My cousin James has finally started cataloging his nation treasure - the Dodgy Boozer.

If it moves, dodge it.

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Genius: DDB Sydney's recent ad for Sneaker Freaker magazine.

Via Ads of the World

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I think Saatchi&Saatchi's new ads for Tide detergent are both beautiful and a lot of fun. Make the jump for detail shots and more from the campaign.

[UPDATE] Saatchi&Saatchi just received the Press Grand Prix for these ads, according to AdAge.

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A character for sure, but an impressive stunt all the same.

Via Derek

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SEOUL, South Korea - They came from all over the world, poles in hand, and feet ready to inch more than half a mile across a high wire strung over the Han River in a spine-tingling battle of balance, speed and high anxiety.

And Yahoo! says...

Skywalkers in Korea cross Han solo

Via: Yahoo!
Photography: AP

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More beautiful ads from Harvey Nichols, this time for their Beauty line. Clean and simple, with a clear message. See for yourself in this month's issue of British Vogue.

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Like most children growing up in the industrial north of England—or most places really—I loved my Tonka trucks. It could dig, and carry, and dig, and get wet, and dig stuff. I don't really remember being sold on any advertising from them though. I mean, they're big, clunky, metal, and yellow. They sold themselves to the infant Hamish.

DDB, in Sydney, Australia, recently produced a wonderful campaign for the classic truck. Seemingly aimed more for the paying parents than the kids themselves, they're a great new approach to advertising children's toys.

Take a larger look over at I Believe in Adv.

@ www.tonka.com

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I'm going to second Andi's shout and send a congratulations to my colleagues at CITY magazine and to photographer Horacio Salinas on winning the National Magazine Award "Ellie" last night.

Check out the entire photo story over at CITY, or read it in CITY's digital E-ZINE.

So well done. I'm pretty sure it's because of the great title I came up with... ;-) but it could be the photography, styling and art direction too...

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Also, while Horacio's shot didn't make the cover of that issue, yours could be next. Check out the One City, Many Destinations travel photography contest, and get scouring your shoeboxes iPhoto libraries.

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It's true, we do. We usually have over 100 magazines from all corners of the globe in our apartment each month. Andi even made part of her desk using stacks of them. We also love those who love magazines, which leads me to PingMag's excellent feature on the recently published We Love Magazines. They interview the book's art director Jeremy Leslie about the future of print, and about magazines in particular. I'm very excited to get a hold of this—it really seems to compliment the explorations of my colleague David Renead in his own The Last Magazine.

There's a ot to read, and many opinions in each direction, so I'll leave the exploration to you.

Buy We Love Magazines: Amazon.com | Die Gestalten
Buy The Last Magazine: Amazon.com
@ MagCulture Blog
@ Creative Review's State of Independents

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