October 2011
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September 2011
3 posts
June 2011
2 posts
this is an AT&T advertising campaign that was...
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May 2011
3 posts
Hovering Art Directors →
New favorite Tumblog, referred by an officemate.
April 2011
2 posts
March 2011
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December 2010
2 posts
November 2010
4 posts
Pilipinas Kay Pangit →
One of the biggest issues today in Philippine advertising. Hay. :( Commentary here.
10 Websites To Start Off a Creative Day →
Top 10 Advertising Agencies in the Philippines →
Whee! Kinikilig ako tuwing nakikita ko ahensiya ko sa mga listahang ganire, mwa.
October 2010
4 posts
An Inconvenient Truth For Copywriters: How To... →
Advice for aspiring copy kids. :D
September 2010
16 posts
Use familiar words. Use short words instead of long ones. Don’t write like...
– Gary Provost
Big ideas are so hard to recognize, so fragile, so easy to kill. Don’t...
– John Elliott, Jr
Direct hard-sell advertising is like walking into a room full of strangers at a...
– Robert Fleege
If each of us hires people who are smaller than we are, we shall become a...
– David Ogilvy
Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of...
– Leo Burnett
Nobody reads ads. People read what interests them. Sometimes it’s an...
– Howard Gossage
Hollywood has its Oscars. Television has its Emmys. Broadway has its Tonys. And...
– Joanne Lipman
Strat
Ceska: Kakainis yung pimples ko, strategically aligned pa talaga sa noo ko.
Anna: Tangina, strategic.
Kirk: Buti pa yung pimples mo may strat, yung JOs mo wala.
Anna: LOLOLOL
Ceska: Magulo ba talaga yung mga JOs ko?!?
The new batch of interns was introduced to the...
Boz: Eto si _____, si ______, and ito, si Pilar. Schoolmate niyo.
Interns, Me: Hi!
Boz: Intern rin yan dito dati, ngayon regular writer na.
(:
August 2010
7 posts
5 Tips for Aspiring Copywriters and Art Directors →
Between high-profile awards shows and TV series like Mad Men, more and more of the American population are coming to realize the glamor of the advertising industry — and there’s perhaps no role more inspiring, frustrating and, yes, sometimes glamorous, than the role of an advertising creative.
Advertising creatives fall into two main branches: copywriters, who are responsible for coming up...
The Rant: What Makes a Good Creative Director?...
Link from @speerow, original page here.
Volume 24 In a Series By Felix
Here’s another question for you. What exactly is the job of a creative director? Do you know? If you’re a CD, do you know? You should. But it seems that some do and some don’t, whether they’re taking direction from one, or they actually are the head honcho. And that, my friends, is just not good enough.
I’ve had the...
Most of the writers I know are weird hybrids. There’s a strong streak of...
– David Foster Wallace (via earlyfrost) (via tarts, sometimesagreatnotion) (via buyhercandy) (via presidents) (via thatgirlchuicide)
July 2010
19 posts