The Yellow Pages advertising from the early 80’s would have to rate as strategically some of the best – not to mention memorable & enjoyable.

The Gogomobile commercial

The Fly

Songs of Love

And one of my favourites – Roboto

The “Not Happy Jan” commercial was targeted at advertisers in the Yellow Pages – to try and build a sense that really a Yellow Pages ad was the most important part of your ad campaign – a critical part.  “Not Happy Jan” was so popular as a campaign that the phrase exists today in common use.

Robbin’s Veterinary Clinic was part of another series which featured tradesmen running into problems and finding the solutions in the Yellow Pages

Sponsored airport gates

Airports are always looking for new ways to make money, improve wayfinding and make the airport experience more enjoyable. This example from Taipei...

Hard Yakka

Hard Yakka

The basic strategy for Hard Yakka ran for around 35 years and involved celebrating the hard working aussie working class.  The jingle, which if I...

Turquoise 2010 colour of the year

Turquoise 2010 colour of the year

Pantone are pretty good at picking colour trends or perhaps its just that people follow what they say and therefore create products in those...

Holeproof Underdaks

Holeproof Underdaks

The Holeproof series was another long-lived campaign concept built around a simple idea - "one day you're gonna get caught with your pants down" - a...