The Manifest Communications Blog » advertising http://www.manifestlondon.co.uk/blog Spinning the Web Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:29:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 ‘Come as you are’ say McDonald’s in new ads http://www.manifestlondon.co.uk/blog/2010/06/04/come-as-you-are-say-mcdonalds-in-new-ads/ http://www.manifestlondon.co.uk/blog/2010/06/04/come-as-you-are-say-mcdonalds-in-new-ads/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:31:32 +0000 Martin Farrar-Smith http://www.manifestlondon.co.uk/blog/?p=550 The new McDonald’s ads are gathering online attention rather rapidly. Mostly down to the lead ad featuring a Dad and his (unbeknownst to him) gay son.

It’s quite refreshing to see, but when you break it down it’s not that controversial and wouldn’t be out of place on Tarrant on TV. More videos here & here.

]]> 0 Hung like a billboard http://www.manifestlondon.co.uk/blog/2010/03/09/hung-like-a-billboard/ http://www.manifestlondon.co.uk/blog/2010/03/09/hung-like-a-billboard/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:16:23 +0000 Alex Myers http://www.manifestlondon.co.uk/blog/?p=408

HBO's Hung debuts in New Zealand

Well endowed men and women have been the focus of ad campaigns since, well, forever – but rarely are billboards more provocative than this.

Whether you like it or not, this billboard is causing a storm in New Zealand where is was erected to promote HBO’s new series, Hung. Billboards for TV shows are so often the dullest dual-carriageway fodder, but this makes a welcome change – it’s creative, effective and controversial. Well done Colenso BBDO for a terrific execution, but the real congratulations go to the network, which had the balls (sorry) to go with it.

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