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The winners are in for the Pepto-Bismol competition! It was a really successful competition, and we all had a lot of fun with it! The tagline behind the campaign was “Eat, Drink & Be Covered”, and everyone took that and got really creative! The Pepto-Bismol Team said, “There was some tremendous work submitted for the [...]

It’s time for another design post! So today I have found a great resource for all you designers out there! It’s called Veer. Veer makes it easy for you to search tons of stock photos, fonts and illustrations-which all makes it easier for you to be creative! One thing I really like about the site [...]

Hello borderline unhealthy, obsessed with advertising, creative geniuses. AKA: ZOOPERS! I know exactly how you feel. Because I am one of you. Maybe your looking to land your dream job at a big agency or design firm. Or maybe you are still in school and just trying to get some work to add to your [...]

So, it is that time of the week again, FRIDAY! Woohoo! Which could mean many things, maybe your off to Vegas for the weekend, or possibly you are already at your favorite happy hour spot. But as for us at Zooppa, Friday means it is time for our second Design Post-and then we will be [...]

While it’s great to, say, throw a party, eat some grub and have some fun, nobody wants to think about the morning after. Luckily, Pepto-Bismol is there to take care of the aftermath for you, as the “witty friend” who believes that when the opportunity presents itself, you should take the chance to enjoy life. [...]

Tough decision on the Go Daddy competition. There were some really, really great entries. I don’t think we’ve ever had a contest where we’ve laughed as much at the entries. The entries were all over the board. Many users riffed on Go Daddy’s tried and true voluptuous chicks theme- most used a decidedly tongue-in-cheek parody [...]

Do you remember those cute ads for Lots O Hugging Bear from the 80’s? If you don’t, it may be that you’re too young. If you do remember them, it may be that you’re too old…because they never happened. In a clever viral ad campaign for the upcoming movie Toy Story 3, Pixar is seeding [...]

Back in March, I made a post about Google’s “Parisian Love” ad. The ad had spawned parodies that went viral, making up a quarter of the high profile Superbowl ads’ views on YouTube. In this post, I posed the question, “was it possible those clever marketers at Google had intentionally created an ad they thought [...]

Tyler Barnard is the co-founder of Zeitgeist Studios- an online forum for associating with creative companies and individuals throughout the world. Zeitgeist Studios is a collective made up of architects, artist, musicians, writers, builders, and more, each sharing ideas, designs and projects. As many Zooppers work in teams from time to time, I invited Tyler [...]

A wise woman once said to me during a time of great distress for her, “if you don’t laugh, then you’re just going to cry.” Perhaps the stress in someone’s life and the amount of laughter they need are inversely proportional – the harder life gets, the harder you need to laugh. Laughter certainly doesn’t [...]