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University of Gent: Clock

University of Gent: Clock
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Advertising Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi Brussels, Belgium
Creative Director: Jan Teulingkx
Art Director: Ilse Pierard
Copywriter: Raf de Smet
Photographers: Michael Meyersfeld, Evert Thiry, Kris van Beek
Published: March 2008

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Have Heart's picture 922 pencils

Don't like the earth&apple-motives. The rest are pretty strong.

de_martin's picture 40 pencils

call me stupid, but I don't get it!

Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together... (Carl Zwanzig)

LimitedTimeOffer's picture 204 pencils

The clock has 13 hours shown. Presumably they are suggesting their university produces the kind of out-of-the-box thinking that might lead someone to change the way we measure time. I can't forsee any possible reason 13 hours would be a good idea, but hey, that's not really the point ;)

KJP's picture 44 pencils

stupid

campass's picture 120 pencils

look at the wall clock!

Cooxie's picture 124 pencils

3 photographers for that???

Pogi5's picture 253 pencils

lolroflcopteromgwtfbbq!11!!!111!11

Jumo's picture 588 pencils

one for the clock, one for the davit, one for the wall (one for the thirteen ?)…

— Jumo

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Jumo,
Art Director FP7 Morocco

TrainRunner's picture 227 pencils

different photographers for the different ads.

Jet Lee's picture 127 pencils

I think it'd have been nicer if they redesigned the numbers' positions on the clock. (13numbers distributed equally around the clock).
That way it really looks like the 13hours-mode is really the normal time standard being practiced. At the moment it looks forced how they just photo-shoved in the 13 in between the 12 and 1. It's kinda messy in the first quarter zone. :)

Nice thinking by the way.

Cron187's picture 555 pencils

Marty: Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?
Nigel: [pause] These go to eleven.

simon.gross's picture 482 pencils

Derek: I mean, people should be envying us, you know.
David: I envy us.

mlapoint's picture 47 pencils

thirteen hours would still be 1440 minutes or 55.38461538462 minutes per hour. so i guess you have to shorten the hours to fit 13 in. or maybe if the earth rotation would slow down by one hour, or maybe.....

vote4pedro's picture 275 pencils

for an ad about intelligence, this doesn't seem particularly smart to me.

Skymonio's picture 25 pencils

They want us to dare thinking... Well done ^^'

Davosk's picture 4439 pencils

I don't see much thinking going on in these ads for thinking. Very lazy work.

Guest commenter's picture

I can believe that you guys don't get the idea...
but in the end of the day the university is not for everyone

judge's picture 2 pencils

Its a very good ad.Hatsssssss of to u buddy

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