Saturday, November 2, 2013

Marketers who’ll do anything to get your attention!

  Good Day World!

 It isn’t easy getting our attention these days.

 There’s so much stimulus around that advertisers have to go to great lengths to sell a product, or an idea.

You never know when some viral urban campaign will come around the corner and whack you with some bizarre message.

More interesting ones may even capture your thoughts long after the first visual shock subsides. More often than not, it's just a smart product placement / promotion, but in some cases - truly subversive and genuine urban art.

Streets in Portugal seem to be the most often visited by creative mayhem:
(once you approach these stabbed victims, they will hand you a promo flyer.)

                                              In The Bathroom

                                              At The Bus Stop

In your local park protesting hippies stuck forever, due to a certain look

Well, you get the point. Nothing is sacred when it comes to advertising and getting a point across!

Time for me to walk on down the road…

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