Advertising/For an education that kicks...
(Extracted from http://wiki.mindcloud.org/wiki/Advertising/For_an_education_that_kicks... ;-D)
[edit] Commentary
- This advertisement is silly! It says nothing about the university at all, unless they've got degrees in fashion engineering nowadays...
- What does such a shoe have to do with Flinders University? You could hardly walk (especially around mountainous Flinders), let alone kick anything, in that shoe! The advertisement should read, "For an education that is impractical and uncomfortable..."
- First they switch to a very conservative, beige colour scheme in 2008, now, in 2009, they're out with the crazy stilettos! Is there some kind of internal struggle going on in the marketing division?
- The most irritating part of this ad hasn't been mentioned yet - the insipid little "inspiring achievement" under the logo. All in little letters, with no punctuation to appeal to the go-getting, trend-setting youth of today who don't have time to conform to The Man's rules of grammar and making sense, etc.
[edit] Rating
Poorness Factor: 6/10
This advertisement doesn't offend the intellect so much...it is just ridiculously bush-league and reeks of forgotten deadlines! Somebody threw together some clip-art, some words and added a neat shadow and thought "that'll do!" Unfortunately it did - and now it graces "Bob" knows how many bus shelters. It's pedestrian-grade annoyingness, only slightly less so than this website.
