Saturday, December 02, 2006

Plagiarism: The Way things go…

So when Russell Davis came into our offices the other week, he carefully explained that the inspiration for the Honda ‘Cog’ ad was “the sound that an upmarket cassette player makes when you press eject”.

Somehow, I think the video below (taken from the longer DVD by Peter Fischli & David Weiss "The Way Things Go") might have had more to do with it.

Advertising: Ripping off creative ideas since 1902.



Thanks to Kate for the spot...