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DDB: Igniting creativity

DDB: Igniting creativity
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Advertising Agency: DDB, Cairo, Egypt
Creative and Art Direction: Malek Sharif

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Selim's picture

LOVE IT,
GREAT JOB MALEK!

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Cannes Grand Prix!!!!!!!!

Toro's picture 1021 pencils

Well, no.

picopalqlea's picture 577 pencils

sorry. It's not that good guys... Not for DDB anyways.

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It seems that you did not understand the idea or ebven what we meant to say, but anyway your comment gives us more power please keep on

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go for ibdaa awards 2007 website it says igniting ideas which is better $ original

fersvax's picture 1210 pencils

It's not even worth a Pinnacle.

FER.

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Very good!!!

SeanMartin's picture

:: looking at other comments and wondering WTF? ::

Guys, it's nice, but the layout isnt anything special, and the visual is, well, kinda ordinary. Well presented, but not ground-shaking.

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Here, let me save everyone the trouble of asking. "Do you even work in advertising?"

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Old.

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too old

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old

eugenius's picture 363 pencils

WTF.... pencil again...

brain123's picture 840 pencils

REALLY BORING...

dshott's picture 477 pencils

Simple, full of brand and effective

devon_dan 's picture

My old University did an ad like this, too.

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Excellent !

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yawn, and then yawn some more.

corre's picture 196 pencils

well, it does go with all the other simple yello-black DDB ads. But I wouldn't say this one's a star... I think I even prefer the dart and bullseye one.

javo's picture 1080 pencils
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Mi little bro` is 5 years old, he loves the pencils and i know that hes better in photoshop. The art direction isnt so good

elmatacho's picture 205 pencils

NEXT

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muy buen diseño, una gran idea

www.cre-t.net

Renato farfan Basauri's picture 8 pencils

cannes????? zzzz

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Cannes Grand Prix?????????? ZZZZZZZZZZ

artdirectoredwardbutstudiovisualizer's picture 138 pencils

Cannes Grand Prick.

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Tired of metaphoric ads. Replacing matches by pencils !!!!
Creatives should find an new way to make ads. Please its time to refresh the way of publicity industry find ideas. Its time to find it before consumer get bored of our stuff

ziad hamdan's picture 45 pencils

brilliant concept, but, bad art direction :(

Marcel B's picture

very nice work... love it

matks's picture 348 pencils

It's far from Cannes as a print ad. It would make a nice gadget though. Such a box of pencils in a conference room could impress the agency's clients. Do it in a real life, using the print above as a sketch.

malekw's picture 7 pencils

We 've aready done a mock up for the creativity box to produce it soon, thank you for your participation though, but I'm wondering if you 're in the field of advertising, what have you done that is not too far from Cannes lately?! "that is also pointed for all Cannes comments here." Thank you.

bompa's picture 304 pencils

Nothing new.

Roger Daly's picture 361 pencils

Overdone. Why the headlne?
Overated. Cannes??? :D
Over.

Lucas Zaiden's picture

Who the FUCK did the shadow thing?

Enas's picture 735 pencils

same who who did the flying pencil by forgetting make it's layer backward

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Pablo Picasso

Ace Le's picture 354 pencils

Interesting but that's about it.

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nand kishore's picture 82 pencils

bad photoshop work.

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love it nice work

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Been done

path's picture

I salute the one that reads this down the comments! You deserve a Grand Prix!!!

mridul ahmed's picture 33 pencils

no word. just salute. this is really a tremendous job!

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It would be a grand prix if it was some kind of direct mailer...
as an ad, it is nothing...
nice idea badly executed.

mridul ahmed's picture 33 pencils

may I know, what kind of execution did u deserve?

AXAY555's picture 347 pencils

DDB one is not the first one to do this...DDB might have seen this www.ibdaa-awards.ae/2007/ ...ibdaa is far better than this one & original.

Toro's picture 1021 pencils

Not really.

AXAY555's picture 347 pencils
Senhora Kolossa's picture 491 pencils

guys, build another one of these great pyramides.
but stop making advertising.

msalah's picture 28 pencils

KOS OMEK

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m o h a m m a d
_______ S A L A H ________

Senhora Kolossa's picture 491 pencils

wtf? seems to be an egiptian's insult!

vvhisky's picture 118 pencils

come on..too literal, it sucks

for a "no copy/paste" world day.

Joselin John's picture

DDB shouldn't have released this ad.

hedúnadan's picture 8 pencils

two overused agency self-promo insigths combined...

necromancor's picture 9 pencils

msalah looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
forced words
i like it malek

gamal
i will..

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I think it's pretty good. It's simple, but it works. Sometimes elaborate ads just end up confusing and don't sell. Those who are commenting on all the ads saying they are "bullshit" or crap just need to keep the negativity to themselves. if you don't like an ad, say why and give constructive criticism. Because otherwise, it's pretty clear you are only saying this because you are bitter that you don't have a job in an agency, and feel the need to bring people who are clearly better than you down.

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your comments sucks as the ad!

momenkhalifa's picture 7 pencils

good work

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a77a eh el khara dah?!?

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i was liked of image DDB Is a good scene

Blashyrkh's picture 1181 pencils

Malek needs to improve in Photoshop.

The client is not always right - Enzo Ferrari

Sherif Hany's picture 90 pencils
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Weel done ya wad ya malek...
ana oltelak on phone my opinion...keep it up ;)

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