Buitoni Turns 14th Street Subway Stop into Pasta Art Exhibition

8 Jun
Above: From a distance the Buitoni ads appear to be framed works of art with labels denoting the “artist”, “title” and description.

Buitoni, the pasta brand owned by Nestlé that claims to be “The Italian Art of Food”, has recently turned the 14th Street Union Square subway start into a pasta art exhibition.

This is definitely one of the most creative subway ad campaigns I’ve seen in a while. The creatives behind this one deserve a big pat on the back for thinking of such an interesting idea. Besides adding a little class to the Union Square subway stop, they also had multiple people stopping by the title cards, reading for more information. And, although I didn’t get a picture, Buitoni also had turnstyle advertising at this station.

Bravo!

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  1. The New Museum’s Launch Campaign by Ji Lee « you live for cool - July 6, 2010

    [...] The ads of the campaign that ran in the subway stations were somewhat surreal, like the dimensional one above that offered a peek into…someone’s room?  It’s nice to have something else to think about while traveling in the (usually inconvenient) transit system of New York City.   I love the use of the subway walls for ingenious and thoughtful advertising, but it has to be pleasant and not like this. [...]

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