badvertising
Rib Cage And All: Here’s The Yves Saint Laurent Ad They Banned In The UK
04 Jun 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Naughty, naughty, YSL. With such positivity coming out of the plus-size model market, you guys just had to go and use the thinnest human ever and then have really clever lighting, too.
This Pistorius Ad Received The Most Complaints In UK History
20 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The United Kingdom’s Advertising Standards Authority has a new record holder for the most complained about advertisement in that country’s history. Want to bet what it was about?
The Acting In This Samsung Ad Is Almost As Bad As The Presenting On ANN7 [VIDEO]
23 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Which means that it’s sitting somewhere on a scale between “appalling” and “this is a spoof commissioned by a reddit subthread”. We particularly enjoyed the neat categorisation of the clueless housewife, gaming asian guy, and bored porn addict/ponzi scheme architect.
Badvertising: New Axe Ad Reckons “Women Are Getting Hotter” [VIDEO]
02 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The new Axe Black Chill deodorant advert has provided some interesting comment. The video was uploaded on YouTube on 2 July 2013 and seems to have ruffled the feathers of female’s who find the advert to be offensive.
Badvertising – Burger King’s Hands Free Burger Kit Is The Beginning Of Human Extinction [VIDEO]
30 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
THIS is what the world is coming to. The ridiculous stuff that parody comedians dream up is coming true. Click through to see the videos.
Hyundai Advert Makes A Punchline Out Of A Botched Suicide Attempt [VIDEO]
26 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Contracted Hyundai advertising agency, Innocean was manadated to create an ad to show off the new ix35’s fairly amazing 100% water emission feature… And they ballsed up. Or did they?
Here Are All Of The Xpanda Radio Ads [AUDIO]
24 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 18 Comments
Yesterday, local security barrier company, Xpanda, came under fire for the flighting of a controversial radio ad. They claimed the ad was part of a larger campaign, and that the public shouldn’t be offended. Here are all of the ads – you decide
Unapologetic Xpanda Responds To Outcry Over Racist Radio Ads – Ignores The Sexist One
23 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
Xpanda, a local security barrier company who are taking a lot of heat for their massive failure of a radio ad (listen here) have released a statement, clarifying their position on the matter.
Badvertising: Xpanda Makes The Most Racist, Sexist Adverts In South Africa [AUDIO + PIC]
23 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 51 Comments
Local security barrier firm, Xpanda, have come under serious fire on social media for what may well be the most racist thing to happen on radio since democracy. But that’s not their only offensive ad. They’re quite keen on sexism in their print ads, too
WATCH: Facebook Home’s New Ad Wants You To Ignore The People You’re With [VIDEO]
16 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Facebook Home’s most current video is slightly easier to understand than a few of their earlier efforts – the only problem is that that message of the ad has been roundly rejected by The People of The Internet.
Everyone’s Flipping Out Over Tiger Woods Nike Ad – “Winning Takes Care Of Everything” [PIC]
27 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
I’m not sure we can really blame Nike for this, to be honest. Their major brand ambassadors haven’t exactly been covering themselves in glory lately. Over the last two years we’ve been treated to porn stars by Tiger, career kleptomania by Lance, and an ongoing trial for Oscar. So you almost feel a little sorry […]
Badvertising: New Ford Ad With Bound And Gagged Kardashians Has Been Pulled [PICS]
25 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A formal complaint has been laid against Ford and advertising firm JWT India for the “inappropriate” advertising of the Ford Figo in India. The print ads manage to take a stab at former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi, as well as Paris Hilton and the Kardashians. The ads have since been pulled. WPP Group, which holds […]
Facebook: Large, Unwanted Adverts Coming To Your Newsfeed Soon
15 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Share price is a fallin’, advertisers are a ballin’. So what’s next for Facebook? Forcing large, unwanted adverts in your face, that’s what.
Apple’s New Ads Targeting Their Fanboys Draw Negative Backlash [VIDEO]
31 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
While we’ve pretty much come to expect Apple to offend at least one group of people – normally BlackBerry or Windows users – in their adverts, poking fun at the people actually BUYING your products is perhaps going a bit too far. Their latest three commercials, flighted during the Olympic coverage on Friday in America, feature an Apple Store employee (a ‘genius’) who has to help idiotic Mac users make videos and other simple tasks. Can you guess where this is going?
Badvertising: Tropika Rips Off Famous Viral Campaign? [VIDEO]
23 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Flash mobs have been popular, and the concept generally always draws attention. But what happens when you copy an existing idea, for a big brand?
Skype To Introduce Advertising To Distract You During Calls
15 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Skype have just introduced a new ‘feature’ called Conversation Ads, which displays advertisements during audio calls. Which sucks. To nobody’s surprise they’re trying to spin the feature as somehow good for users – apparently the ads “could spark additional topics of conversation that are relevant to Skype users and highlight unique and local brand experiences.”
“Reply To All” Email Goes Terribly Wrong For Jozi Car Dealership
22 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 11 Comments
This is why you always double check if you have clicked “reply”, and not “reply to all”, when sending an email, especially when it concerns your annoyance about something. The email in question has to do with repairs being made to a car at a Johannesburg dealership, and, well, it’s rather self-explanatory. Click through to cringe.
Levi’s Drops Advert In The UK Depicting Riot Scene [VIDEO]
15 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Trying to get your brand to tap into certain subcultures’ wallets is hard at the best of times. Increasingly, brands are pushing the limits of message delivery, but Levi’s certainly couldn’t have predicted that their new advertisement featuring scenes from protests resembling the London riots would cause such a stir.
Branding Is Important: Get An Eckō Tattoo, Get A 20% Discount For Life
01 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
This sounds sort of like every dystopian sci-fi film ever, but okay. If, for whatever reason, you felt like you needed 20% off of Eckō-brand apparel for life, you could totally make that happen by getting an Eckō tattoo somewhere on your body. It’s a coupon that never expires!
Imprinted Thighs: This Is Probably Monday Morning Badvertising
28 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A couple of benches in New Zealand were altered to imprint advertising for Superette short shorts on the back of people’s thighs. This is creepy on a couple of levels, but I’m mostly curious as to how somebody could get the back of their thighs stamped with words and not notice.
Badvertising: Insanely Inappropriate MLK Day Sale.
18 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
So tomorrow’s Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday! Which is kind of a holiday now. And stores like to celebrate that kind of thing with sales and stuff, because that’s what the King was all about, right? Right. Which is why it is totally sensible for Thalia Surf Shop in Laguna to take 20% off all of it’s black products.
Monday Morning Badvertising – Death Planes
15 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’re trying to sell air tickets, it’s a very, very bad idea to have the words “death” and “holiday” in the same advertisement. 1Time Airlines, who have apparently taken up the mantle from Nationwide as South Africa’s scariest airline, have done just that with this delightful email campaign. Your Monday morning dose of badvertising, after the jump.
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