Fishy ads

Featured in Arab Ad magazine September, 2003 issue. Vol. 13. No. 8. Page:202.

Unbelievable!!! This cliché concept based on a stock photo got awarded at the 2003 Jordan Advertising Awards!!! The awards were organized by Arab Ad and Mediascope J and were held on the 14^th of August, 2003 at the Grand Hayatt hotel in Amman – Jordan.

The following criteria was used to evaluate the work, 55 points for freshness of the idea, 20 points for strategy, 20 points for quality of the execution and 5 points for personal assessment.

Judging panel included: Walid Azzi (Arab Ad), Tony Sabbagh, Nadim Zahar, Nagi Moubarak, Reema Karram, Halim Choueiry (publisher of Comma in Arab Ad), Hanadi Shehabeddine (Arab Ad), Ali Maher and Ani Orfali.

both the above ads were published in Kuwait.

The above Du ad was published in 2008!!!

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A cliché (from French, klɪ’ʃe) is a phrase, expression, or idea that has been overused to the point of losing its intended force or novelty, especially when at some time it was considered distinctively forceful or novel. – Wikipedia.

Stock photography consists of existing photographs that can be licensed for specific uses. Publishers, advertising agencies, graphic artists, and others use stock photography to fulfill the needs of their creative assignments. A customer who uses stock photography instead of hiring a photographer can save time and money, but can also sacrifice creative control. – Wikipedia.

“When we all think alike, then no one is thinking” – Walter Lipmann.

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the below example has a different idea “Sharing” although it features fish and fish bowls.

The below example; although featuring a gold fish in a fish bowl has a different concept behind it from the jumping fish examples – as it advertises a window cleaning detergent. the idea is clear (no pun intended)

Louai Alasfahani

ANUBIS was a very old god of the ancient Egyptians, universally worshipped throughout the land and became considered the gatekeeper and ruler of the underworld; the “Guardian of the veil“ he was “Lord of the Cleansing Room” and the opener of the roads of the North. “He observed the weighing of the deceased’s heart against the feather of Maat [Truth] and reported his findings to the jury of the gods.