Little Boys, a gourmet sausage company in New Zealand, has a print advertising campaign building on the playfulness of the concept of little boys playing up. According to the Little Boys web site, in creating Little Boys, nothing was left to chance – except for one thing. Jeremy Schmidt and his business partner had yet to find a name for the new product. Now, these two could be pretty passionate about their creations. One day as they were engaged in an intense discussion in the office, someone walked in and made the observation: “Look at them, just like a couple of little boys”. That pretty much settled the name question there and then. In parts of Australia ‘little boys’ is the name given to cocktail sausages, known as cheerios in NZ and wieners in the USA.
Little Boys Chicken and Herb Sausages
One boy with a chicken and herbs, the other with a small axe. What possibly could they be up to next?
Little Boys Smoked Venison Sausages
One boy holds a cigarette lighter while the other prepares to smoke the fawn below. It all adds up to smoked venison.
Little Boys Duck and Porcini Sausages
The boys have laid a trap for the duck, using mushrooms as bait. It adds up to Duck Porcini.
Credits
The Little Boys campaign was developed at DraftFCB, New Zealand by creative director James Mok, art director/illustrator Dave Brady, copywriter Craig Knowles, and account supervisor Justin Mowday.
The campaign won a Silver Lion award at Cannes International Advertising Festival 2007.
wondering if there was a way to get prints/posters of these
hillarious about Little Boys story about the name -- yet for many generations Little Boys aka cheerios, cocktail sausages and sausages generallly referred to boys wee dickies!!!
this is an insult twards the chinese culture in which i live. i am outraged at this!!! we try to live in harmony with nature not kill it with an ax , or hit it with a bored of wood!!!