Imagine R is back

This year's visuals are even better than last year's (check them here) for Imagine R. They really try to pull out something edgy with their agencies H and Lézilus.

The feminine visuals are signed by Jeanclode, a very cool collective whose blog can be seen here. I noticed their wonderful "Faisons Connaissance" campaign for France 5.


The masculine visuals are signed Cream and Hello.


Each teenager (let me remind you that Imagine R is aimed at high-school and college students) has their own personality and their own style. Without being too cliché, their universe displays different metro/train station in different fashions. A cute idea.

Tiji, more from the same ad campaign

New billboards in Paris present the 2nd leg of the amazing Tiji (a kid's channel) campaign. I already mentionned this visuals here last year.


This drawings are signed by Richard N'Go under the artistic supervision of Pierrette Diaz for the agency DDB. Kuddoes.


This last one is probably my favorite... I didn't see it in the streets though. A special shout-outs to the parents?

Erwin Olaf - Paradise

Erwin Olaf is a Dutch photographer born in 1959.


Olaf lives in Amsterdam since 1980, his work got praised in 1988 with the "Chessmen" series, showing naked bodies (obese or pregnant women, young and vivid young men) enbodying the different pawns of a dusty chess game.


Through his work, the artist explores different themes like gender, sensuality, humor, despair and grace...


"Paradise", that I chose to represent here, is a series of photographs from 2001 focusing on a dark and baroque world inhabited by obscure clowns that express both happiness and sadness.


Erwin Olaf also got some attention in 1999 with the flamboyant and provocative visuals of a Diesel campaign that won the Lion d'Argent in Cannes. We also remember his beautiful white and red creations for Lavazza.


Olaf twork on video too, he directed some more or less disturbing shorts in the 2000s.


To close the series, the artist presented a series of portraits of the characters of the scenes. Important: click on the images to enlarge them, they're quite big, enabling you to observe the details of those peculiar faces.


Erwin Olaf's website: click here!

True Blood in September on HBO!

A VERY exciting news for "Six Feet Under" fans, like me! Alan Ball, the creator of the most upsetting show on tv ever, is back with "True Blood", the adaptation of Charlaine Harris's novels "Southern Vampires Mysteries" in September on American premium channel HBO.

The marketing campaign for the new show is like SFU's first episode in 2001, with fake ads. Here, it's about a synthetic blood that a Japanese lab developped in order to enable vampires to live among humans (promising, right?). Here's the fake site: trubeverage.com



Another video shows a poor little vampire kicked out of a regular dating website... (here: lovebitten.net). I love the double entendres on how difference is treated, I also love the double (even triple) sense to the word "suck"...



Here's a promo a little more classical that (I admit) reminds me a little of Buffy, but let's trust Mr. Ball and his irresistible cast (lead by Anna Paquin from "The Piano" and "X-Men") on this one. To be continued...

Obamart

The Democrat candidate to the US presidential election of November 2008 started a cultural and historical enthusiasm almost never seen before. Barack Obama revolutionize American politics with the hope he helped to revive and the incredible mobilization of a new generation. The Y generation.

El Mac

Go Tell Mama!

Hyperakt

Vivache

Go Tell Mama!

Eyesuck Ink

Munk One

Sam Flores

Xtrapop

Shepard Fairey

Date Farmers

Ray Noland

Shepard Fairey

Here, you'll find a Flickr page entirely dedicated to Obama street art, not to be missed!

Nova - Le Grand Mix

Young & Rubicam developped a very nice campaign for Radio Nova's "Le Grand Mix". Ten different visuals exist, by ten artists illustrating the music styles of the radio; funk, rap, rock, electronica but also Cuban music or blues...

Enlarge them with a click, you can also watch the 8 mini-clips by clicking here!

Craziest Paris metro maps

2008's RATP's best wishes campaign received interesting feedback. Here it is again (click to enlarge)


Of course, it was parodied...


The anagram version is a very interesting and poetic idea...


Intégrale ordered the following design for an advertising campaign, and I totally dig this flower-like spreading Paris... It was created by Antoine+Manuel who did some wonderful other works.

A rather futuristic (and impressive) forecast of the RER structure in 2025...


Board games fans? I know some who would probably love to try this one based on Paris's metro map. Learn more about the project, and download the printable version here.


At last, here are the 3 posters used for a very nice campaign, using every station's name.