Happy Birthday

This prize-winning poster celebrating Marshall Josip Broz Tito’s birthday is a redesign of a 1930’s Richard Klein poster (right). NSK (Neue Slowenische Kunst) narrowly escaped imprisonmnet when the original Nazi source became public knowledge.

Less Original: Poster to Commemorate the Day of Yugoslav Youth

Art Direction/Designer: New Collectivism

Client: Socialist Youth League of Slovenia

Country: Slovenia

Year: 1987

Featured in a book by Milton Glaser & Mirko Ilic’ titled The Design of Dissent.

Page 4. ISBN: 1-59253-117-2

Plagiarism: The abuse of another’s original work by copying it and passing it off as one’s own. As defined in Alastair Campbell book titled The Designer’s Lexicon. Page: 293 ISBN:0-304-35505-4

A copycat is a person that mimics or repeats the behavior of another. The term is often derogatory, suggesting a lack of originality. The expression may derive from kittens that learned by imitating the behaviors of their mothers. - Wikipedia

Face it

Original: HSBC Agency: JWT Lebanon	Less Original: Centerpoint Agency: Pulse DDB Creative Director: Gilbert S. Semillano Copy Writer: May Rhoumani Art Director: Hassan Kanso Kuwait - 2007 Oh my God, this got awarded in the 2008 KAAA!!! Source: http://www.adblogarabia.com/ save-water-electricity-before-its-too-late

No one has “exclusivity” to feature an electric socket as the main visual in any communication piece of work; however when a renowned global client has already used it to communicate facial expressions of shock or delight (indicated in the headline); then one cannot help being shocked at its “adaptation” in the local market by an internationally affiliated agency to communicate a facial expression by means of an electric socket as the main visual!!! It is however worth mentioning that the work was actually published and for a good cause.

Plagiarism: The abuse of another’s original work by copying it and passing it off as one’s own.
As defined in Alastair Campbell book titled The Designer’s Lexicon. Page: 293 ISBN:0-304-35505-4

A copycat is a person that mimics or repeats the behavior of another. The term is often derogatory, suggesting a lack of originality. The expression may derive from kittens that learned by imitating the behaviors of their mothers. - Wikipedia

Haircut

Original: Samsung A400 Mobile Phone Agency : BDDP & Fils France - 2002

Less Original: Radio 1 Agency : Team Young & Rubicam UAE - 2004 Finalist New-York Festival 1

Source: http://www.joelapompe.net/2007/10/19/square-cut-coupe-au-carre/

Plagiarism: The abuse of another’s original work by copying it and passing it off as one’s own.
As defined in Alastair Campbell book titled The Designer’s Lexicon. Page: 293 ISBN:0-304-35505-4

A copycat is a person that mimics or repeats the behavior of another. The term is often derogatory, suggesting a lack of originality. The expression may derive from kittens that learned by imitating the behaviors of their mothers. - Wikipedia

Portfolio

Size of creativity

Original: Rhino

Agency: Team Y&R

Creative Directors: Shahir Ahmed, Komal Bedi

Art Director: Rupert Allcock

Copywriter: Amit Kapoor

UAE - 2007

Source: http://www.adblogarabia.com/no-sweat-rhino-energy-drink/

Less Original: Dubai Investments

Agency: Inpress Hakuhodo

Creative Director & Copywriter: Vinod Kumar Nair

Art Director: Kamal Sethu

Photographer: Daryl Patni

UAE - 2007

Source: http://www.adblogarabia.com/nothing-is-too-high-too-far-or-too-big/

Advertising agency: Saatchi & Saatchi

Art Director: Peter Al Hajj

Kuwait - 2007

Source: http://www.adblogarabia.com/hilux-carries-more-than-meets-the-eye/

All of these ads have a core concept in common – visually illustrating the size downscaling of a particular task by means of using a particular product/service.

Is there anyone out there who in this case could suggest Telepathy?

Plagiarism: The abuse of another’s original work by copying it and passing it off as one’s own.
As defined in Alastair Campbell book titled The Designer’s Lexicon. Page: 293 ISBN:0-304-35505-4

A copycat is a person that mimics or repeats the behavior of another. The term is often derogatory, suggesting a lack of originality. The expression may derive from kittens that learned by imitating the behaviors of their mothers. - Wikipedia

Hammer Time

Original: SAAB Agency: Harvest Advertising China - 1999	Less Original: Land Rover Defender Agency: Team Young & Rubicam UAE - 2003

Source: http://www.joelapompe.net/2007/10/29/car-as-hammer-completement-marteaux-12/

Source: http://www.joelapompe.net/2007/10/29/car-as-hammer-completement-marteaux-22/

Plagiarism: The abuse of another’s original work by copying it and passing it off as one’s own.
As defined in Alastair Campbell book titled The Designer’s Lexicon. Page: 293 ISBN:0-304-35505-4

A copycat is a person that mimics or repeats the behavior of another. The term is often derogatory, suggesting a lack of originality. The expression may derive from kittens that learned by imitating the behaviors of their mothers. - Wikipedia

Viagra

Less Original: Viagra

Agency: JWT

Creative Director: Nizar Swailem

Copywriter: Anes Alrayes

Kuwait - 2008

Believe it or not but this copy cat exhausted cliché’ by JWT Kuwait was awarded at the 2008 KAAA!!!

Source: http://www.joelapompe.net/2007/10/26/handbrake-as-sex-a-fond-les-manettes/

Source: http://www.adblogarabia.com/jwt-highlights-cultural-importance-of-viagra-in-arab-world/

Plagiarism: The abuse of another’s original work by copying it and passing it off as one’s own.
As defined in Alastair Campbell book titled The Designer’s Lexicon. Page: 293 ISBN:0-304-35505-4

A copycat is a person that mimics or repeats the behavior of another. The term is often derogatory, suggesting a lack of originality. The expression may derive from kittens that learned by imitating the behaviors of their mothers. - Wikipedia

Dead on

Plagiarism: The abuse of another’s original work by copying it and passing it off as one’s own.
As defined in Alastair Campbell book titled The Designer’s Lexicon. Page: 293 ISBN:0-304-35505-4

A copycat is a person that mimics or repeats the behavior of another. The term is often derogatory, suggesting a lack of originality. The expression may derive from kittens that learned by imitating the behaviors of their mothers. - Wikipedia

Exchanging Ideas

Original: Al Bir SocietyAgency: Full StopSaudi Arabia - 2007	Original: RustomaniAgency: Classic PartnershipUAE - 2008Awards: Shortlised at the 2008 Dubai Lynx
Source: http://www.adblogarabia.com/al-hasana-ten-fold-the-benefit/	Source:http://www.adblogarabia.com/really-quick-money-transfer/

Although at the first glance one might be lead to think of these two ads as identical twins due to a number of factors which include the visual encoding of the message, the similarity in art direction, the proximity of the countries that the ads were published in and the short time span between publication dates; however - a closer examination proves they are not only communicating a different messages but also to a different target audiences. Al Rustomani ad is visually communicating the benefit “speed” of money transfer - so the banknote visual is relevant as it reveals a different currency on the flip side. The Al Bir Society is visually communicating the benefit “tenfold” return on investment by being charitable - so the banknote visual is also relevant as one side of the banknote shows the invested 10 Riyals and the flip side shows 100 Riyals. I cannot help but wonder what would have been the result if both ads have entered the same competition. In my opinion the Al Rustomani ad is a winner.

Plagiarism: The abuse of another’s original work by copying it and passing it off as one’s own.
As defined in Alastair Campbell book titled The Designer’s Lexicon. Page: 293 ISBN:0-304-35505-4

A copycat is a person that mimics or repeats the behavior of another. The term is often derogatory, suggesting a lack of originality. The expression may derive from kittens that learned by imitating the behaviors of their mothers. - Wikipedia

Let the good times roll

Less Original: No to drugs

Agency: The Kavli

Kuwait

Source: http://www.adblogarabia.com/dont-roll-it-or-it-will-roll-you/

Even though this artwork has in fact been published; it is still a fact that it is neither creative nor original.

Less Original: Smoking Kills

Agency: Impact & Echo BBDO

Creative Director: Viraj Ponkshe

Art Director: Akhtar Dalvi

Copywriter: Regan Rodricks

Kuwait

Source: http://www.adblogarabia.com/smoking-kills-the-body-bag-cigarrette

This artwork has never been published still it got entered into the ACT initiative!!!

The is an excerpt from the www.act-responsible.org eligibility criteria:

“We accept ads created for TV, Cinema, Press, Outdoor, Postcards and Interactive ones published since January 2007″.

The keyword here is PUBLISHED

And to add insult to injury…this was entered to the KAAA 2008 creativity awards and actually won!!! some people simply have no shame…none at all.

Plagiarism: The abuse of another’s original work by copying it and passing it off as one’s own.
As defined in Alastair Campbell book titled The Designer’s Lexicon. Page: 293 ISBN:0-304-35505-4

A copycat is a person that mimics or repeats the behavior of another. The term is often derogatory, suggesting a lack of originality. The expression may derive from kittens that learned by imitating the behaviors of their mothers. - Wikipedia