May 2010
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Student Spotlight: Kanonkop Wine Packaging -... →
A fellow Vega graduate and good friend, Juanel van der Walt, created this amazing packaging for Kanonkop wine estate.
January 2010
1 post
The Loudness Wars: Why Music Sounds Worse : NPR →
The downside of digital music explained — and why you really should buy that vintage record player.
December 2009
5 posts
Fashion decade in review 2000 - 2009 - Telegraph →
ID dies
I read on AdAge today that iconic design magazine “ID” has pulled.
So. Another one bites the dust. And I thought the recession was over. I wonder how long it is before the tide of magazine closures is stemmed.
Vintage finds in turquoise, Pantone's 2010 color... →
In Use: Plantin for Monocle | The FontFeed →
WatchBooks are better. Amazing paper stop-motion ad from New Zealand’s Book Council
October 2009
1 post
Mind the Map: Places: Design Observer →
“Last month, TfL released a new version of the Underground map that boldly attempted to de-clutter the 75-year-old classic by wiping away, among other things, fare zones and the River Thames,” writes Ian Baldwin in this fascinating look at the history of the Tube’s iconic map.
September 2009
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May 2009
3 posts
London Olympics posters - modernism meets modern
Alan Clarke has designed a set of remarkable posters for the 2012 London Olympics. They’re crisp, clean, and quite remarkable — tapping into the city’s love affair with modernism and of course the iconic ’30s simplicity of Gill Sans font used on London’s public transport.
Let’s hope these get the thumbs up from the powers that be. Boris Johnson take note!
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Ignore this film
Via Afrodissident.
Amnesty’s new campaign “Defy them” is a stirring call for action against torture. But this time there’s a fresh approach to the copy to hook you in and demolish your apathy. Employing powerful reverse psychology, the copy puts the choice in your hands — to ignore the abuses of human rights and pretend it’s not happening. Or to sensitise...
AV for dummies
I know I’m biased (I work for them part-time) but I’m really proud of Panda Security’s efforts in simplifying and freshening up communication around IT security. For the launch of the world’s first free online antivirus, Panda Cloud Antivirus, they’ve produced this really cute, simple and freshly executed viral marketing video. It’s a must watch!
Panda...
April 2009
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“The Zimbabwean” hits home with worthless...
Via Afrodissident.
An outdoor campaign for The Zimbabwean, a free newspaper for the Zimbabwean diaspora, makes a devastating (and need we say remarkably cost-effective) critique on the economic destruction Mugabe has wrought on Zimbabwe. This is a fantastic, fresh-thinking ad. In these cash-strapped times it’s easy to forget that sometimes the communications with the most impact are the...
March 2009
4 posts
Going green with boxed water
Yup, we all know how terrible bottled water is for the environment. You know longer have to feel guilty with Boxed Water.
Creativity Online has the following to say about it:
A new water brand ditches the bottle.
About 90% of the Boxed Water container is made from renewable resources, trees, which are sourced from certified, ethically managed forests. The package shape and material means the...
The TrendWatch →
Awesome, awesome marketing and social media blog (thanks @Djameela). RSS it now.
Don't be fooled by unclean coal industry says...
The war of information - and competing knowledge claims - has found the perfect battlefield - the internet.
This is Reality, an online awareness campaign driven by the Alliance for Climate Protection, is using social media to challenge the false assertions of the coal industry which is deceiving consumers about clean coal.
As the website is at pains to explain:
In reality, there is no such...
February 2009
4 posts
FT's St Bernards bring free papers to Londoners
After the really cute campaign print campaign of St Bernards carrying the FT (“your trusted guide in turbulent times” went the copy, an appropriate and much-needed acknowledgment of the financial crisis’s turmoil from the world’s best financial paper), the FT carried extended this concept into an alternate brand contact campaign. The timing couldn’t have been better...
FT.com / The Mystery Shopper: Kitting up in Cape... →
The FT’s verdict? That Cape Town’s shopping rocks. In this shopping city profile on Cape Town that appeared in last week’s FT Weekend, the V&A Waterfront’s international stores (LV, Gucci etc.) get satisfyingly slagged for having boring last season clothes while Long Street and a few hotspots in the southern suburbs are singled out for high praise.
Social media, Hollywood collide
Now this is innovative: Ashton Kutcher is creating a quasi-reality show that gives a behind-the-scenes peek into his production company. The show will be streamed on Facebook only, on an application called FunSpace developed by Slide.
Read all about it on Ad Age.
"Marketing in a Recession"
Some interesting suggestions on how to market in a recession on Adweek yesterday from Les Binet, the European director at DDB Matrix.
Check it out here.
January 2009
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The Cool Hunter is best culture blog - again!
The indispensable Cool Hunter blog which keep tabs on the freshest goings on in art, design, music and more has won the Best Culture Blog award at the 2008 Weblog Awards. This is the second time they have won the category. Well done!
Check The Cool Hunter out here.