Posts Tagged ‘times square’
ozzy: the mummy screams
May 28th, 2010 by lifeproof
Ozzy Osbourne got it. Since he entered showbiz and did The Osbournes on MTV, Ozzy has been becoming more of a marketer than a fuck-all rockstar. He recently acted on Geico’s commercial and sang a ballad with that lizard. Now, he is making a guerilla marketing effort for his new album, Scream, which will be [...]
Tags: Geico, Madame Tussauds, mtv, New York, Osbourne, Ozzy, Ozzy Osbourne, rockstar, Scream, The Osbournes, times square
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up there: a documentary on ad painters
May 18th, 2010 by lifeproof
There are big banners everywhere. At Times Square they are huge LED screens that might even be HD. At other places, we see mostly vinyl or paper based banners that are glued to the space… Do you remember a time when those banners were actually painted on the walls… by real people. Here is a short documentary [...]
Tags: advertising, banner design, banner painting, documentary, documentary video, graphic design, history of advertising, New York, New York City, NYC, painting advertisements, street art, street painting, times square, wall painters, Wooster Collective
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Giant Human Colon at Times Square
March 4th, 2009 by lifeproof
Prevent Cancer Foundation and pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis launced a giant advertising campaign to inform Americans about cancer and its prevention through a giant human colon, in which you can enter and observe cancereous tissues and such. Current location of the colon is Times Square. For the ones who want to learn more about inner beauties…
Tags: cancer, colon, health, Prevent Cancer Foundation, Sanofi-Aventis, times square
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Happy New Year – Gregroy
December 28th, 2008 by lifeproof
Times Square is a neighborhood that I generally avoid to go to–more than depths of ghettos. Whenever one goes there, it’s full of people, most of them tourists, wandering around aimlessly dazed with huge screens above their heads on the buildings, neon signs, caricaturists and fake brand purse sellers. They are from all around the [...]
Tags: iraq, new year, times square, troops
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