Old Spice adds New Spice
ABC News and the media stole my thunder. I was planning on posting on the recent Old Spice commercials and how they add new spice TV commercial ads as well as their artistic creativity. But a funny and coincidental, thing happened along the way, Isaiah Mustafa, the actor who portrays the “Old Spice Guy,” was interviewed on Good Morning America last Thursday and then reported on again on ABC Nightly news on Friday, which stated that he was “hanging up the towel,” so to speak — and ending his gig with Old Spice. My guess is that he’s moving on to bigger and better things. After over 13 million hits…
Target’s Creativity
I’ve long been a fan of Target’s advertisements. I think they are smart, clever and out of the box. When I saw this one near Times Square while in New York last week, I thought the same. This ad seems to capitalize on the “street art,” graffiti-style craze in advertising. Although I don’t particularly like this style of art, I appreciate how Target has used the stylistic design to make their logo visually stand out from the other graphics. In fact their advertising stands out among other chains and brands them as being innovative. Others have tried to copy their creative style because it is so cool and different but…
