Friday, August 19, 2011

That's vaginal!

Carlton the cat starts the movement to place one incredible word in its rightful place of superiority over all other words.

Hehe, funny!



Sources:

http://thatsvaginal.com/

Major Project: My graphic experimentation so far

First sketches

Logo
Business cards and letterheads

Website layout
Other applications




More sketches

Logo

Trying some stamping

Cut potatos


Guerrilla Marketing

The concept of guerrilla marketing was invented as an unconventional system of promotions that relies on imagination rather than a big marketing budget. Typically, guerrilla marketing campaigns are unexpected and unconventional, potentially interactive, and consumers are targeted in unexpected places.

The objective of guerrilla marketing is to create a unique, engaging and thought-provoking concept to generate buzz, and consequently turn viral. The term was coined and defined by Jay Conrad Levinson in his book Guerrilla Marketing. The term has since entered the popular vocabulary and marketing textbooks.

The term Guerrilla Marketing term is now often used more loosely to describe non-traditional media.


Guerrilla marketing was initially used by small and medium size businesses, but it is now increasingly adopted by large businesses.


Rock Radio

Spoofed Benetton ad


Colgate

Folgers coffee taking advantage of a street feature

Fitness Company

Virgin Atlantic

Mini Cooper

Mr Clean

Shell logo
Spoofed Shell logo
Absolute vodka ad

and its spoofed version
Together for London campaign

Together for London spoofed version
Fake sticker in the tube
Response to Special K cereals ad


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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

A good strategy to get financial support: the (RED) idea


This is an American Express brand that has been created to help eradicate AIDS in Africa. (RED) is a very simple idea that has become very popular. It basically works with famous brands to create (RED) products. Up to 50% profit of each product goes to The Global Fund which uses 100% of that money to finance HIV health and community support programs in Africa.


American Express card

Beats headphones

Converse Chuck Taylor All Star For Africa high

Nike dunks

Nike jacket

Starbucsk tumbler

Sources:

http://www.joinred.com/red/#home

More mapping: how to communicate with young people


Monday, August 15, 2011

The chosen organization

I am basing my work for my major project on an existing organization called OBJECT. Here is a brief summary of what they do.

OBJECT-Women Not Sex Objects


OBJECT is a human rights organisation specifically set up to challenge the sexual objectification of women. They were set up in 2003 because they believe that the pornification of society is happening, an ever-accelerating culture of objectification, a culture saturated by sexualised and one dimensional representation of women and girls, in a way which has little or no parallel for men or boys: Lads' mags becoming increasingly popular, internet porn and lap dancing clubs more and more mainstreamed... They felt that despite the social effects of this culture, there was little or no public debate on these issues.

They challenge ‘sex object culture’ because of the role it plays in reinforcing sexism and the attitudes it promotes, which underpin inequality and violence against women.

They produce information, including the information on their website, a regular newsletter and political briefings; campaign with regular London meetings, regional OBJECT groups, a yahoo and facebook group and twitter and lobby decision makers - from MPs, peers and councillors to media regulators.





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