Next Monday evening will mark the opening of Stuart Pearson Wright’s second solo exhibition @ one of our favorite London galleries: Riflemaker (we don’t say that about every single one ok?). As one of the youngest winners of the …
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Breathing space
If you’ve ever had to travel on public transport through Central London at rush hour, it is no great secret that the city is overcrowded. After seeing three overstuffed trains go without you, shoving your way in and …
Word in Motion
The 16th of January the London Tube will once again be invaded by the 2nd edition of “Smile for London” (this year named “Word in Motion”), the video competition MemePartnership, CBS Outdoors, London Tube & friends organise each …
↓ Image: Chrome ads invade the UK
You’ve already seen Google’s Chrome ads haven’t you? But Google’s biggest ad campaign for one of their products is getting maybe (just maybe) a bit too aggressive & even ridiculous. We took this photo yesterday (with our Nexus 1 btw) @ Oxford Circus Tube in London (Bakerloo Line)…. the whole platform covered by Google….
Nothing new about Goog advertising with Microsoft’s style (the bigger… the better!!) but this is no Windows 7 …. (yet), are they crazy or just preparing the product awareness & image for a future explosive campaign when the actual Chrome OS will launch?
Chrome ad in Bristol
These ads started appearing right before Christmas (sometimes in remote places) but if you live in the UK and walk by any park, train or bus station (public places) you can’t just miss them unless you close your eyes.
We wouldn’t normally dedicate a post to these ads… but you have to admit it’s quite impressive seeing how serious Google takes the browser war and demonstrates once again they have the muscle & resources to make look Window’s latest campaigns cheap.
Imagine… a whole underground platform … 22 ads in a single platform… the thousands of ads all over London (the enormous amount of money they must be spending for a several week campaign!!!!) and obviously…. all those millions of Brits asking themselves… is it really that fast? is it really for everyone??
Chrome ad covering Metro
rest of the pics here! [tweetmeme]