Sunday September 02nd 2007, 11:17 pm by Steve Portigal
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Looks like a placeholder site, but they are actually advertising on TV for this service. Strangely amateurish logo. But mostly, the brand is rather negative. Their names represents your problem that they aim to fix. In other words, do you call your restaurant “Famished” or “Satiated”
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Gagan Diesh shows some great examples of noticing stuff and making sure to tell stories about it. I may try the Paris bicycle thing next weekend.
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They’ll be living in rubbish, building rubbish, even sleeping in rubbish. Contestants don’t know that they’ll be brought to live cooperatively in a giant dump near Croydon, UK. Perhaps in the future all reality show concepts will be derived from disparate plot elements from the Simpsons.
I’ve been thinking about this advertising stance issue every time the Kia commercial with the environmental team “saving the Greenbacks” comes on TV. The ad portrays a team of environmentalists looking goofily earnest as they run around a beach saving dollar bills that have washed up on the beach as a result of the profligate spending of non-Kia owners. Every time I see this ad, I wonder who in the world it is actually supposed to appeal to. It doesn’t seem like the ad presents anything aspirational at all; rather, it shoots its own message in the foot by using a representation of the act of saving money that looks silly. Who signed off on that concept? Or does this type of humor actually sell products?
Some more discussion of these ads can be found at:
Comment by Dan Soltzberg 09.05.07 @ 9:47 amhttp://forums.commercialsihate.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8202
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http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2006/01/environmentally-unconscious-kias-save.html
Hi there:
One note to add to the DesignStamp blog post about those Paris bikes…Parisians have NO information available on alternate methods to pay, if your credit card is not accepted at the bike kiosks.
It was only much later we discovered that our bank has a “standard practice” of putting a hold on credit cards if the card is used in a foreign country. Also nice of them to have a 1-800# that only works in North America. Plus, try using a phone in Paris if your credit card is un-usable, they don’t take change!!
The joys of vacationing…!
(passing time makes everything a great memory, even the stressful moments)
Comment by Gagan Diesh 10.02.07 @ 10:57 pmSince I blogged your post, I was in Paris and saw those bikes all over the place, as well as a lot of people riding them. I took pictures but they aren’t as great as yours.
I also had credit card problems; France doesn’t seem to be set up to accept foreign cards. However, I called my credit card companies before I left so that they knew I was traveling and wouldn’t suspend my card. Because that had happened to me before!
Comment by Steve Portigal 10.03.07 @ 11:38 amMy Velib (Paris bike sharing) pics
Comment by Steve Portigal 10.04.07 @ 3:02 pmhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/steveportigal/1486135770/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/steveportigal/1486138266/