Brand New [1] points to an obvious and silly two part article at Ad Age titled "Keep 'Attention Vampires' Out of Your Ads". Part One: How to Make Print and Online Ads That Engage [2]. Part Two: How to Make TV Ads That Engage Viewers [3].
The NY Times reports on The High Price of Creating Free Ads [4].
BrandFlakesForBreakfast [5] points out the sodding of Trafalgar Square to promote London's open green spaces in a campaign for Visit London by Cake.
Check out the D&AD 2007 winners [6]. Two coveted black pencils were awarded to the website for Nike+ [7] by R/GA in New Uses of Websites and "War Orphans" in Illustration: Press Advertising by Kolle Rebbe Werbeagentur GmbH.
The moon is made of cheese [8], says google.
Nightmare Web Design Clients [9]
How to Think Like a Client [10]
Links:
[1] http://garethkay.typepad.com/brand_new/2007/05/obvious_then_si.html
[2] http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=116887
[3] http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=116916
[4] http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/26/business/26content.ready.html?ex=1337832000&en=a8f6300e54b452d6&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
[5] http://www.brandflakesforbreakfast.com/2007/05/london-gets-yard-installed.html
[6] http://www.dandad.org/awards2007
[7] http://www.nikeplus.com
[8] http://moon.google.com
[9] http://www.mbwebdesign.co.uk/blog/nightmare-web-design-clients/
[10] http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/how-to-think-like-a-client
[11] http://technorati.com/tag/advertising news