PETER SHANKMAN

Happy Friday Video

What if the stop sign was designed by marketing execs?
Brilliant.


Happy Friday!

August 1st, 2008 07:30 AM
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Go marketing executives. Don’t forget the lights so it’s more visible at night.

August 1st, 2008 11:48 AM
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“Make the logo BIGGER” brilliant.

August 1st, 2008 11:49 AM
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Brilliant! You know, I’ve been thinking some modifications ARE in order, as my personal observation does show the effectiveness of the current campaign is left wanting. A new design just might be all it takes to improve participation levels from the target market and increase the conversion rate!

August 1st, 2008 12:25 PM
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Hah! It’s always the simple things that turn into nightmares.

August 1st, 2008 12:52 PM
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I worked as an editor for a publishing company, and this is the same process that was used to design every book cover. Aaaaagh! Needless to say, I now freelance.

August 1st, 2008 12:12 PM
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This brings back so many memories of my years at major ad agencies. And I don’t feel they are exaggerated at all. This is where the name Mad Men, really came from!

August 1st, 2008 12:03 PM
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This is hysterical!

August 1st, 2008 06:13 PM
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Oh man, this video is simply brilliant! :)

August 1st, 2008 07:12 PM
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That was classic, truly.

August 3rd, 2008 05:38 AM
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Absolutely brilliant! Love the acting and love the filming. Professional and hilarious. Keep ‘em coming!

August 4th, 2008 05:36 AM
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The only thing I was waiting for was….”and does this still fall within the original budget?”

GREAT clip!!

August 4th, 2008 11:42 AM
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Dead on accurate.

August 5th, 2008 04:31 AM
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This was absolutely priceless! I went through the multiple “tweakings” with a huge print brochure at a corporate marketing job many moons ago. Got it all finalized, only to have the VP say, “we need just a little more color on the front.” It ended up looking like a grandmother’s wallpaper and I ended up like the graphic designer in the video. Now I write instead, working out of the house, and my cat approves of everything I do. He even approved this message.

August 7th, 2008 09:57 AM
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I do web design and Yep, thats pretty much most of my clients right there

August 7th, 2008 02:46 PM
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Classic. It brought back flashback nightmares….ugh…….wonderful memories of corporate life. Thanks for the laugh!

August 10th, 2008 08:01 PM
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Brill. I think a few more logo’s could have fit in. This reminds me, “Why don’t we currently have advertising on stop signs”? I say, let’s do it.

Loved the video. Good stuff. Found your blog, via HARO. Found HARO via a link on free treats blog. Found the free treats blog, via my RSS feed reader. Gosh, we are all so very connected. Small world!

August 11th, 2008 04:46 PM
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Seen this in PR & advertising over and over and over! Hilarious! Didn’t realize the extent of the insanity! So true and too funny!!!

Love it!

August 22nd, 2008 11:15 AM
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Good, but I would title the video, “WHAT IF THE STOP SIGN WERE INVENTED BY ENTERTAINMENT STUDIO EXECUTIVES?”

September 3rd, 2008 05:36 PM
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I’ve actually saw this video a couple of days ago and found it hysterical… but also found it interesting that it was totally filmed in my office building in Chicago. The super-small, high-tech-at-one-time television screens inside the wall, along with the faux kitchen are unmistakeably ours. Do you happen to know where this came from? Thanks.

September 4th, 2008 12:12 PM
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This is great! I thoroughly enjoyed this video.

September 7th, 2008 07:45 AM
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I think I did some work for this company once…. actually more than once!

I love designing signs for committees!

Bill

http://www.RocketfuelSigns.com

September 15th, 2008 12:51 PM
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This is sooooo my life…….. I got a great laugh out of this.
Alicia
http://www.hioctanedesign.com

September 19th, 2008 09:45 AM
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hahahaha… That video was too good. =)

October 5th, 2008 08:17 AM
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Loved this video and so true. Thanks for sharing.

http://www.KenLauher.com

November 14th, 2008 09:14 AM
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You nailed it the first time. No revisions. Have a good lunch and hit the next project as hard as you can.

November 15th, 2008 12:39 PM
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Brilliant. Dead on with some of my clients, and I’m in marketing!
Thanks for the smile!

February 8th, 2009 01:49 PM
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As a designer, I have been at the receiving end of such brilliant thinking. it’s impossible to create good design. Thank god, I freelance. And thank god marketing execs aren’t running the government.

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