I’ve finished reading Michael Cunningham’s “Specimen Days” for some time now, but I haven’t had time to write about it. I don’t have too much time now, so you’ll excuse me for being very brief on it. I’ll just start with my conclusion: it’s a great book. So if you want to read it in Romanian (excellent translation by Rares Moldovan, go Rares!), go to the right linked picture. If you want it in English, Amazon is the way to go. Either way, you’ll have a winner. I read it both in English and Romanian, and it kept its greatness either way. So, without further ado, on with the little line thingies: Read the rest of this entry »
I stumbled upon Red Interactive Agency’s website via a link from adsoftheworld.com and I must say I was utterly impressed. I thought to myself: this is the future of the Internet. But what was it that impressed me so much? Read the rest of this entry »
This is a part of an article that was published by a Romanian cultural magazine called “The culture” (yea, I know, generic brand name - won’t work in the long term). It was a series of questions that I was supposed to answer. I only answered those that I wanted.
As I remember from my childhood (early 90’s), the cheapest possible food was potatoes, and some of the hardest to get (if not that expensive) were olives. Read the rest of this entry »
Agency: Ogilvy Frankfurt, Germany
Creative Directors: Helmut Himmler, Lars Huvart
Art Director: Helmut Himmler
Copywriter: Lars Huvart
Graphic Design: Simon Huke
Thursday, the 15th of march, at 12 o’clock sharp, at the Faculty of Literature, University of Bucharest, Aris Fioretos will participate in a conference with a pretty lame theme: “Identity without frontiers”. Read the rest of this entry »
This TVC is beautiful on so many levels it should be considered the best in the world. Despite its age, THIS is how advertising should be done. Can anyone tell me if this one ever entered any focus groups prior to production? If not, I can imagine some reactions:
First of all, the 2 social platforms (I’m gonna call them social platforms, because that’s what they are) definitely resemble one another, but with a few key differences, differences that will allow them to live on without being concerned about one killing the other. I’ll just go trough some of the most important ones and give my arguments. Read the rest of this entry »
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