Significant Ads: Yo yo más

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As I mentioned the other day in my initial post about students in Art Novak’s class at the Savannah College of Art and Design creating Significant Advertising, a surprising number chose the Amoco Yo Yo + Mark Sarvas Story as their subject. I asked why, but I knew the answer: “C’mon, dude … it’s a yo yo!”

Sometimes I overthink things. Anyway, today I present a menagerie of Significant Advertising that leaps off from that story and object. Above is a print ad made by Deaa Bataineh, suitable for, say, an art/culture magazine. Below, a couple of Flash-driven Web ads made by Maggie Russell. These got a very positive response from her classmates (and me of course).

[swfobj src=”https://significantobjects.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/yo-yo-1.swf” align=”center”]

Another here:

[swfobj src=”https://significantobjects.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/yo-yo-3.swf” align=”center” allowfullscreen=”false”]

You’ve already seen Alexander Parker’s creation, also Flash-driven. One more of Ms. Russell’s ads after the jump, along with a bevy of print ad solutions to the challenge of advertising a Significant Object.

[swfobj src=”https://significantobjects.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/yo-yo-2.swf” align=”center” allowfullscreen=”false”]

Here’s some more proposed print advertising:

Above by Nicky Bickerstaff.

Below by Michelle Wiseman.

Above by Marissa Pierce.

Below by Kelsey Heuvelman.

I was struck by how many of the print ad proposals — often featuring original art by the students — would work really well as editorial layouts. Significant Objects does a fairly good job, I think, of presenting our stories in a visually pleasing manner. But this experience was an eye-opener in terms of considering the graphic possibilities available in print formats.

Readers, what do you think about these presentations? SCAD students would love to know!

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Rob Walker is the author of Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are, and writes the Consumed column for The New York Times Magazine.

4 thoughts on “Significant Ads: Yo yo más

  1. Folks, please forgive the delayed response – but I am completely blown away by the remarkable efforts of these talented students. It’s such a thrill to see this work. Thank you!!!

  2. Kudos to the students – very creative. They showed a great use of graphics and headlines (all of which were clever plays on words). Nicky’s really pops, and Michelle’s would be great for a performing arts group (it makes me think of Phantom of the Opera). Michelle’s also proves that fully justified text is not always a bad thing as is reversed out text (generally harder to read).

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