It’s being reported that the city of Montreal, though its tourism board, has paid the advertising company Sid Lee $6 million to oversee a multimedia tourist attraction campaign featuring a menagerie of fanciful hybrid creatures such as the “deerus” (half deer, half walrus) and the “squirrog” (half squirrel, half frog). The idea, we’re told, is […]
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Killing the golden smeet
Posted in Art and Culture, Ypsilanti Also tagged advertising, deerus, fabulous creatures, fanciful fauna, Huron River, menagerie, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Monkey Power Trio, Montreal, Planet of the Apes is Real, Sid Lee, smeet, squirrog, Tourisme Montreal, tridge, urban legends 8 Comments
Buying TV ads
There’s a fascinating piece on Slate today by Seth Stevenson. It’s about Google’s new television ad buying interface, which essentially makes it possible for individuals to launch their own television ad campaigns for as little as $100. Stevenson, as you’ll see in the below video, creates a campaign for a fake website, and, for a […]
Posted in Politics, Pop Culture, Shadow Art Fair Also tagged ads, advertising, FOX News, Glenn Beck, Google TV Ads, severed unicorn head superstore, Shadow grants, Slate, television, Water Street Redevelopment Project 10 Comments