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SnapTax.ca: Gas
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Paper is evil.
Do your taxes online in minutes.

Agency: DDB, Vancouver, Canada
Creative Director: Alan Russell, Bruce Sinclair
Art director: Dan Strasser
Copywriter: Kevin Rathgeber
Photographer: Alastair Bird
Account Guy: Marty Yaskowich

24 Comments

ALAA's picture 445 pencils

I love the camp.... coooool.

CDart's picture 54 pencils

Actualy... I think its a weak idea, but i like the execution... Not Bad.
;)

Lorem Ipsum's picture 49 pencils

no. taxes are evil. paper is ok

back2b's picture 193 pencils

Good point.

I do sympathise with paper as well.
:)

Heads's picture 194 pencils

Lol

cheok's picture 32 pencils

hmm.. nice art direction. But dont you think the idea is a little weak ?

satan's picture 181 pencils

A very good dramatisation,
but weak on theme,
agreed CHEOK

purplesimon's picture 481 pencils

As a freelance copywriter, paper is most definitely not evil, whereas taxes most definitely are.

AdDavid's picture 406 pencils

good execution, but weak idea. wud have worked well for something else, but not this.

amit sonar's picture 12 pencils

i love the campaign
nice art direction

bknowlden's picture 3676 pencils

These are great, when have you seen anything near this for tax preparation?

ivan's picture

Very tough category. Fun campaign for sure.

nemesis's picture 743 pencils

It's funny, but I find the idea kinda dumb and lame.

thecharles's picture 104 pencils

Wrong, taxes are evil. Paper is paper.

Claus Thaler's picture 32 pencils

Hey, wait a second, I don´t get ist: These are print ads, am I right? Printed ads in magazines? Which mean that they´re printed on paper? And these people are trying to tell me that paper is evil?

popdistortion's picture 1612 pencils

You're going way to deep. No need on this ad.

popdistortion's picture 1612 pencils

At first glance I thought that evil paper gnome wanted to light himself on fire. Nice art but the idea isn't that great.

Desi's picture 1052 pencils

The logic is all wrong. It is not the paper, it is process. Obviously the idea came first.

JELLYGOOSE's picture 90 pencils

it is the first time that I see a print campaign with photo shootings/production for taxes. and thats all ok. but why the paper is evil?!?
I mean this is a wierd anaolgy I guess. cuz if the paper is evil than the final exams are good but the paper is evil! WHATTT? :) taxes are evil. dont hate paper. love 'em b'oi!

mariayya's picture 152 pencils

great, excellent for the category, impecable art direction, and yes, for this kind of thing probably paper is evil because it doesn't allow any mistakes when filling out the forms, if you make one you can't correct it and have to start over!
lovely

ripster's picture 152 pencils

great and silly

somehow i want to believe that the line is not close enough to the product, but on the other hand, actually it's a genious line. Can't get it out of my head.

who can say that about their last product?

BMW Z8 is deadly
Drive safer with BMW Z9

woo, see the difference?
"Paper is evil" works, BMW Z8 does not. BMW or any other company would never create a negative story about their own products, even if there is a successor. The Online Tax Product (it's not, i just call it product) is pretty adequate for this idea, so they used it.

One of the freshest campaigns i have seen for some time.

ALAA's picture 445 pencils

Hi ripster.. I don't know if i get you.. they are saying paper its evil which is not there product.. So nothing negative they said abut there product which is the online.

Thanks.

Bianconiglio's picture 354 pencils

is this an insight based ad?

namalsan's picture 2 pencils

great

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