From Canada
Now doesn’t this make you want to emigrate? And people wonder why I chose to move to...
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Category: Advertising/Marketing
Ikea street graffiti campaign
As a flow-on from the Milan design fair, Ikea set loose a team of street artists in Milan to stick B&W stenciled figures on subway ads (it had already bought), turnstiles, steps etc. It was all with agreement...
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SpoonLidz – an idea which deserves more attention
SpoonLidz(tm) is one of those remarkably simple “why didn’t someone think of it...
Read MoreCoca Cola Immersive brand experience
In celebration of Coca-Cola’s 125th anniversary, they created an immersive “future room” concept at the Turkish modern art museaum Santralistanbul. It was 90m2 with 270 degree projection mapping and a...
Read MoreSponsored airport gates
Airports are always looking for new ways to make money, improve wayfinding and make the airport experience more enjoyable. This example from Taipei creates some interesting ideas. I don’t know whether the airport is...
Read MoreHard Yakka
The basic strategy for Hard Yakka ran for around 35 years and involved celebrating the hard working aussie working class. The jingle, which if I recall correctly was written by Mike Brady, was mixed and remixed for a good 10+...
Read MoreTurquoise 2010 colour of the year
Pantone are pretty good at picking colour trends or perhaps its just that people follow what they say and therefore create products in those colours. Either way we’re likely to see lots of turquoise in 2010, both in...
Read MoreHoleproof Underdaks
The Holeproof series was another long-lived campaign concept built around a simple idea – “one day you’re gonna get caught with your pants down” – a slightly more contemporary version of what every...
Read MoreAmerican Express – Mr Wong
This campaign was fraught with so much controversy. In the early 80’s everyone wanted to ditch it and create a new ad – after all it had been running for close to 10 years by then. The agency thought it was tired,...
Read MoreFlyvertising – the new alternative media?
I love creative use of alternative media and this example from Germany takes the cake this month. A German book publisher Eichborn attached small ultra-light advertising banners to 200 flies using wax. The banners fell off after...
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