Look closely

It would appear that agency creatives setting up ambient ideas to enter into award shows is nothing new.

In fact if this pic is anything to go by it was happening way back in the 1930's!

Good rubbish

I'm no fan of people leaving rubbish out on the street. But who wouldn't love stumbling across on of these Mini boxes? They're just so damn cute.

It's a Dutch campaign but I have no idea who did it. Please leave a comment if you know.

Early urban spam

I always thought that ambient advertising and urban spam were relativly recent ideas.

By recent I mean the last 20 years.

Turns out advertising has been invading public spaces for a lot longer than I realised.

Back in 1930 a Barcelona wine merchant used a rolling drum and stencil to advertise his wares on the pavement.

Unlike today's interuptive advertisers he didn't use paint.

He used water!

Which meant that after a while his messaging disappeared.

Environmentally sensitive advertising. In the 1930s.

Who'd have thought?

Rocks in the head

I haven't written about urban spam for a while.

I won't be writing much about it today either because this 'idea' speaks for itself.

Honestly. Who approves this kinda stuff?

More newspaper news

Ah the irony of it all.