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South African National Parks: Ashtray

South African National Parks: Ashtray
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It's a mountain. Not an ashtray. Report fires. Call 107.

Advertising Agency: BBDO Cape Town, South Africa
Creative Director: Ivan Johnson
Art Director: Eloise Coetzee
Copywriter: Kyle Cockeran
Photographer: Barry White
Deputy Creative Directors: Alexis Beckett, Kyle Cockeran
Published: January 2008

Comments

Tincho's picture 1105 pencils

"It's a mountain. Not an ashtray." ----> You are explaining the visual!
If it would be a good picture or idea, you shouldnt need to explain it.

washiam's picture 433 pencils

ABSOLUTLY

TSW's picture 525 pencils

Does the logo look like a bra to anyone else or is it just me

-SCRATCH 'N' SNIFF

Hiten86's picture 72 pencils

Agreed,
a good visual would speak for itself

Devil is in the details,
Lets keep it simple!

http://www.simplycircular.wordpress.com

pankajadsoftheworld's picture 403 pencils

nice idea, However this would be a very good for "Preserve Historical places" fort etc.

troika02's picture 212 pencils

darn it, i thought the logo was a bra

alec eiffel's picture 18 pencils

its an ashtray man. change your medication.

iT-iS-i's picture 1614 pencils

Heh-heh, they definitely need to change their medication...

Add insult to injury then burn the candle at both ends.

:: Put your ears against the ground so i can walk over what you heard::

copywriter_n's picture 52 pencils

where's the mountain???

jochen's picture 380 pencils

srsly... where is it? don't see it either.

Wordnerd's picture 4753 pencils

there is no montain. it's just like your mother saying "the floor is no garbage can". yes, the ad is that dumb

everartz's picture 3627 pencils

whats this all about??
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Everartz

j4son's picture 255 pencils

Table Mountain,Cape Town

simon.gross's picture 482 pencils

What mountain a what a? Thanks for playing. You'll go home with some great prizes.

j4son's picture 255 pencils

The thing is every year, people throw cigarette butts on the mountains hiking trails, which causes fires, I think that's the proposition. Also that's the shape of the mountain..one of the 7 wonders mate.wake up.

All ears's picture 231 pencils

The mountain is Cape town's Table mountain which caught a light when a British tourist tossed his but into the veld and started a fire. Very nice.

the pitts's picture 54 pencils

I'm British and it looks like an ash tray to me. Maybe that's the problem - Change the shape of the mountain and stop confusing us tourists.

StPepper23's picture 186 pencils

It's an ashtray. Not a mountain. Do better artwork and ideas.

Ad_boy's picture 34 pencils

Is it undignified to comment on one's own agency's work? Well, here goes. I think the copyline is just right, tonally - as it was meant to be admonishing people who throw cigarette butts from their car windows as they speed along the mountain highway. I am also against "show and tell", but I don't think it is a problem in this case.

Guest's picture

No. It's an ashtray.

Guest's picture

hahaah yeah I first saw a bra or penis XD
erm...I'm stuip or anyone else didn't get it?
not about the garbage in national parks

don't like it definitely.

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