Pentagram wins Museum of Liverpool branding task

LONDON – Pentagram has won out in a six-way pitch to create a brand identity for the Museum of Liverpool, which is due to open in 2010.

Marks & Spencer redesigns M&S Money website

LONDON – Marks & Spencer is re-launching its M&S Money website in an effort to strengthen the brand in the online marketplace and help grow its identity as a credible financial- services provider.

Napster rejigs pricing scheme ahead of Spotify’s US debut

LONDON – Napster, in a bid to beat Spotify to the chase in the US, has revamped its pricing scheme for music subscribers, now offering on-demand streaming and five mp3s a month for $5.

NebuAd shuts down amid privacy lawsuit

LONDON – Behavioural targeting company NebuAd, a recent target itself in an online privacy suit, has closed its doors for good.

Google rolls out mobile phone barcode scanning

LONDON – Google’s online shopping service Product Search has introduced a barcode scanner for Android mobile phone users that allows for price comparison on the fly.

Retrofuturs Quotes

Quelques magnifiques illustrations réalisées par ce graphiste basé dans la Drôme. Stéphane Massa-Bidal, alias Retrofuturs, réalise un travail basé sur le remix d’images d’archives avec des thèmes d’actualité. De nombreux exemples dans la suite.



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Assvertising Denim – Zero Degree Slim Fit Jeans Imprint Your Skin (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These Zero Degree Jeans ads effectively use assvertising to promote their Slim Fit women’s denim design.

The ads show how the contents of the back pockets (keys, mobile phone) have left an imprint on…

Revolution’s live blog from Google Zeitgeist

LONDON – Follow Revolution editor Gareth Jones as the Google founders take the stage alongside Richard Branson at Google Zeitgeist Europe 2009.

Viewers Watch TV Programs, Not Networks


In today's challenging economic times, TV is a proven medium that enables marketers to best accomplish their goals. TV continues to evolve by providing emerging communication solutions that recognize new metrics, changing viewership patterns and technological change. With all the focus on the upfront, it's important to remember that viewers watch programs, not networks.

Mars Sends Women Seeking New ‘Fling’ to Porn Site


B.L. Ochman's digital marketing tip: When you launch a new product, you might want to see where the URLs that could be associated with it lead.

Google backs local publishers over media ownership rules

LONDON – Internet giant Google has backed the local publishers’ campaign to convince the Office of Fair Trading the rules on regional media ownership should be relaxed.

Apple’s Latest Online Ad: Who Let the Hair Club Guy In?


Here's another Apple interactive execution that not only includes new creative but also a totally new advertising unit.

UKTV unveils Really rebrand

LONDON – Red Bee Media has created the brand positioning and a series of provocative promotional idents for UKTV women’s lifestyle channel Really.

Skimbit launches service to generate cash from Twitter for charities and business

LONDON – London-based entrepreneur Alicia Navarro has devised a way to generate donations for charities and revenues for businesses through social networking sites such as Twitter, with an initiative dubbed Good.ly.

Hang (over and over) / Noeud Noeud

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THE ORIGINAL ?
Beatbullying.org – 2005
“To a bullied child it’s a way out, to you it’s a school tie”
Source : Cannes Archive Online,
Agency : Clear Marketing Manchester (UK)
LESS ORIGINAL :
The sheriffs’ and recorder’s fund – 2009
Source : Adsoftheworld
Agency : Euro RSCG London (UK)
On a beau le prendre à l’endroit comme à l’envers, le noeud du problème c’est que l’idée a déjà été exploitée de manière excessivement identique. Y compris jusqu’au détail des rayures sur la cravate…

Fairtrade Foundation appoints first marketing chief

LONDON – The Fairtrade Foundation has appointed its first marketing director, Cheryl Sloan, in an effort to double the number of producers using the certification.

LV= awards print manager Etrinsic contract renewal for direct mail and data processing

LONDON – LV=, part of the Liverpool Victoria group of financial services companies, has awarded print management company Etrinsic a renewal of its print, direct mail management, data processing and postal consultancy contract.

Nokia E75 | Email With Ease

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Começou a ser vendido o novo aparelho Nokia E75. O principal diferencial do celular é a facilidade de envios de e-mails. Sendo assim, a agência sueca Farfar criou um colorido e simpático hotsite para promover o aparelho e sua funcionalidade mais importante.

No espaço “The Email Artist” é possível escrever uma mensagem personalizada, como se estivesse mesmo sendo digitada no aparelho. Conforme se escreve na telinha, salta na tela ícones que representam algumas palavras digitadas. É uma experiência interessante que me fez viciar na noite de ontem. E não duvido que logo menos o site será também um FWA.

:: www.nokia.com/emailwithease

Are You Listening Yet?

To paraphrase Lisa Simpson: is it better for your brand to be thought the fool, than to enter the world of social media and remove all doubt?
Perhaps. Or perhaps you’re missing the point.
Whether your brand is worth knowing about, or is not worth knowing about, it will exist amongst conversations within social networks, such is […]

Bauer Media to axe 30 editorial and sales jobs

LONDON – Bauer Media, the publisher of Heat and FHM, is looking to shed up to 30 staff across its editorial and commercial operations as it looks to offset the tough economic climate by streamlining its magazine business.