One of the wonderful things about Rome is that you never know what you might see while strolling down the city’s streets. If anything’s constant about the city’s streets, however, it’s the presence of dog piles scattered about that require your utmost attention as you baby-step this way and giant-step that way in order to avoid them.
This morning’s stroll brought an eCooler to a dead stop, however, when they encountered a dog pile of a type never before encountered. This one was decorated with a tiny yellow flag embellished with an image of Italy’s prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, and the words, “Not My President.”
As you can imagine, tasteless and off-color jokes are flying around the Compound. We’ll leave you free to invent your own and to ponder the deeper political meanings inherent in this miniature work of street art.
After a bit of a rough day in the Compound yesterday (don’t ask and we won’t have to tell), the eCool team is starting to trickle back to headquarters on this lovely, sunny, temperate June day in Rome. And, we’re feeling more like ourselves, thanks in part to this ad sent to our feed reader by Ads of the World.
Inspired by Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Ceiling (you got that already, didn’t you?), it’s a promotion meant to encourage young artists to enter a competition for the New Artists Award at the Cerveira Biennale in Portugal.
It’s fabulous and therefore we repeat something we’ve said so many times, “Michelangelo was such stud.” That’s our mantra.
Advertising Agency: McCann Lisbon, Portugal
Creative Directors: José Bomtempo, Diogo Anahory
Art Director: José Carlos Marques, aka Zeca.
Copywriter: João Taveira
Photography: Krypton Photo, Lisbon
