Original?: Toshiba
Agency: Shalmor Avnon Amichay / Young & Rubicam
Israel – 2004
Distinction: Bronze medal at the New York Advertising Festival
Original?: Sony
Agency: MPRC
Belgium – 2004
Distinction: Silver medal at the New York Advertising Festival
Less original: Sony
Agency: Tonic Communications
UAE – 2005
Distinction: Gold medal at the Cannes Lions advertising festival
All of the above examples are featured in a book titled “Nouveau?” by Joe La Pompe. Pages: 226 – 227. ISBN: 978-2-7533-0069-9.
Source:www.joelapompe.net
It is sad that the first gold lion from the Middle East is traced back as a copy cat or an idea that has been done before by two other agencies a year earlier whom already got awarded for the creative idea in a widely publicized international event…yet the UAE advertising industry still boosts about its leading position in the MENA region and its top notch creative’s.
here is and excerpt of what the creative director of Tonic had to say about creativity as it was published in Media Week…
published in GMR Gulf Marketing Review. June 2005. Page: 37.
Lateral Thinking: When a low probability line of thought leads to an effective idea, there is a “Eureka” moment and at once the low-probability approach acquires the highest probability. – Edward De Bono. Excerpt from a book by John Townsend & Jacques Favier titled The Creative Manager’s Pocketbook. Page: 2. ISBN: 1-870471-69-5.
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.
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