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Toan Mai
Location
Hamburg, Germany
Portfolio
One-sentence bio
I am Toan, who luckily carries pencils and notebooks to make parents proud of me in an ad battlefield 7 days a week rather than an assault rifle like my great-great-grandpa in the Vietnam War
Creative philosophy or approach
I am a sucker for ideas that are funny enough to not die young, ideas which fear me so much that I have to tickle myself.
Recent work I’m proud of
Burger King is the only brand offering flame-grilled burgers. So we put up “For Rent” and “For Sale” signs on buildings next to McDonald’s locations, cheekily reassuring people that living there is fine as they would never have to deal with smoke from flame grilling.
Link to campaign: https://musebycl.io/advertising/burger-kings-snarky-rent-signs-say-its-actually-fine-live-near-mcdonalds
Recent work I admired
Recently, I haven’t seen any works that use comparison as smart and hysterical as a Whopper of Secret done by BBH London. Yeps. Everyone knows the comparison tool and uses it a lot but the idea which hid every Big Mac behind a Whopper in every shooting actually gives it fresh air.
