The battle of brands have generated some really innovative campaigns over the years, like these.. :) Enjoy the creativity.
Coca Cola vs Pepsi
Respectively introduced in 1886 and 1903, both Coca-Cola and Pepsi were rivals each other trying to dominate the carbonated soft drink market.
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The straw doesn’t want to be put into “Coca Cola”.
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Coca Cola takes the 2nd floor of this building for their sales marketing office and puts up a boarding. A couple days later Pepsi puts up the other board just for fun.
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Pepsi’s love for Coke on April fool’s day.
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Even the snow storm can’t stop people go and buy Pepsi.
DHL vs Fedex
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Fedex truck always quicker than DHL
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The delivery good inside of FedEx box is another delivery company “DHL” box. It implies the image that FedEx has better perfomance becasue DHL still takes their services.
Fedex vs UPS
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In Germany, this semi truck advertising wrap showing a FedEx truck carrying a couple of UPS trucks says it all for FedEx.
BMW vs Audi vs Subaru
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BMW started it
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Then Audi fought back with this amusing advert
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But then Subaru decide to join the advert war..
BMW vs Audi
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Audi vs Mercedes
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The Mercedes-Benz GLK billboard in the background states, “Attention, Attention Seekers,” while the Audi advertisement in the foreground suggests that perhaps an Audi Q5 would be a better ride if the admiring gaze of onlookers is what you’re after.
Lexus vs BMW, Audi, Mercedes
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BMW has been placing their bets on the “Joy” marketing slogan, Audi has been tooting their own horn with “Progress is beautiful”, and Mercedes claims its superior elegance, but Lexus comes to dis all of these statements with their own:” The Lexus Range. Where optional is standard”, a conclusion to the full message: “There’s NO JOY, NO PROGRESS, NO ELEGANCE, in paying extra for what should come standard”.
Buick vs Lexus
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Interesting Ads War
Miniature Bonsai Tree Wire Sculptures by Ken To
His works are quite similar with Kevin Iris's wire bonsai tree sculpture (we have covered in the previous post here).
Each tree takes an average of three hours, with even the smallest trees using up about six yards of wire (5.48 meters).
Check his website: ken-to.com and http://kentoart.deviantart.com/?rnrd=56304
All images are © Copyright of Ken To
Source: twistedsifter.com
Bullet Portraits by David Palmer
California-based artist David Palmer uses empty bullet casings to create portraits of famous people killed by bullets.
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After collecting enough bullet casings, Palmer puts them together to form one big metal canvas. He then wields a small blowtorch to burn and darkens the ends of the bullet casings, making lines and shades.
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“Around the world they (bullets) are still used to either help build dreams or destroy the dreamers. My hope is that you will feel the agony and then see the miracles that can arise from choosing to create rather than destroy.”
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Coffee Residue Art by Alexander Wald
He drinks 2-3 cups of coffee a day, and instead of throwing away the coffee grounds on the bottom of his cup, he dries them and uses them as an art medium.
His colleagues pitch in as well, otherwise Alexander would actually have to buy fresh ground coffee.
The artist says any sort of coffee will do, aside from instant coffee, which doesn’t produce any extra grounds.
"The simple picture is half a cup of coffee grounds, a handful of sand and half a day of work. Portraits can do for a long time – a month or more. Easier to do a portrait, when I saw the man at least once live. Memorize his features look. More often made to order with a photo . biggest my work – meter seventy – hangs in the office of the circus. Most are small – the size of a picture, where I usually work with a needle and glasses."
Alexander starts the artistic process by drawing an outline of his artwork on the canvas. For darker tones he uses thick ground organic coffee of different varieties, and for lighter ones he uses a conventional sand – quartz, pebbles - sifts through the strainer. It took several weeks to finish a single piece.
He uses a jeweler’s monocle to get the placement of the materials just right, because most of his creations are just a few centimeters big.
He covers the canvas in paint glue, stick the coffee and sand grains, and adds a layer of varnish spray.
Images taken from here
Source: odditycentral
Patriotic Photographs by Arthur S. Mole & John D. Thomas
At the beginning of the 20th century, English photographer Arthur S. Mole and his American colleague John D. Thomas, created these living photographs formed by thousands of US soldiers.
The Living Uncle Sam: 19,000 officers and men at Camp Lee, Virginia, January 13, 1919. They took the photographs in camps across the US using soldiers returning to America after World War I
Mole & Thomas were using 11 x 14 inch view camera, which was positioned on a 24-meters-high tower (80 feet). Firstly, the put the outlay (wireframe) of a desired image on a glass plate in Mr. Mole's camera. Then, with help of assistants, the image trace that was seen from the camera, was "transferred" to the ground beneath the tower.
Armed with a megaphone and a long stick with a white flag on it (so it is seen from the distance), Mole was able to show the assistants how and where plot the curves of the desired image. The preparations for the shoot took several weeks and the actual positioning of people—several hours.
The Human Liberty Bell: 25,000 officers and men at Camp Dix, New Jersey, 1918
The Human American Eagle: 12,500 officers, nurses and men at Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Georgia, 1918
The living emblem of the United States Marines: 100 officers and 9,000 enlisted men at the Marine Barracks, Paris Island, South Carolina
Machine Gun Insignia: 22,500 officers and men, 600 machine guns at Machine Gun Training Center, Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga.
Living insignia of the 27th Division, New York’s Own, breakers of the Hindenberg Line. Formed of 10,000 officers and enlisted men, March 18, 1919
A portrait of President Woodrow Wilson: 21,000 officers and men at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1918
The Human US Shield: 30,000 officers and men at Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Michigan, 1918
All photographs taken from here :)
Martyres by Andrea Mastrovito
Check his website: www.andreamastrovito.com/
Badge Mosaics by Joe Black
Joe Black piece together thousands of handmade badges depicting various images.
Nearly every one of the badges used is made by Joe Black himself. He also makes use of oil paints, acrylics and other mediums to complete his masterpieces.
Animal Farm
… consists of 1,389 badges of Western cultural imagery interspersed with corporate logos, fast food and obesity.
The piece focuses on the supersized culture of modern society and our relentless greed for wanting bigger and better.
Superman embodies notions of goodness, physical beauty and power. The defacing of the image of superman questions the desires and aspirations that drive us all to believe that mass consumption will make us better human beings, leading fulfilled lives. Does ‘super’ necessarily mean good?
Carry Your Own Sins Missy
1478 handmade badges of collected imagery, from Elvis and Disney cartoons to the Vietnam War.
The iconic image of Captain America encapsulates the idea of America as the hero nation. However, within the image we glimpse the conflicts and contradictions of the all American dream.
Eat My Lies - Size 100 cm x 140cm
1,316 handmade badges depicting Western glamour imagery and iconic Playboy covers.
Oil and acrylic paint with aerosol finishing.
Wonder Woman stems from classical philosophy; beauty = truth. The piece focuses on the sexual mass consumption that has manipulated the female form to an extent that the beauty we see is distorted. The defacing of the ‘Glamour’ imagery used within this piece questions where the power of sexual attraction sits – in the real or the fake?
Sexual Verkäufe - Size 95 cm x 130 cm
1208 handmade badges depicting erotic images, Nazi Germany and iconic Britain. Oil and acrylic paint with aerosol finishing.
Featuring Kate Moss donning a hybrid of German & British war symbolism. “Verkäufe” is German for ‘sales’ and the work hints at an ever growing trend towards outlandish shock tactics in order to sell a product. In essence the work hints at the increasing relationship between war and profit.
Devil’s in the Detail
2,435 handmade badges depicting modern day culture imagery.
Check his website: http://www.mrjoeblack.com/
Images and artworks info taken from the website
