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Scotch Brite: Super absorbent

Scotch Brite: Super absorbent
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Advertising Agency: Y&R Bangkok, Thailand
Creative Director: Trong Tantivejakul
Art Director: Nares Limapornvanich
Copywriter: Jittra Thiutipsakul
Photographer: Pornchai Wongki-La
Released: January 2009

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Kris's picture 1486 pencils

What's more effective than a product demonstration, well done.

Anne's picture 289 pencils

Great guerilla.

missed my turn's picture 426 pencils
ORISHAS76's picture 339 pencils
Ad_Man's picture 816 pencils

simply great!!!

Think it for a while.
Then, in anytime, it will come to your mind as an idea.

Guest's picture

its TOTALLY different...

Guest's picture

Are you kidding me? Both ads use a water-absorbing sponge as a replacement for a basin. Same idea, different product.

FAIL.

Guest's picture

One is actually a useful demonstration. The other makes no sense what so ever. Why would one want to cover up their sink? Makes no sense!

The drinking fountain one makes more sense as it allows people to see the product work, whilst still allowing one to use the drinking fountain. Kudos to the ambient one.

dshott's picture 477 pencils

Different and both good,
I can see the ambient one getting full of water and starting to drip like crazy after not too long though. Good stunt.

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not different, both good.

shoud have been from the same campaign though. Spunge is a good ambient on the sinck idea.

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Actually your wrong. The water will go through the sponge and into the drinking fountain drain hole. Thus giving the illusion that it is absorbing the water.

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One is a towel nip tuck, the other is a sponge, different ideas you fri*cken dump truck.

Sazarret's picture 130 pencils

Awesome!

vtangads's picture 3 pencils
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pretty nifty idea

peter_alistair's picture 16 pencils

its amazing how good ideas, once executed well, seem very effortless. good job!

bknowlden's picture 3435 pencils

Wow, very impressive.

Guest's picture

Superb, love it

Blair Semenoff's picture 661 pencils

Now that's a big fat guerilla ad!!! AWESOME!

The Fair Play's picture 10 pencils

great guerilla guys! one of the best product demonstrations i've come across lately!

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done in a press ad already

gbl's picture 210 pencils

Yeah!!!

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What a drink fountain was done in a print ad? Or do you mean a sponge was used in a print ad?

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the people drinking water are actually the agency's employees. this must have lasted for all of 10 mins.

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Yes we can't get one past you can we! Yes we hired a policeman outfit and motorcycle taxi service outfit and a school girl outfit and got our staff to dress
up in these costumes. Wow your so clever to have picked up on this.

cochegrande's picture 4 pencils

hey, i know that policeman and motorcycle taxi guy. It's the same person we used in our yellow pages outdoor ad. just 300baht per hour for them to stand around. cheap!

Guest's picture

very cool idea. but the sad thing is it is not real. it is so badly photoshopped! look at the logo on the sponge!

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Please send your email address to Ivan and i be happy to take a photo and send you close up photos of the sponges we used and prove that it was printed on, obviously everyone thinks they experts in knowing if something ran or is photoshopped. Why don't you come to our country and see for yourself
before you make comments.

ivan's picture

Looks real to me.

rebelscum's picture 1867 pencils

Agree that this is a fucking rad idea.

but think of all the saliva and snot and gak that got absorbed into those sponges...I think I'm getting a disease just thinking about it :)

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Guest's picture

giggle giggle giggle

Duncan
www.dshott.co.uk

Guest's picture

I love this but... erm... wouldn't it grow mouldy and what not after a few days?

Guest's picture

Thanks for your cool feedback. No it didn't go mouldy because the water went through the sponge and into the drinking fountain drain hole. So this way the water didn't sit in a puddle to form mould.

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isnt the water went down people's throat instead of the sponge?

brittocj's picture 16 pencils

Good work... for the client too!!!

simply Smile

Maliheh's picture 49 pencils

Excellent superb .what do you want more?!

wt da?

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