The 2009 Upstarts Exhibition

Just a quick note to say thank you to ICAD and all the mentors and agencies that helped in the lead up to last nights extremely successful exhibition. And also a massive thank you to the guys who set up all the pieces last night - they all looked great!

Best United team of all time?

I'll never forget seeing the BBC programme "How Do They Do It" years ago and them saying how the final shot from Ryan Giggs took them 350 takes - but man does he nail it. A great ad from way back when.

The Fun Theory by VW - Brilliant

I'll never forget playing the 'Big Piano' from the Tom Hanks film when I was in FAO Schwarz in New York - but it wasn't as much fun as this. The fun theory, an initiative by VW, wants to make mundane tasks that are a pin in the arse more fun to do!

Piano Staircase



Bottle Bank Arcade




The World's Deepest Bin

Ambient??

I'll never forget when I accidentally asked for the barber to shave my head when I was 11. I asked for a short back and sides...and top (??) so your man whipped out the 3 blade and went to town on my head - my mam ripped him a new one! Anywho...here's a better hair cut that the one I wanted. Wilkinson have a website (its in French) where they dare people to shave their heads in crazy ways and they needed some free publicity - so thay did this to some guy at the French Open. NICE!

The 2009 Upstarts Exhibition

I'll never forget the last two months or so that I've been doing the UpStarts programme. Well done to all the UpStarts - see you on the 3rd of November!!

Get Ready from ICAD on Vimeo.

The Dublin City Marathon 2009

I'll never forget quitting my training programme after three weeks when I told myself I'd do the Dublin Marathon. In honour of the crazy people that actually do the marathon, here's a taste of some of my favourite sport ads that have been released in the last few years.

Fila - Born To Run



Reebok - Escape the Sofa



Nike - Courage



Adidas - House Party

Advertising selling advertising

I'll never forget how just hearing these jingles remind me of the very ad campaigns they're from.

A nod to the UpStart mentors

I'll never forget the generous time, advice and beer that our mentors gave us during the UpStarts programme - thank you!

Chemistry



Rothco



IIBBDO



McConnells



Publicis QMP



The Hive

Imitation is the greatest form of flattery!

I'll never forget loving both versions of these ads:

Sony - 'Balls'



Tango - 'Balls'



Guinness - 'Tipping Point'



Pot Noodle - 'Tipping Point'

A great blog

I'll never forget some of the great stuff that is available on the blog of Irish company Bloom (bloom.ie/blog). I vist it as often as I can and find it really entertaining as they have quite a similar taste as me:

Speaking of ambient

I'll never forget seeing this only last week. I love New York and might give this a shot when Ireland gets its very own Metro

Quality Ambient

I'll never forget, when i first saw these, wondering if Ireland will ever do anything even half this good when I first saw these.

Cheesiest ad of all time??

I'll never forget nearly vomitting the first time I saw this - does anyone do cheese like the yanks??

Sequels

I'll never forget how good these were the first time...and now they've made sequels.

Heineken - Walk in fridge



Heineken - Walk in fridge TWO



Budweiser - Wassup



Budweiser - Wassup TWO

My favourite campaign lines ever

I'll never forget the following campaigns

Carlsberg don't do...



Mastercard - 'Priceless'



Specsavers - Should've gone to Specsavers



VW - Incredible but true