisa ad
Once in a blue moon,1 someone at an advertising agency actually comes up with a decent idea. But the moon has to be a very…
CIPC #310: Mercedes-Benz ad
In 2008, South-Africa was already bracing itself for the big event that would briefly add the word vuvuzela to the world’s vocabulary: the 2010 FIFA…
CIPC #306: Louis Vuitton promo
About a month ago, the picture above made1 the rounds on social media. As I’m neither social nor a medium, I missed its original moment…
CIPC #304: 1985 Sears Christmas wish book
Gather round, ye young ones, and listen as an old man tells a tale of days gone by. Suppose that, long time ago before the…
CIPC #293: JVC ad
In the seventies, all bets were off. The oddest, most far-fetched ideas were realised. Weird novelties, like the Bond Bug and the Disco Duck were…
CIPC #282: Bombay dry gin ad
Oh look, another ad for an alcoholic beverage with a chess theme.1 Just another Wednesday. Okay, let’s get this over with then. Gin is a…
CIPC #279: Metropolitan Life Insurance ad
It started all the way back in 1923 and, since then, Time after Time has come out.1 It is probably the most well-known weekly magazine…
CIPC #272: Lidl ad
If you are trying to sell toys in the low countries, a lot of your revenue comes in the weeks before Saint Nicholas’ day. So,…