Wordle

Here's a site (Wordle) that takes whatever text you give it and assembles the words in a typographic composition based on the frequency of the words in the source text. You can adjust the font, orientation, color palette and more. It is pretty fun. Here's a quick sample of one I did.

Advertising Age Top 10 Commercials

Advertising Age magazine ranked their top 10 commercials. Check out the Coke, Skittles and Discovery Channel ads. A couple of other ones are a little freaky, but they all stand out in some way.

Beer Bag/Ad

This is an awesome marketing/advertising idea. They placed an image of the a case of beer on the side of a bag. It looks like the shoppers are carrying a case of beer.

Ahhh, Butter

Great billboard for butter in Switzerland. (Ads of the World)

Best Commercial: Star Burst & Lionel Richie

Here's one of my favorite, all time commercials. It's an amazing Starburst ad with a Lionel Richie song in the background.

Vespa animation/commercial

Someone did a Vespa an animated, 3D "commercial." I'm not sure it aired, but they rendered a pretty nice version of a scooter.

VW carbon footprint

A great UK ad publicizing the carbon footprint savings from a VW.

Wendy's Ad: Meatarians (disgusting)

Ok, so I am not a vegetarian, but I find this Wendy's meat-centered ad disgusting. I am craving broccoli.

Holiday & SPD

SPD has done a great, retro design for their holiday party that incorporates their brand very well and looks like a well designed retail style.

Buy-ology

Here is a book on the psycology of why we buy. It could give some insight for a designer as we design a brand and identity to make it the most effect for the client.