Or is he celebrating Obama's inauguration? I'm not sure. This ad made me groan when I saw it in yesterday's New York Times. Like so much of Ralph Lauren's advertising, it seems to be trying too hard. Here's another example of what I mean....

It only looks like the real thing....

I’ve been thinking about the future of newspapers a fair bit over the last few weeks, because we’ve been preparing a panel event on just that topic. It’s involved a range of reading and on-record and off-record conversations with a load of people involved with newspapers - readers,...

I’ve always considered America’s obsession with lawn care to be a good example of caring too much what other people think. Not in the good bathe-every-day kind of way, but in the my-self-worth-depends-on-what-other-people-think kind of way. All that seeding and tilling. Not to mention the waste ...

Now Steve can be more Steve and less the guy who overloaded the server with porn. Spend more of your life living. Go out. Now Rachel can be more Rachel and less the girl who has the office divided on whether or not she's had plastic surgery. Spend more of your life living. Go out. Now Adam can be mo...

Advertising Agency: Glow, Berlin Source: Ads of the World...

I'm one of the few who wasn't a huge fan of the original Dove advertising "campaign for real beauty." Sure, I loved the theory of it . . . That "real" women with "real" bodies (as opposed to rail-thin models who've had every flaw photoshopped away) are beautiful, too. I...

I can’t count the number of times I’ve listened to print publishers debate whether to use a dedicated online sales staff or use what Borrell Associates calls “convergence sales,” in the report 2008 Local Online Outlook: Convergence Era Ends, Stand-Alone Sales Skyrocket. ̶...