Archive for the ‘advertising’ Category

Otra Campaña/EZLN Contest Open

23, Jan 2010

La Otra Campaña and the EZLN is launching a graphic campaign under the motto “Primero Nuestra/os Presa/os” (Our Prisoners First). Judges are inviting everyone to participate in this campaign. The designs will be used for stickers, posters, and stencils.
Stickers: 10 x 14 cm or 20 x 28 cm, full color, minimum resolution 300 px, formats [...]

Racial Justice Poster Contest Opens

16, Jan 2010

The Racial Justice Poster Contest is a new effort by the Akonadi Foundation to honor racial justice movement building in Oakland and inspire racial justice movement building in communities around the world. The Racial Justice Poster Contest builds on the legacy that the creation of political posters has sparked and nurtured as a part of [...]

Old Mexico Map Stirs Controversy

26, Dec 2009

A discussion of old Mexico’s map, originally posted at my KPFT blog, but I’ll add comments.
This Absolut ad has stirred much controversy in 2008, to the point where the company, which ran the ad only in Mexico, said it was pulling it from circulation.
As you may notice, the old-school map represents Mexican territories prior to [...]

Ad Embraces Racism to Fight Reform

7, Dec 2009

Andrew Sullivan points out an anti-health care reform television advertisement that uses a statistic regarding the health care debate as a way of deflecting concerns about racism and the need for broader health care changes. Not that opponents of health care reform are racists, of course, but this ad obfuscates on both issues.
Facing South, by [...]

Verizon’s “Pretty” a Gender Bias Salvo

4, Dec 2009

It looks like Verizon has decided throw gender into the iPhone/Droid fight.

For corporate America, the imagery is unambiguous as it is striking. Catch the presentation: the competitor is a pretty beauty queen, worried about fashion and hairstyles, but our product is the tough, smart buzzsaw, hacking through fruit, happy to trash the plastic fashion mannequins. [...]

Minorities as Animals: Birther Edition

3, Dec 2009

Racism in the form of the birthers neared its head with a new anti-Obama advertising campaign featuring primates.
Think Progress points out the print birther ad features chimps representing Congress, courts and the media. While those claiming Barack Obama cannot be president because he isn’t a citizen and can’t produce a birth certificate have never been [...]


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