Flemish weekly magazine HUMO produced a series of ads a while back that I just had to post here for no other reason than to give some of you who might not have seen these ads a chance to do so. The message is that mixing cultures is a good thing and no matter if you agree with that or not, the ads themselves are quite interesting in their depictions of known world figures outside of the boundaries in which we usually see them.
HUMO is no stranger to producing controversial ads and these were no exception to that. Older folk called the ads insensitive and tasteless but as you might expect anything that the ‘older folk’ get upset about only helped make the ads (and therefore the magazine) that bit cooler to their younger target audience.
In fact poster campaign was so successful that it didn’t last long because they were being quickly stolen to be re-hung on various bedroom walls throughout Belgium.
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Wrote the following comment on Nov 29, 2006 at 5:48 pm
I think I am “older folk,” I thought they were funny…I find many things comical, I am thankful that just because I am older I can still have a sense of humor.
Wrote the following comment on Nov 29, 2006 at 9:33 pm
Hey Simon,
I have a mini van and the gas isn’t too horrible. I do need the room. How are you?
Wrote the following comment on Nov 30, 2006 at 6:04 am
Stealing posters in Belgium I hear is a serious problem… just joking.
RYC: So you believe in God? Honestly asking…
Wrote the following comment on Nov 30, 2006 at 9:59 am
Honest answer. I’m not brave enough not to. Re posters being a problem, all I can say is drive by posterings are better than drive by shootings. :-)
Wrote the following comment on Nov 30, 2006 at 1:03 pm
I like the Bin Lauden poster the most. :o)
Wrote the following comment on Dec 1, 2006 at 3:35 am
great posters! i’d hunt down all of them so i could have the entire set.
Wrote the following comment on Dec 1, 2006 at 5:06 pm
Drive by postering.. hehe.. very nice.