Ralph Lauren has turned an advertising blunder into a PR crisis. The designer sent a cease-and-desist to two blogs, Boing Boing and Photoshop Disasters, regarding the insane advertisement above.
Of course the blogosphere has latched on to the debacle increasing the embarassment.
This ad for Mohawk carpets (from the typically stale floor covering category) freezes time on all sorts of shag abuse. It’s a neat, if not totally original trick. Having been used to greater cinematic effect for Philips Carousel:
And more creatively on this neat Ikea website.
The ad above was apparently created expressly to fool judging panels. Agencies creating potentially harmful ads about clients to get accolades from peers is a best counter-productive and at worst self-destructive.
Here’s what BBDO Chile, the responsible party, had to say about it:
This creative design did not involve and was never approved by Sony Computer Entertainment or Sony. This ‘mock campaign’ was developed by BBDO Chile staff and was submitted to various creative competitions/festivals without prior notification or approval from SCE/Sony, and it is not representative of the views or advertising policies of SCE/Sony. BBDO Chile apologizes for using this creative concept without authorization or prior approval, and for its misrepresentation of the PlayStation brand.
AirTran Airways – Search Gary Doyle – (2009) :30 (USA)
Seriously though, wifi is the best thing to happen to air travel since smoking was banned.
Agency Layoffs