These are a bit similar, aren’t they?

12 May

This ad for a hat shop:

Hat Ad

looks a lot like these (much more recent) ads for Hewlett Packard:

HP.HITLERHP.CHAPLIN

And this ad for Volvic (the movement of the frames):

Strongly resembles Apple’s Coverflow:

And it would appear they’ve actually used the shape of the iPod Touch/iPhone for the frame:

comparison

But I’m sure it was a coincidence.

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  1. Coverflow rip-off, round 2 « Copybot - May 17, 2009

    [...] for your advertising-bound toddler Coverflow rip-off, round 2 May 17, 2009 First Volvic ripped off Apple’s coverflow. And now this on the HSBC [...]

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