Joe la pompe
A site dedicated to hunt similar advertising ideas from around the world. Shameless copycats or unfortunate coincidences ? You decide.
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| THE ORIGINAL? Sculpture by Ryan Johnson – 2007 Source : Artist Portfolio Country : USA |
LESS ORIGINAL : UPS Delivery Service “guerrilla” – 2010 Source : Adsoftheworld,via Fastcodesign, Agency : Ogilvy & Mather Jakarta (Indonesia) |
The art of copycat... Another example of plagiarism and another denial from a famous agency. The fastcodesign blog (link above) explains that the creative team from Indonesia says it's a complete coïncidence. Very hard to believe in this case!
Une idée qui court d'un pays à l'autre? Ce n'est pas la 1ere fois que la pub s'inspire directement d'un artiste, mais les créatifs plaident l'innocence, la coïncidence et le sculpteur original n'est pas crédité. Une histoire à dormir debout!
le 27 August, 2010 à 12:15
maybe they buy the idea from Ryan Johnson and he knows about this ad? So its not plagiarism
le 27 August, 2010 à 12:20
good morning dear sir,
http://glypto.wordpress.com/2007/01/27/varotsos-dromeas/
fyi
a greek artist called Kostas Varotsos designed “dromeas” aka the runner, far before 2007. it was placed at a central square of athens, the omonoia square.
have a nice day
le 27 August, 2010 à 15:07
@John : they didn’t bought the idea, you can read all the details of this case here. The agency said it’s “parallel thinking” and coïncidence :
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662181/ups-rips-off-artist-for-outdoor-ad-campaign
le 1 September, 2010 à 12:49
Joli plagia en effet !
le 3 September, 2010 à 13:54
…en effet, “le coureur” de Kostas Varotsos, sur le Vasilissis Sofias avenue juste devant le Hilton Hôtel à Athènes, est sur place depuis le début des années ‘9O. http://www.italianfuturism.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/athens-runner.jpg
Rien de nouveau…
le 20 December, 2010 à 0:20
Varotsos 1988, Omonia Sq., Athens. Now opposite Hilton Hotel
le 20 January, 2011 à 11:00
Fantastic report my pal. Th is is precisely what I’ve been looking for for very a time now?-
le 5 January, 2012 à 9:21
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