This year the biggest brands threw down 2-3 million for the chance to advertise on the Super Bowl. Between all the commercials featuring men’s underwear and 55 calorie light beer, these 3 were pretty entertaining.
Kia Sorento “Joyride” ad
In this commercial four life-size toy characters go on a road trip including Muno from Yo Gabba Gabba, a Sock Monkey, a Tin Robot and Blabla doll Mr. X. Just seeing a sock monkey flipping a jet ski and getting “MOM” knitted on his arm is worth checking it out. The song is “How You Like Me Now” by The Heavy.
Home Away “Hotel Hell Vacation” ad
Clueless travelers Clark and Ellen Griswald (aka Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo) reprise their role from 1983’s “National Lampoon’s Vacation” movie for this ad for Home Away, a vacation rental home website. This teaser ad was creative and made me want to see the extended short film on their site.
Google “Parisian Love” ad
This was a brilliantly simple concept that clearly showed how integrated Google has become into our everyday lives.
Pro Snowboarder Travis Rice and friends have launched an online art and photography gallery called Asymbol. The navigation is super slick and lets you enjoy viewing the art on virtual walls.
Seattle band Head Like a Kite have a new video titled “Director’s Cut” featuring Tilson from Saturday Knights. Seattle Photographer Chase Jarvis did a great job directing this video. The track is in support of giveseattle.org.
Each month BlueBottle Art is featuring their gallery exhibition artist as a downloadable desktop image.
You can select one that features a calendar or just the artwork. January features the work of Berry Holz, Michelle Knowlen and Kevin Marigitch (below).
Adam emailed me about his new Signature Series project for Fuel TV that was animated by the motion graphics firm Royale. It looks really great to see his trees/wave artwork in motion.
The design firm Pentagram let’s you discover “What Type Are You“. Answer 4 questions designed to find out just what type(face) captures your personality. The password is: character.
If you missed it last night at artwalk, go check out Jared Nickerson’s show at Design Commission Gallery. It’s titled “Lessons In Leaving Your World Behind” and features some of Jared’s work over the past 2-3 years as well as new never before seen pieces.
