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Wikipedia: Music
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Advertising Agency: Jandl, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Creative Director: Pavel Fuksa
Art Directors: Pavel Fuksa, Matus Nemcik
Copywriter: Adam Rovny
Photographer: Miro Minarovych
Published: February 2011

23 Comments

writersblog's picture 572 pencils
6

Smart insight, targeting those borderline autistic monomaniacs, preferably in those vertical monomaniac magazines.
Why not push it into digital territory where it belongs? Oh, and please stop using Indesign to fill up your text block.

CuriousPencil's picture 4273 pencils

That very Wi
kipedia

linebreak makes me think this is fake.

Unless it's a collaborative effort?

Could this be the world's first official campaign by committee?

I think we should be

spared.

Jaap Grolleman's picture 6401 pencils

Imo, this gives a false idea about Wikipedia. It's about sharing information, not music.

pavlonjablon's picture 5 pencils

You are right - for example this site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music is completely dead.

CuriousPencil's picture 4273 pencils

Too, too funny. Ivan, where's that upvote button?

ivan's picture

We will do it!

CuriousPencil's picture 4273 pencils

Y E S!!!!!

Fantastic news Ivan, really really happy to hear this. The community owes you a big cake. Or some bigger thanks. Nice one!

Tell you what.

If you make people 'spend pencils' it'll have, and add, a lot more meaning.

Martijn's picture 1884 pencils

I will give you a pencil for that idea!

CuriousPencil's picture 4273 pencils

And I'll take it, save it and give you one back at a later date, thus achieving pencil-parity, enabling a true anti-gravity AOTW singularity floatathon, or an ouroboros of egos, which is essentially the same thing, given who we are.

HappyHour's picture 2420 pencils

BACK OFF! NONE OF YOU BASTARDS WILL EVER GET YOUR HANDS ON MY PENCILS! THEY'RE MINE, ALL MINE!!! MUHAHAHAHAAA

P.S. definitely a fake ad.

ivan's picture

Actually I'm thinking one should gain pencils for every up vote.

Ron Burgundy's picture 1676 pencils

i vote for me :)

CuriousPencil's picture 4273 pencils

You'll devalue the currency if you do that: people will just sit upvoting to see their stock rise. Soon everyone will be pencil millionairres (on paper) and you'll have to invent pens, leading inevitably to civil war, brother against brother, in the fight for writing implements. Ugly, nasty times ahead Ivan, I hope you've seen Terminator, because the onslaught is going to have an Austrian accent, my friend, with optional toothbrush moustache.

So make it cost (like Fame, but without the sweat) instead: people will feel like they're giving their very lifeblood to compliment others, which is always a sweet psychology. But y'know, it's your site...

alanryder's picture 14 pencils

Agreed with you Jaap. Sharing music is different from sharing music knowledge, which is probably what Wikipedia is after with this creative.

Whilst many university graduates struggle to find jobs, it's fascinating to see that many man and van operators are currently earning up to £5,000 per month.

Tom Megginson's picture 194 pencils
9

I absolutely love the whole campaign. I think it strikes the right balance between celebrating and lampooning nerds. After seeing it here, I wrote it up on Osocio.

sari's picture 22 pencils
jackblack's picture 1462 pencils

Nice. Well done.

Both Sides of the Brain's picture 173 pencils

The visual by itself does not tell me that the person is not sharing knowledge.

Nude Copy's picture 1068 pencils

well ivan can u tell me what this whole pencil business is :O

Glut's picture 4076 pencils

Sorry for the ad, but me attention was on the conversation between Ivan and curious pencil. Nice ideas both of you!
Let´s make pencils more meaningful

LisaEve's picture 13 pencils
8

personally, i know a few folks who are ardent collectors/trivia aficionados/over-educated intellectuals/nerds -- i find these campaign portraits quite accurate, hilarious, and clever

barcreativo.com's picture 2752 pencils

ok... i love it

MissCopywriter's picture 172 pencils
6

Nice

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