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April 12, 2010

Democracy always wins

Posted by : Bjorn Borstelmann
Filed under : Miami Ad School, Politics

Well, Henrik, Tibo & I ended up winning an Andy for our Voiceipt Campaign for the Swedish Tax Agency. Now if only somebody would tell the IRS that the socialists are beating us! The first one to direct democracy wins! The brainwashing institute where I learned all my tricks has a lovely summary of our success. [...]


September 14, 2009

Don’t read this presentation

Posted by : Bjorn Borstelmann
Filed under : Miami Ad School

This was a great experience. The Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst is a contemporary art gallery in Bremen, Germany. They came to my brainwashing institution asking for our help – they’re recognized internationally for the artists they exhibit and the careers they’ve helped launch, but nobody from Bremen supports them! Working alongside the fantastic strategists Jonathan Chu [...]


September 1, 2009

Some dudes get a YoungGun of the Month award

Posted by : Bjorn Borstelmann
Filed under : Miami Ad School

Cool beans; Henrik & Tibo & I scored some more notoriety for shaking up the Swedish sales tax system. Thanks YoungGuns! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post


August 28, 2009

Need a vacation? You need a youTOO!

Posted by : Bjorn Borstelmann
Filed under : Miami Ad School

Don’t worry world, there is no need to thank Matt Entin and I for harnessing the technological marvels of cardboard to let you finally take that permanent vacation you’ve always dreamed about. Just imagine… they’ll never even know you’re gone! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers [...]


August 1, 2009

Some dudes make sales tax cooler

Posted by : Bjorn Borstelmann
Filed under : Miami Ad School

newcreatives.com awarded newcreation of the month to the project Henrik Düfke & Thibalut Gerard (two dudes for sale) and I created for Le Bureau in Stockholm a couple months ago. Here ’tis: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on [...]


July 29, 2009

I made Obama say cupcakes are good for your health!

Posted by : Bjorn Borstelmann

So… President Obama had a town hall meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina today. He was welcomed by a local cupcake bakery owner, and he bemoaned the fact that she hadn’t brought him cupcakes… then he recited the logline from a fake news video I made last February at Miami Ad School Minneapolis and sent to [...]


July 20, 2009

Ramenomics

Posted by : Bjorn Borstelmann
Filed under : Food, Miami Ad School

I just got this print campaign off to the The Show, an advertising award show in Minneapolis: Carving up hundreds of Ramen noodle bricks for these letters was the most frustrating typographical experience of my life, with dry noodle bits flying all over the place like shrapnel, and if you put the knife in at [...]


April 30, 2009

Mozart, my lost sock

Posted by : Bjorn Borstelmann
Filed under : Miami Ad School

It was a great experiment, but it’s finally time to admit that my playful Twitter experiment, Mozart the Lost Sock, has come to an end. The spontaneous story began on January 9th with his first tweet… My name is Mozart. I was an average white and grey crew sock, but it seems that’s changing now. [...]


March 7, 2009

HP Workstations make it real

Posted by : Bjorn Borstelmann
Filed under : Miami Ad School

It was a glorious battle producing this campaign for the D&AD’s open HP brief. First off I have to give a huge thanks to the excellent gentleman James Hatch for spending a silly amount of time perfecting the CAD masterpiece that connects it all together in the middle. The art was a fun challenge to [...]


March 1, 2009

Radioactive smoothies grow mutant lips on sensuous, dew-laden torsos

Posted by : Bjorn Borstelmann
Filed under : Miami Ad School

…which is the real reason Pepsi killed their PJ’s Smoothies brand. No, no… Alas… I’m embarrassed by this idea (it fills you up so easy it’s like your belly grows lips!) but I spent too long photoshopping to be ashamed. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers [...]


The Boooooooring Print Portfolio

Some results of the fun I had while confined in Miami Ad School Europe is available for your perusal in this PDF. Obviously, this is a compilation that will merrit a lukewarm reaction at most, and this student work is not germane to my current adventures – but these projects represented huge learning experiences for me and, I believe, merit noteworthiness. In other words, if you're a hypercritical creative executive, go outside and breathe or something.

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