April 02, 2007

Ctrl-Z your wrinkles away

Nerdery for the masses: Oil of Olay taps into the world’s love of Undo in this crafty new ad. [Via]

The piece reminds me of a concept from an ad agency that was pitching Adobe.  They showed a sequence of images of Michael Jackson in reverse chronological order, running from scary-present-MJ to Jackson Five-cute.  The caption: "Multiple Undo."

On a related note,
the crew at PhotoshopCafe had fun creating spec ads for Photoshop.  I really like the Biblical Sampson bit.  "Go ye forth and bringeth down the house," indeed… [Via Colin Smith]