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| Posted October 31 2008 |
| Happy Halloween! |
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If you are looking for some costume inspiration, check out these pics I snapped last Halloween at New York City's Halloween parade. If you are ever in NYC for Halloween, do check it out. It was an amazing experience.
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| Posted October 29 2008 |
| Head Gear for the Detroit Institute of Arts |
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Head Gear Animation has just completed two follow-up spots to their 2007 campaign for the rebrand of the Detroit Institute of Arts. The two new spots are Son of Hatman and Thinker. "The look is comprised of simple black and white drawings, cel-animated and composited in After Effects and was developed to appeal to a very broad audience...so, sophisticated but not elitist, artful yet droll. Basically, come to the museum to get inspired people!" Says Head Gear director Julian Grey. Watch the 2007 and 2008 spots on the Head Gear site here. Full credits for this year's campaign are here.
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| Posted October 28 2008 |
| World's Biggest Beach Ball |
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Part TV commercial shoot and part PR stunt, this past Sunday Carnival Cruise Lines dropped the world's biggest beach ball on to a Dallas street. The two three story-tall balls got in the Guiness Book of Records, on the news and there is a TV campaign to follow. There are rumors of another Carnival larger-than-life stunt happening later this week. CBS video is here (you'll have to watch a show promo first).
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| Posted October 28 2008 |
| Save the Sharks |
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I recently saw the Canadian documentary Sharkwater, and until then, I was not aware that sharks were facing extinction. I was happy to see this great creative for the SharkProject out of Y&R Frankfurt. The SharkProject is an initiative to raise awareness about the threat of shark extinction, centered on “finning” – a practice in which the shark is caught, their fins cut off and the rest of the animal thrown back to the sea. View the amazing mailer here. Scooped from advertising/design goodness.
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| Posted October 21 2008 |
| XBOX 360: Fable II - Destiny |
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Fable II - Destiny is the latest from T.A.G. for XBOX 360 directed by Mark Molloy with visual effects by MassMarket, Los Angeles. I like the eerie darkness of the spot. Reminds me a bit of 28 Days Later (love that film and actor Cillian Murphy - the actor's voice reminds me a bit of him). Full credits are posted here.
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| Posted October 20 2008 |
| Parrots are the new gorillas |
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Back in August (see August 7th 2008 post here) I jokingly asked if parrots were going to be the new gorillas of advertising as I had seen them popping up in a number of ads. Now, it seems that Cadbury's latest interactive campaign features a parrot (imagine that!). On this new site you design your own Dairy Milk chocolate bar and if the parrot judge likes your creation, you may actually receive your custom bar in the post (I'm guessing UK only). The picky thing only liked two out of the five chocolate bars I created (okay, I did make one really nasty on purpose).
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| Posted October 20 2008 |
| Yay! Monday! Issue 42 |
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I've posted this before, but every Monday Chris Kalani posts a new edition of Yay! Monday!, a weekly collection of design, art and photography. Check this week's selection of creative goodies here. I particularly enjoyed Maria Luisa Isaza's work.
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| Posted October 15 2008 |
| MasterCard: Timeline & Pep Talk |
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Crush has just completed visual effects on two new spots for MasterCard, Timeline and Pep Talk, out of MacLaren McCann, Toronto. Timeline stars and chronicles the career of hockey legend Bobby Orr (thanks to Dave at AdFreak for pointing that out to the hockey illiterate) via his injuries and is my favourite of the two (yes, I'm picking a favourite). I love the concept and look of it. Credits are posted here.
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| Posted October 15 2008 |
| Styx Underwear |
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Here's a magazine ad for Styx Underwear out of the Czech Republic. Styx claims to be underwear that wont stick in your ass (I know girls hate that, but I didn't know it was an issue for men). View the ad here. Scooped from Ads of the World, where some people have come out with some rather witty comments like, "very cheeky, who's the fart director?" Read the comments here.
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| Posted October 14 2008 |
| A-ha "Take on Me" Tribute |
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I just posted this great spoof of a-ha's "Take on Me" to my Facebook profile. Watch it, it's hilarious. It also got me thinking of the original video and I have been wondering for some time who directed it - as it is so amazing and was so ahead of its time. Anyway, a close personal friend of mine, who requested not to be named, just emailed me to let me know that he was actually a PA on the shoot for Take on Me. How cool is that? At the third MTV Music Awards in 1986, Take on Me won for Best New Concept Video, Best New Artist Video, Best Special Effects, Best Direction, Most Experimental and the Viewers Choice Award. It was directed by Steve Barron of Limelight.
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| Posted October 14 2008 |
| Jon Burgerman - Pens are my Friends |
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Pens are my Friends, debut volume of collected works by UK illustrator Jon Burgerman has just been released from IdN. The book features Burgerman’s commercial, personal and collaborative works including toys, clothing, exhibitions, murals and sketchbooks. In addition to the artist’s work, the book also includes essays and a look into Burgerman’s creative process. Found on Cpluv.
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| Posted October 14 2008 |
| Boards Summit: Jane McGonigal |
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The Boards Summit is on next week (Oct 23-24) in New York and this year's keynote speaker is Future Forecaster and Game Designer Jane McGonigal. McGonigal is a world-renowned designer of innovative ways to use mass collaboration to conduct research, build communities, connect with markets and shape our future. In 2006, MIT Technology Review named her one of the top 35 innovators changing the world through technology. More on McGonigal. More on the Boards Summit.
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| Posted October 10 2008 |
| Walk on the Nastalgia |
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Here's a beautiful new spot from Motionholic (AKA DongHyun Kim) titled Walk on the Nostalgia. He describes it as "an artist's translation of a story of a girl's memory into a visualized form of time". View it with full credits on Vimeo or on the Motionholic site. The music, which I think is lovely, is Sigur Ros "Seaglopur".
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| Posted October 10 2008 |
| Waking Up Hannah |
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Waking Up Hannah is the latest for Dove from Ogilvy Toronto, The Barbarian Group and Paranoid Picture's director (the lovely) Nicole McDonald. I really enjoyed checking out the site which is in a choose your own adventure style based on the selection of different Dove deodorants and body washes. I found Hannah to be really likable and the story is well told, shot and executed. The interactive bits are cool too - like browsing through Hannah's phone (where I found a cameo of the director - nice touch) and going to the doorman/actors website (if you choose that path). Take a few minutes to check it out. Great work.
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| Posted October 09 2008 |
| Cranberry Bog NYC |
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I love cranberries. I'll actually eat cranberry sauce by the spoonful. As part of their "Straight From the Bog" campaign, Ocean Spray built a 1,500 square-foot cranberry bog outside of Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. Cranberry growers waded in the approximately 2,000 pounds of cranberries floating in water, and explained the harvesting process to spectators. Similar installations will hit Los Angeles and Foxboro, Mass. later this month. For the full story, including video footage, visit Ad Age. Scooped from Creativity. I like that Ocean Spray is promoting their brand by educating people about where cranberries come from. Oh, and they look pretty too.
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| Posted October 09 2008 |
| Tourism Australia |
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Tourism Australia has launched “Transformation”, a new advertising campaign being rolled out in 22 countries around the world. Baz Luhrmann, known for his movies Moulin Rouge and William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, was responsible for the television and cinema commercials set in New York, Shanghai and Western Australia. Watch the New York spot here and the Shanghai spot here. Both spots are directed by Bruce Hunt. Original music was composed for both spots by Nylon Studios. Full credits.
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| Posted October 08 2008 |
| Introducing Frame Four |
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Frame Four, repping photographers Babbette Hines, Marcy Robinson and Aaron Ruell, has just been launched by Gary Naccarato who is also the Head of Creative at Biscuit Filmworks. Gary has always had a profound appreciation for photographers and their work and I'm so happy to see that he's made a business out of a passion. His first show is on November 7 in Los Angeles. Congratulations Gary!
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| Posted October 06 2008 |
| Sid Lee - New Site |
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I'm a big fan of Montreal-based Sid Lee (formerly Diesel a few years back). They have just launched a fresh new website. Kudos to them on creating an agency site that is fun to visit.
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| Posted October 01 2008 |
| Frank needs an alibi |
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Here's a great new spot from director James Haworth (hi James!) for Specsavers. I love the gritty cop shop film look & the punchline at the end made me laugh out loud (doesn't happen that often & I've had a bad day). Agency is Specsavers Creative. Pro co is Another Film Company. Full credits and some production info is posted here.
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