
Published: September 2000

Published: September 2000

Less Original
Type of Entry: Newspaper
Category: Public Health & Safety,
Public Awareness,Fundraising & Appeals
Title: PIANO
Advertiser/Client: DR. SUHAIL R SAIYAD
Product/Service: DENTAL CLINIC
Entrant Company, City: TBWA\ZEENAH, Muscat
Country: OMAN
Advertising Agency, City: TBWA\ZEENAH, Muscat
Country: OMAN
Creative Director: Vikram Reddy
Copywriter: Jack Samaha
Art Director: Jack Samaha
Illustrator: Jack Samaha
Account Supervisor: Mohammad Al Farei
The above copy cat ad was entered and shortlisted in the Dubai Lynx 2008; however they did not win anything thanks to the alert panel of judges.

Less Original
Agency: JWT Kuwait
Client: Signal
Creative Director: Mazen Fayad
Art Director: Mouner Malhab
Copywriter: Katia Aranji
The above copy cat by JWT Won a Silver at the KAAA Awards 2007!!!
“When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes” – John G. Shedd
A copycat is a person that mimics or repeats the behavior of another. The term is often derogatory, suggesting a lack of originality. The expression may derive from kittens that learned by imitating the behaviors of their mothers. – Wikipedia.
Plagiarism: The abuse of another’s original work by copying it and passing it off as one’s own. As defined in Alastair Campbell book titled The Designer’s Lexicon. Page: 293 ISBN: 0-304-35505-4.
“Imitation is the sincerest form of thievery” excerpt from a book by Capsule titled Design Matters. Page: 84. ISBN -13:978-1-59253-341-1.

Published in Campaign, 7 December – 20 December, 2008 issue, First page.

Published in Campaign, 7 December – 20 December, 2008 issue, page: 5.
No one is saying that you cant use a piano. just be original and creative.

Client: SZ Klassik
Agency: Heye & Partner Werbeagentur GmbH
Awards: ADC, Gold at DCC 06, Bronze in the “Die Anzeige”, Red Dot Award for Design.
Country: Germany
Year: 2005
Featured in a book by Ed. Julius Wiedemann titled “Advertising Now. Print” by Taschen publishing, Page: 295. ISBN: 978-3-8228-4027-6.
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