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Scrabble: Dog-god

Scrabble: Dog-god
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Every word counts

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy, Hungary
Creative Directors: Gábor Spielmann
Art Director: Bruno Almeida
Copywriter: Gábor Spielmann
Photographers: Pal Nanasi, Artluzstudio
Published: December 2007

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AnubisibunA's picture 36 pencils

but do all dogs go to heaven ?

Banner2k5's picture 578 pencils

i think these are mildly amusing but not that strong and shouldnt it be every letter counts?

Jet Propulsion Lab's picture 10727 pencils

Exactly.
Every "letter" counts. (If you've ever played the game.)

These ads do absolutely NOTHING for me. I guess that's because I'm subconsciously comparing these ads to those awesome Scrabble campaigns out of O&M/Singapore done years ago. Still fresh in my memory.

Y&R in Los Angeles has also done a pretty good Scrabble print campaign ("It's your word against theirs.") more recently, too.

But more importantly, the average Scrabble players usually DO have a large vocabulary. So, using words like "dog" and "rat" (I'm laughing as I type this sentence) is a pretty sizeable I.N.S.U.L.T. to them. Don't you think?

spacecadetglow's picture 249 pencils

i disagree. maybe for this ad it could be every letter counts, but for the gum-mug ad, it really is the word. the 'm' is worth the most points, and you could earn more points using mug or gum, depending on board position.

andre_j's picture 88 pencils

the dog in that pose is really nice.

seiyapunk's picture 59 pencils

i like this one, it´s easy for the customers to understand it. not like the rat ad, i connect the vitruvian man with geometry and science not with art.

Byte's picture 275 pencils

Like it. You can use Dog or God fot the game. Nice.

Byte!

EGGO's picture 315 pencils

Oh NOW I get it. So the mug can also be gum. Gotcha.

You have to hate advertising in order to truly love it.

FlyingDogs's picture 972 pencils

Hahahahahah!! Great campaign!

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adamrich's picture 48 pencils

i like it, better than the rat, just a pity there isnt some with words longer than 3 letters.

everartz's picture 6042 pencils

i do like this campaign... funny!!
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alvinpck's picture 1302 pencils

I have the same idea of dog/god line some time back, but don't know what product or services to use it.
This is quite nice, but I'm not sure about the inconsistency of this series.

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lucciano marisio's picture 163 pencils

jaja excelente!

Lu*

alygreat's picture 4 pencils

shit

aadi's picture 230 pencils

i like it

iRitz's picture 45 pencils

brilliant!
never underestimate words.

haha_p's picture 29 pencils

very old idea cute

Guest commenter's picture

The tagline doesn't appropriately pay off the concept. It should be something like, 'letter position is everything,' or something (more eloquent) with that gist.