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Good Vibrations
Iam not only bored by the outrage people seem to be feeling over the D&AD ads, I’m offended by it.
Moaning about “taste” is counterproductive and hypocritical. How can we complain about narrow-minded clients when we ourselves won’t push the envelope?
Every moment of our careers is filled with compromise and censure. Why should the advertising we create for ourselves bow to the same pressures we bitch about every day? If we can’t be free within our own community, what’s the point?
Besides, I find the image of a D&AD pencil alongside a row of vibrators to be absolutely fitting.



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