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FedEx: Statue of Sugarloaf

FedEx: Statue of Sugarloaf
Your rating: None Average: 8.2 (135 votes)

Advertising Agency: BBDO, New York, USA
Chief Creative Officers: David Lubars, Bill Bruce
Executive Creative Directors: Greg Hahn, Mike Smith
Copywriter: Matthew Brink
Art Director: Adam Livesey
Illustrator: Kathleen Hanna

69 Comments

jergold's picture 83 pencils

great!

Guest's picture

superb

Guest's picture

Damn!!!
I have the same thing in my portfolio - but for an airline compamy...

AssassinX's picture 1347 pencils

Would like to see that...

Just don't understand why this idea was for an airliner. We know the speed of planes are all about 760km/h ...

Jaap Grolleman's picture 6401 pencils

great great, that's all I can say =)

munirgee's picture 456 pencils

Man ! this is awesome.

They merged the Liberty Statue and Christ the Redeemer.

Jet Propulsion Lab's picture 10715 pencils

Thank you SO MUCH for your detailed explanation of this ad. Because you know what? I didn't know what the FUCK I was looking at before you told us!!

What is "Liberty Statue" by the way???

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sirvan's picture 30000 pencils

He means "The Statue Of Liberty", which is in New York. A very iconic "American" statue.

But for the record, what you're looking at is a simple melding of 2 country's iconic statues (US/Brazil). Because FedEx, in case you didn't know, travels between those two places. And only FedEx can combine those two things. Which is why this ad is so BRILLIANT!
It tells us things we didn't know!
OMFG!
Teh CREATIVITIEZ! !!!

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Jet Propulsion Lab's picture 10715 pencils

Hahahaha!!! You're too much! ; )

I know exactly what he meant. And I damn well knew what I was looking at. I was being facetious, sarcastic and pain-in-the-ass all at once! I just thought it was hilarious he was explaining the obvious as if nobody could tell what the visual represented.

And for the record, The Statue Of Liberty is NOT in New York.
It's in New Jersey!! LOL

mcfly's picture 54 pencils

So are you saying DHL or UPS don't deliver from NY to Rio?

What makes FedEx better than their competition?

That's what the ad should be about.

Andrea Afeltra's picture 96 pencils
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Simple and great message

tirthomitro's picture 2186 pencils

AWE -fucking-SOME!

they showed me a picture & i laughed
dignity has never been photographed

ruSh.Me's picture 109 pencils

Oinks.... Liking it!!

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great, simple, very nice

alexander_bickov's picture 3323 pencils

Very nice idea

sush's picture 437 pencils
8

nice way to put it.kool

sue

dlue's picture 342 pencils
10

yeah. nothing more to say

cheers,
dlue

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10

really nice idea!!

ilovegreatads's picture 300 pencils

fedexcellent

chemunoz's picture 88 pencils

done, with jeep

chemunoz

chemunoz's picture 88 pencils

done, with jeep

chemunoz

spy's picture 8 pencils

ndio!! yiko mzuri

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7

good but not great.

royschellekens's picture 396 pencils

Great!

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Can't quite put my finger on where I've seen this before. Wait, yes I can.

http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/jeep_husky_camel

AmOgodzzz's picture 834 pencils

Makes sense, since both campaigns were done by BBDO.
I don't think recycling your own ideas is so bad. Unless you make a habit of it.

joelapompe's picture 2480 pencils

yeah but done (in photography) in 2007 for Telefonica "long distance calls" (corcovado mixed with Liberty statue)

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Yeah but can you campaign that out?

Snap.

Donald Draper's picture 141 pencils

Love this... congrats...

busyb's picture 114 pencils

it is nice. the only thing I don't like is that it reminds me JEEP.

firebug's picture 1125 pencils
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nice work

Guest's picture

It´s nice, but we all know BBDO and Fedex are capable of doing better.

Guest's picture

Well done! Really love this. Very simple. Clean. Direct. Not easy to do cool stuff on this brand, but you have.

Wolfgang's picture 129 pencils

WOW. So simple. So easy. So strong. Like it a lot.

silvi's picture 4174 pencils

Beautiful. I want see more versions.

frcxshw's picture 87 pencils

Love it.

dreamer_'s picture 161 pencils

great!!!
muy claro y simple.

dreamer_'s picture 161 pencils

congrats!!

ace85le's picture 3901 pencils
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Idea is not new, but it's the simplicity that wins.

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hagemony's picture 347 pencils
5

like it. 5 4 U

rolling.stone's picture 2750 pencils

this is the power of simplicity

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skinny's picture 165 pencils
8

Awesome!

sgre2504's picture 137 pencils

this is really good work: simple, clever. bravo!

mpared's picture 570 pencils
8

amazing work well done

Bob08's picture 695 pencils
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FedEx is just between USA and Brazil?
Copy lost, please return.

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oh my god. what a ridiculous comment!

myrmadon's picture 14 pencils

i really like how the new shape mimics an airport lineman performing ground signals to an aircraft = FedEx Express.

sirvan's picture 30000 pencils
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All this ad "says" is that FedEx goes between New York and Rio.

The fact that it says that simply, and visually is GOOD. But it's not awesome. This "melding" of the icons from different cities/cultures/products technique has been done a zillion times over the years.

Man, you guys are an easy bunch.

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"I love some things, and don't love some other things."

bluejay's picture 44 pencils

Agree sirvan.

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Alright.... "Statue of Sugarloaf".... no no.
Christ the Redeemer is NOT on the Sugarloaf.

Ergo, this is wrong.

F.Abboud's picture 218 pencils

Creative is clean and art direction is good as well; you can clearly know from the colors that it's a FedEx Ad, and lots of people are aware that Status of Liberty is in USA and the Redeemer is in Brazil; but what does the Ad announce here, from communication perspective; is this a new route from FedEx? Are they reinforcing their position for this service/route? Are they the only courier service between NY & Rio? I didn't get the communication message here;

sirvan's picture 30000 pencils

Exactly. And that's the problem.

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"I love some things, and don't love some other things."

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8

simply............ owsome

PogoLogo's picture 10 pencils

Have to admit I didn't instantly see Christ the Redeemer... Just me?!

Although not exactly original it's nicely executed and does communicate the idea of crossing distances/borders - which is what FedEx do...
Communication message isn't explicit but if nothing else that makes you think, which isn't such a bad thing, is it?!

Would definitely be better as part of a series.

annavel's picture 107 pencils
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I love the simplicity of the concept but it is visually attractive.

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All your comments are based on the agency who made it. This is student work, and by student I mean a "one off". I would love to see more executions of it.

theanc's picture 2697 pencils

Great execution. Simplicity rules.

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Simply.Great!

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Brilliant because:

- it's simple, direct

- it makes the company's product seem simple, direct

- no other delivery company could do this. It's attached to the brand. Just perfect because it's authentic.

Guest's picture

wow, beautiful ad...

AssassinX's picture 1347 pencils
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Fantastic!

Sooooooooooooooooooo clever!

whengee's picture 39 pencils

goood

whengee's picture 39 pencils

goood

willy wonka's picture 137 pencils

Very Nice, good idea and execution

rohit_bharati's picture 75 pencils
8

simple and effective

mayankbarolia's picture 135 pencils
8

simple and impressive

danbenreiter's picture 4 pencils

someone should have told them the name makes no sense, Christ doesn't sit atop the sugar loaf

danbenreiter's picture 4 pencils

someone should have told them the name makes no sense, Christ doesn't sit atop the sugar loaf

manumartin5's picture 1156 pencils
10

this is a class ad in the "minimalist" category. I liked it.

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