Full-sized Play-Doh car

General Motors:

Commuters – and traffic wardens – were surprised to see a life-size replica of a car made from 1.5 tonnes of Play-Doh parked up in a London street today.

The hand-crafted sculpture was created by a team of eight model makers over a two week period to mark the UK launch of the new Chevrolet Orlando family-friendly seven-seater car.

Research by the car company provided the inspiration for the world’s biggest Play-Doh sculpture – 4.6 metre by 1.8metre – as the modelling compound topped a poll of the most-loved toy from yesteryear. Over 1,000 UK adults voted for their favourite nostalgic toy from their childhood with Play-Doh gaining a fifth (19 per cent) of the vote closely followed by LEGO (17 per cent) and Kinder Egg (15 per cent).

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Image roundup

A few gems from Reddit:


"This is what my dad found when he investigated a strange vibration he could feel while inside his house."



Who wants to work with unlucky people?



Books for tall people.



Flea medicine advertisement.



Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles now hiring.

Giant monsters used to promote laser eye surgery

Giant monsters star in these ads by Leagas Delaney Prague for laser eye surgery.

*Buy eyeglass frames at eBay.

Game of Thrones ARG kit

Check out this ARG kit related to an ARG promoting HBO's The Game of Thrones. It's sort of neat, but made me lose a little confidence in the series. The maesters are almost certainly the least interesting characters in the books.

Egg an address of your choice courtesy of Cadbury and Google Maps

This is excellent advertising - - use a catapult to egg an address of your choice with Cadbury Eggs. The site interacts with Google Maps and will splatter the address with chocolate. (It works like a charm, and no, I'm not going to say who I egged.) The site is by B-Reel, I believe.

James Bond crossdresses to promote equality for women

Watch as Daniel Craig (as James Bond) crossdresses to promote equality for women (although I wonder how much inequality in terms of the workplace is due to women choosing to be stay at home moms, and the fact that men who choose to be stay at home dads aren't looked at in the same way).

*Previously: Obama at his most Bond-like.

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Link roundup

1. Venus Flytrap diorama (makes clever use of bottlecaps).

2. These advertisements about endangered dolphins are a little too graphic to post, but quite effective - - "when you see tuna, think panda."

3. Funny Oscar the Grouch wallpaper.

*Buy Muppets toys at eBay.

Link roundup

1. I want to thank my current sponsor the Media Design School. If you've been intrigued by the is it real or is it render game, you can read about it here. And if you happen to be in New Zealand next month, you're invited to the Sci-Fi Under the Stars movie night.

2. Abraham Lincoln vs. a giant octopus. And a maze made out of George Washington's hair. Both illustrations were part of a President's Day newspaper insert by McSweeney's.

3. Concept art from Blur's excellent test footage for The Goon.

Lobster elevator

Grey cleverly placed a lobster and a knife on an elevator to promote Kagatani knives. Via.

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Here's how the heroine from Portal 2 will look

Chell from Portal 2. And since I haven't posted it yet, here's the funny Valentine's Day-themed video Valve made for the game:



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*Buy Companion Cubes at eBay.

Giant buttons are fun to push

Definition 6 sent a Coca-Cola "Happiness Truck" driving around Rio De Janeiro. As the video shows, the truck dispensed soda, soccer balls, surfboards and more. Mostly it makes me think that I need to incorporate more giant buttons into my life. Via.

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