Monthly Archives: July 2008
Linux – Tux Plushies
It can be argued that Linux currently holds a lot of stability, security and performance advantages over other operating systems, but there is one advantage they will never lose – a cute, cuddly mascot that can perch on top of your monitor.
Making Your Promos Pop – The iPopcorn
To highlight the functional benefit of the video iPod’s compact technology, Apple served up tiny promotional popcorn buckets with the tagline “iPod: Movies in your Pocket.” The promotion was a blockbuster hit in movie theaters throughout South Africa. BBDO came up with this brilliant promotion, which succeeded in making the hand-held movie experience tangible and [...]
Google – Cooler Thinking
If you are a company that provides pay-per-click services and want to to reward your top customers with a nice corporate gift, what would you do? Well, if you’re Google, you send them a nice visual pun in the form of a promotional fridge — imprinted with the copy, ‘Google AdWords – Cooler Thinking.’ But [...]
ATI – Ruby Promotional Action Figure
Here’s a promotional item that might be of some interest to those who remember ATI‘s “digital superstar.” Ruby was created in 2003 as part of an ATI project to integrate a storyline into their tech demos. I have not seen her in any new promotional materials for while, but apparently she’s still kicking around in [...]
Posh Apple Lunch Boxes
I’m not a Mac enthusiast myself, but I gotta admit that their distinctive products really extrude a style that my laptop can’t hope to match. Well, it looks like that sense of style extends to their promotional products as well — check out this swank Apple-logoed lunch box. Now all they need to do is [...]
Microsoft Rubix Cubes
Not content to simply take over the computing world, it seems like Microsoft is also taking a stab at cornering the brain teaser market. Check out these cool promotional Microsoft Rubix cubes. I’d love to get my hands on one of these.
NBC Comic-Con Swag – Those Cylons Are Toast!
A toaster is hardly a ground-breaking, high-tech gadget, but this extremely limited edition Battlestar Galactica toaster is still pretty fraking cool. This is just one of many limited-run, exclusive promotions being unveiled by NBC to rev up for the San Diego Comic-Con later this month. If having Cylons on your toast is your kind of [...]