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Photoshop wizardry that  makes bagels look absolutely scrumptious in these ads by Squid Ink USA.

And I don’t even like bagels, which clearly are the high maintenance cousins of donuts. You gotta love the simplicity of donuts. With bagels, you’ve gotta have a knife around to cut ‘em in half, then you’ve gotta have some cream cheese available to spread around, then you have to chew a billion times just so they’re soft enough to go down the pipes, then you have to slap yourself for not buying donuts which would’ve saved yourself all the trouble. Really, eating bagels is like self-flagellation compared to eating donuts. They’re like celery… you’d die of starvation if you were stuck on an island with them. Boy, this is going off on a tangent. Yeah… bagels are lame. From Ads of the World.

Elaine's Bagels - Blueberry

Elaine's Bagels - Cheese

Elaine's Bagels - Onion

Briefed by Dan on July 28th, 2010 - Categories: Advertising,Art Direction,Awesome,Design,Print,Visually Stunning | - Comments (0)

Pilot Extrafine Lego Tattoo

Pilot Extrafine Lego Tattoo

Pilot Extrafine Lego Tattoo

Briefed by Dan on July 21st, 2010 - Categories: Advertising,Art Direction,Design,Print | - Comments (0)

HP kills a tree and dumps a 100 gallons of ink in their new viral effort. The sequel to the original HP video created by talented duo Tom Wrigglesworth and Matt Robinson, the new one is officially commissioned by HP this time. I have to agree with the commenters on Creative Review; the new one reeks of corporate influence and lacks the magic of the original.

Briefed by Dan on July 7th, 2010 - Categories: Advertising,Animation,Art,Art Direction,Design,Soundtrack,Video,Viral | - Comments (0)

Got a whole 10 minutes? Watch this. Don’t complain! The history of the world takes some time.

Blu is known for their fantastic wall painting animations and this is their latest, most ambitious effort yet.  Submitted by Nate C.

Briefed by Dan on July 7th, 2010 - Categories: Advertising,Animation,Art,Art Direction,Design,Video,Viral,Visually Stunning | - Comments (2)

These gritty (yet pretty) ads are the best things to happen to flip flops, which are uncomfortable, loud and the most foul-smelling of all footwear.

…damn flip flops. Hate ‘em.

Briefed by Dan on July 6th, 2010 - Categories: Advertising,Art,Art Direction,Design,Print,Visually Stunning | - Comments (0)

These are probably the prettiest print ads you’ll ever see for an electric fan. I can’t say for sure, but I’m pretty confident in that assumption. From Ads of the World.

Briefed by Dan on June 30th, 2010 - Categories: Advertising,Art,Art Direction,Design,Print,Visually Stunning | - Comments (0)

Points celebrates Martin Luther King’s famous speech. By Marcel Paris.

Briefed by Dan on June 30th, 2010 - Categories: Advertising,Art,Design,Print | - Comments (0)

Amnesty International continues their quest to save those more unfortunate than ourselves, one excellent ad at a time. The television commercial gets bonus points for using Korobeiniki in the soundtrack – otherwise known to us non-Russians as “the Tetris song”.

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sapporo-legendary-biru1The Sapporo brewing process is revealed through this amazing spot by agency Dentsu, Canada. If it looks familiar, the spot was created as a collaboration between production houses Crush, Sons and Daughters, and Marco Brambilla, the man responsible for the incredible Civilization video for Standard Hotel in NYC.

From Ads of the World.

Mega-collage-photoshop craziness for the WWF. Copy: If the ice/the trees fall, we all fall. Let’s hope the polar bear and elephant don’t slip up either.

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