Archive for July, 2007

Roaring PAMs

July 19, 2007

Cannes Lions 2007 winner TBWA\PARIS created Signature, a beautifully animated public awareness message for Amnesty International to “illustrates graphically how a simple signature on a petition can provide real help to victims of torture, abuse, arbitrary imprisonment.”

Tipped by Neato
Another Gold Winner is this outdoor PAM, Tree, from WWF by [...]

French Lovin’ and the Non-sequitur of Kathy Bates

July 18, 2007

Ah, erm… some field action going on there.
In a bid to attract Londoners, Regional Tourism Committee of Paris Ile-de-France commissioned a campaign that highlights the city as the Capital of Humor as well as host of several Rugby World Cup matches, including the championship match. This is the cheekier one.

The entirety is beautifully photographed, click [...]

De-licious!

July 16, 2007

Class, today is cooking day! I promised myself I’d expand my kitchen skillz by learning something new a week. Two things I’ve always wanted to learn how to make and they turn out to be real easy. Last week I home-made pesto, successfully and rated delicious by consensus. Woo.
FRESH BASIL PESTO
2 cups fresh basil leaves, [...]

Morning Hustle

July 15, 2007

I’m a bad wake-upper. For some people, eyelids automatically flutter open at the faintest break of light. Jeez, even without a clock. I’m not one of them. Snooze is my best friend. A highly abused friend. If I have to wake up for a really really really important gig, I require three alarms. Two clocks [...]

Something Old, Something New

July 5, 2007

I like comic books (with their eye candy coloring) and I like reading the traditional books (only pages and pages of words are provided as tools in creating that world); graphic novels, however, I have been wary of until now. I’ve finished reading 2, in fact. And both were so good, I re-read them the [...]