Intellectual property is a tricky field, it's far easier being a divorce lawyer.
by: Dabitch, May 3 2022 - 1:03am
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GAY TIMES and Grey London have launched Amplifund campaign - Incomplete Without the T.
by: Dabitch, Dec 1 2021 - 3:16am
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No sooner had Facebook announced their "meta" rebranding before the internet exploded in memes mocking the new name, and new logo.
by: Dabitch, Oct 30 2021 - 5:09pm
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Hacks at Peloton nicked a visual concept because they used the same post house.
by: Dabitch, Jun 11 2021 - 5:58am
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This is an interesting Badlander, it's the media itself which is the idea badlanded here.
by: Dabitch, Mar 29 2021 - 11:51pm
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Shaggy was one of the many celebrities who appeared in the 2021 Super Bowl commercials, as he revived his hit song "It wasn't me" for C
by: Dabitch, Feb 11 2021 - 12:26am
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It is not blatantly obvious that you haven't increased the creativity during this time of quarantine. In fact, it's the exact opposite.
by: kidsleepy, Apr 17 2020 - 7:03pm
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The region of Skåne in Sweden wanted a cheeky mascot to remind people to wash their hands and created a Swedish racoon as a mascot.
by: Dabitch, Apr 5 2020 - 7:46pm
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As I pointed out already, Tesco's bandages for diverse skin are not the first, but now they're even accused of plagiarising the concept from
by: Dabitch, Mar 5 2020 - 8:20pm
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Spar copies ’ingle ’ells, ’ingle ’ells
by: Dabitch, Dec 17 2019 - 11:10pm
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by: Dabitch, Aug 31 2017 - 9:02pm
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Naming a beer "Drink Responsibly" is such a good idea we were kicking ourselves for not thinking of it first when we first shared the UK cam
by: Dabitch, Jun 7 2017 - 11:43am
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by: Dabitch, Jun 1 2017 - 12:08pm
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This simply amused me - am not saying these logos are identical or even inspired by each other. We've always suffered from trends in logotypes.
by: Dabitch, May 5 2016 - 12:43pm
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A few weeks ago, we published a campaign from a Brazilian ad agency, Publiká7, for Cammila Auto Parts, encouraging auto owners to buy original parts f
by: kidsleepy, Oct 23 2015 - 5:38am
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by: Dabitch, Jun 26 2015 - 2:55pm
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So this "somber super bowl" with all the oh-so-serious ads, was also the super bowl of reruns.
by: Dabitch, Feb 3 2015 - 10:54pm
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A while back, Swedish Creative (Art) Director Kenneth Pilo of Pilo Bold Me showed off his case study of the long-r
by: Dabitch, Jul 31 2014 - 3:11am
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by: Dabitch, Jul 19 2014 - 12:54pm
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Last year in the final scramble to produce an award-winning entry for Cannes, Innocean Europe released the controversial suicide-by-exhaust-fumes film
by: Dabitch, May 8 2014 - 5:46pm
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by: Dabitch, May 17 2013 - 9:23pm
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Joelapompe says that perhaps this idea is like a Zombie, impossible to kill, and he may have a point because no matter how many times this idea should
by: Dabitch, Apr 30 2013 - 1:19pm
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by: Dabitch, Apr 26 2013 - 7:20pm
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Hold up everyone, the suicide by car Badlander isn't done yet. It's been badlanded
by: Dabitch, Apr 26 2013 - 1:02pm
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I know everyone’s going gaga about the Richard's Group's "God Made a Farmer" ad for Dodge because it cut through the clutter and w
by: kidsleepy, Feb 4 2013 - 4:26am
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Back in 1999, there was - according to all rumors - quite the dramatic pitch for the überhot account of Adidas.
by: Dabitch, Jul 4 2012 - 4:52am
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Whether you've seen the Indonesian predecessor or not, you know the rule.
by: Dabitch, May 31 2012 - 12:55am
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Work Labs is mad and they're taking it to the interwebs.
by: kidsleepy, Apr 24 2012 - 12:29pm
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This Badlander has two couples running for love!
by: Dabitch, Apr 5 2012 - 11:38am
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The other day, when my way too cool for school teenage niece asked me if I liked Urban Outfitters, I bit my tongue not to roll into a Badland tirade.
by: Dabitch, May 26 2011 - 6:16pm
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by: Dabitch, Apr 13 2011 - 4:15pm
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by: Dabitch, Jan 26 2011 - 12:31pm
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We've seen Badlanded ads that copied art before.
by: Dabitch, Aug 3 2010 - 8:35pm
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by: caffeinegoddess, Apr 24 2010 - 12:29am
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Well, since we've already dealt with accusations of ads copying videos today, lets see and example of videos copying videos (and ads), shall we?
by: Dabitch, Mar 22 2010 - 4:29pm
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I Badlanded the reverse reading trick last year, hoping we'd end the old Usenet joke trend then and there, but last weeks release of DK groups in
by: Dabitch, Mar 22 2010 - 3:09pm
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Yes, Matt just wrote about it on agencyspy, but I was actually tipped off by the French badland ninja @joelapompe a few days ago.
by: Dabitch, Feb 11 2010 - 10:24pm
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Copyranter is putting his foot down.
by: Dabitch, Feb 10 2010 - 1:44pm
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Looks like I'll never set foot in Egypt again, as I did say Tareknour.tv copies pretty much everyone when I badlanded their series of rip-off fil
by: Dabitch, Oct 29 2009 - 1:09am
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Welcome to this weeks first Badlander - and the first time that The Foundry, Melbourne ended up in here.
by: Dabitch, Sep 21 2009 - 10:52am
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It looks like Marketing 3.0 has uncovered a factory-system of copied films, he posted "International ads Egyptianized" a while back, and now
by: Dabitch, Aug 24 2009 - 4:56pm
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Many of you have laughed at David Rees's Get your war on, the simple political satire comic based on clip art and razor-sharp wit.
by: Dabitch, Jul 21 2009 - 3:02pm
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What the? Ok, fine, fair enough - people have been calling that creepy masked Burger King King-dude creepy pretty much since he first appeared.
by: Dabitch, Jul 20 2009 - 6:46pm
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Ok, fine I'll post it, even though I think this is a Badlander that isn't really a proper Badlander, since so many are emailing me about thi
by: Dabitch, Jul 14 2009 - 6:46pm
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Judith and Judith answer customer letters once again, with their heads barely peeking over the counter. Does this ring a bell? *cough* Snapple *cough*
by: Dabitch, Jun 3 2009 - 5:23pm
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Remember this idea?
by: Dabitch, Mar 24 2009 - 10:39am
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by: Dabitch, Mar 5 2009 - 9:53am
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Here's a follow-up to that poster with the puking gorilla which nods to the serial award winning Cadbury Gorilla - except this one is created by
by: Dabitch, Oct 21 2008 - 12:53pm
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1989 British Airways Commercial - "Face": (also in the commercial archive British Airways - Bringing people together / Face - (1989) :90 (UK
by: hlebarov, Sep 30 2008 - 8:15am
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Last year I worked at a place where the "creative" was limited to "Model on the left, product to the right" and every single sketc
by: Dabitch, Sep 3 2008 - 10:39am
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Y&R Paris created this campaign for Olympia Womans Socks, they are Lingerie pour les pieds - lingerie for your feet.
by: Dabitch, Aug 25 2008 - 2:31pm
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Storåkers in Stockhom were so impressed by Improv Everywhere's fantastic Frozen Grand Central that they repeated the event, except as an ad for T
by: Dabitch, Aug 22 2008 - 1:31pm
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Here's another ad to toss into the album cover badland bin.
by: Robblink, Jul 22 2008 - 8:51pm
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New York Times blog finds that Coast Magazine is doing ye old 'sincerest form of flattery' thing regarding their own Spring 2007 cover of T
by: Dabitch, Jul 13 2008 - 3:21pm
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The silver Lion winning has turned out to be yet another scam ad in the prestigious Cannes award.
by: Dabitch, Jun 26 2008 - 2:22pm
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Remember the Luxor Highlighters campaign from Leo Burnett Mumbai? Yes, it even won a nice shiny Gold Lion at the Cannes awards in press.
by: Dabitch, Jun 24 2008 - 1:32pm
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Here's a Badlander sure to amuse, and horrify, all ye adgrunts out there.
No, not because there's a scary mummy in the ad, and not even b
by: Dabitch, Apr 11 2008 - 1:39pm
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Adland's own hot-shot director Michel Gondry has a new movie coming out called "Be Kind Rewind." In it two guys who work in a video sto
by: Dabitch, Feb 21 2008 - 7:43pm
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See both films (and more) inside!
by: hlebarov, Feb 1 2008 - 10:32am
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Two months ago, Scott Aaronson discovered that an Australian Ricoh advert from Lowe had taken it's dialog straight from his quantum mechanics lec
by: Dabitch, Dec 17 2007 - 11:11am
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There were many who weren't pleased when Paula Scher will design your letterhead for free via HP.
by: Dabitch, Nov 29 2007 - 6:12pm
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Man, that recent campaign for The Guardian is just yummy looking isn't it? But have we seen it before...? Oh we might have..........
by: Dabitch, Nov 19 2007 - 7:32pm
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by: hlebarov, May 31 2007 - 6:50am
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Everybody's talking about the new "Impossible is nothing" commercial with David Beckham for Adidas.
by: hlebarov, Mar 22 2007 - 10:14pm
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Here's a case of "Logo inspiration" where it's obvious that they meant to do that, the company is after all named "Top Gun En
by: Dabitch, Mar 19 2007 - 12:54pm
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by: Robblink, Feb 2 2007 - 2:30pm
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Is there a support group for adgrunts like myself, or do I have to start one?
by: Dabitch, Nov 9 2006 - 12:13pm
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Kid toothbrush ad nods to 1984.
by: caffeinegoddess, Nov 3 2006 - 5:08pm
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Look both ways when you cross the streets of Badland. You may get hit by two commercials.
by: Robblink, Nov 3 2006 - 4:37am
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by: Dabitch, Aug 19 2006 - 12:04pm
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Scents make women go wild. It could be a sassy scent or a seductive one.
by: caffeinegoddess, Jul 14 2006 - 2:39am
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Doofus dad can't fix the sink
by: claymore, Jun 11 2006 - 10:24pm
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When I spotted (bad pun intended) Duval Guillaume's new campaign for one second breath mint I was instantly reminded of the Badlander Pore Bore b
by: Dabitch, Feb 17 2006 - 12:28pm
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Uh-oh! Quark express has decided to get a new look - the only problem is that someone else is already wearing it, the Scottish Arts Council.
by: Dabitch, Sep 11 2005 - 7:28pm
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Last year the London Metropolitan Police ran a poster campaign against drugs showing the effects of crack on a womans face - BBC news has larger versi
by: Dabitch, Aug 30 2005 - 12:26pm
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Minor Theft - over at Pitchforkmedia one can see comparisons between Minor Threats cover art and a current Nike poster.
by: Dabitch, Jun 24 2005 - 3:49pm
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In the old Marca Bavaria ad, made in Canada 2003 which created a stir back then, a man on a beach notices that how he moves the bottle affects how the
by: Dabitch, Apr 19 2005 - 1:25pm
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See Badland pileon here: Bottle voodoo between Bavaria and Brutal Fruit
by: Robblink, Apr 19 2005 - 12:24am
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Remember that film which spread like wildfire across the net in 1998-1999 nicknamed "Bad Day at the Office", the clip that showed an angry o
by: Dabitch, Feb 16 2005 - 12:51pm
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If you live in the United States and have your television hooked up to something besides a rabbit-ear antenna, chances are you've seen a few thou
by: claymore, Jan 24 2005 - 8:51am
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