Archive for September, 2006

Dubai Industrial City – Print Campaign

KT, 20 Sep 06 KT, 14 Sep 06 KT, 10 Sep 06 KT, 4 Sep 06 Our Other UAE Blogs: – UseUae.com – KaramaStuff.blogspot.com

Etisalat Weyak Portal Campaign

KT, 17 Sep 06 KT, 14 Sep 06 KT, 13 Sep 06 Our Other UAE Blogs: – UseUae.com – KaramaStuff.blogspot.com

ABN AMRO Credit Card Promotion Campaign

KT, 13 Sep 06 KT, 10 Sep 06 Our Other UAE Blogs: – UseUae.com – KaramaStuff.blogspot.com

L&M Cigarettes

KT, 12 Sep 06 7 Days, 10 Sep 06 Our Other UAE Blogs: – UseUae.com – KaramaStuff.blogspot.com

Dubai Investments Campaign

KT, 12Sep06 ET, 4 Sep 06 Our Other UAE Blogs: – UseUae.com – KaramaStuff.blogspot.com

Tatweer Campaign

KT, 13 Sep 06 KT, 11 Sep 06 Our Other UAE Blogs: – UseUae.com – KaramaStuff.blogspot.com

Cream of Emaar Collection Campaign

ET, 10 Sep 06 KT, 9 Sep 06 Our Other UAE Blogs: – UseUae.com – KaramaStuff.blogspot.com

Dubai Bone and Joint Clinic Campaign

When I was a rookie writer (early 1994), a visiting swashbuckling lady creative director from HTA (India) told me that a headline should contain a benefit and an intrigue. In 2002, I read about ‘visual/headline twists’ in Jim Aitchison’s classic “Cutting Edge Advertising” and a good practice – ‘if there is twist in the visual, [...]

UAE Advertising related posts in other blogs

1) Designer Woke has written excellent posts on the ‘The Best Corporate Logos in Dubai‘ and ‘Dubai’s Worst Corporate Logos‘. 2) OceanCreep.com, a jordanian ad professional – Ibrahim Owais’ blog, has posted all the classic Bafco Furniture ads executed by Cannes Gold winning Dubai agency, Tonic. 3) Woke writes about the City of Arabia double [...]

Cigarette Campaigns draw flak from a 7Days Reader

Recently, L&M and Emerald Royal cigarettes had splashed full page ad campaigns in 7Days, Khaleej Times and Gulf News etc. Direct advertising of cigarettes and liquor is banned in some countries (eg. India), so I was surprised to see these ads in the press here. But if you notice, the ads below don’t potray the [...]