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CAMPAIGN FRIDAY: No one has ever accused Bugatti of being understated.
- April 27, 2012
- By David Allen Ibsen
- brands
- sex sells
- automobiles
Bugatti asks "Do I meet your wildest dreams?" The French car manufacturer was founded in 1909 and is known for its high-performance automobiles first designed by Italian-born Ettore Bugatti who considered himself ...
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CAMPAIGN FRIDAY: The Ford Active Park Assist challenge. The Parisian pinball parking game
- April 20, 2012
- By David Allen Ibsen
- advertising
- brands
- automobiles
Today's CAMPAIGN FRIDAY is via Ogilvy Paris who decided to demonstrate Ford Active Park Assist on the streets of Paris, where parking is a bit of a contact sport! So he ...
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Jeep; Make This Truck or I Will Mess Up Your Wikipedia Page
- April 12, 2012
- By Matt Van Hoven
- brands
- sex sells
- automobiles
- hirings and firings
- fun
Dear Jeep My name is Matt, and I think I speak for all people – men and women alike but probably more guys – when I say that if you don’t mass produce ...
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Hashtags Heading to NASCAR, thanks to Farmer's Insurance
- April 11, 2012
- By David Allen Ibsen
- trends
- social
- automobiles
- marketing
- technology
In the digital language of emoticons and LOL acronyms, hashtags are now solidly embedded as a cultural shorthand—something akin to “quotes” around a topic or idea. Created by Chris Messina in ...
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Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, Designer of the Porsche 911, dies.
- April 07, 2012
- By David Allen Ibsen
- brands
- sex sells
- automobiles
- hirings and firings
Ferdinand Alexander Porsche designed Porsche's iconic 911 sports car. He was the grandson of the company’s founder—the third Porsche to be part of the legendary car company. He passed ...
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FIVE-ORITES: BMW, Volvo, Porsche and VW--decades later, these cars still have sex appeal
- April 05, 2012
- By David Allen Ibsen
- brands
- sex sells
- automobiles
Some of these beauties are worthy of an AARP card, but the BMW 503, Porsche 356, VW Karmann Ghia, Continental Mark II and Volvo P1800 standup against time and are (in our ...
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CAMPAIGN FRIDAY: Audi as the Ugly Duckling
- March 29, 2012
- By David Allen Ibsen
- advertising
- brands
- automobiles
You must see this new ad for Audi by the agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH). It is strategically spot-on, entertaining, and beautfully produced/edited. The German car company goes back to the ...
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For Your Consideration: A Bentley Uber-SUV-- the XP 9 F Concept
- March 11, 2012
- By David Allen Ibsen
- trends
- brands
- automobiles
I blame Cadillac. Yep. They started the whole luxury SUV thing when they re-badged a GMC hauler and called it a Cadillac Escalade. As the story goes, no one thought it would ...
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California Design, 1930-1965: “Living in a Modern Way” midcentury modern design at LACMA
- March 10, 2012
- By David Allen Ibsen
- trends
- design
- automobiles
- technology
- art
- fashion
Since October, the first major study of California midcentury modern design has been on display at The Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (LACMA) “California Design, 1930-1965: “Living in a Modern Way ...
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Nissan: Out with the old "Datsun" and in with the new.
- March 04, 2012
- By David Allen Ibsen
- trends
- brands
- automobiles
- hirings and firings
Over 25 years ago, a Japanese car company called Datsun decided to change its name to Nissan. It was one of the most disaterous brand name shifts in history. Students in business ...
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