Microsoft splashes $1.2bn on business social network Yammer

Microsoft has acquired corporate social networking company Yammer, for $1.2bn (£769m), which it intends to integrate with Office and Skype, once the deal has been approved.

Young British Designers: Design & Conquer

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Advertising Agency: Rees Bradley Hepburn, Birmingham, UK
Creative Directors: Stuart Jackson, Mike Kalin
Illustrator: Vanessa Turner


McDonald’s: Smoothies

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To help McDonald’s introduce fruit smoothies we covered the glass of a TSA with material that mimicked the look and texture of a strawberry – creating a 3D ad. A classic fruit sticker was placed on the material with the words: Real Fruit Smoothies. The TSA was then topped with giant strawberry leaves. Smaller versions of this idea were created as Restobars ads with strawberries and pineapples.

Advertising Agency: Cossette, Vancouver, Canada
Co-Chief Creative Officers: Matthew Litzinger, David Daga
Creative Director: Katie Ainsworth
Associate Creative Director: Lisa Lebedovich
Art Director: Lisa Lebedovich
Copywriter: Katie Ainsworth
Producer: April Haffenden
TSA Production Artist: Dennis Bayluk
Studio Artist: Rob Horsman
Group Account Director: Nadine Cole
Account Director: Kim Prosser
Account Executive: Shirley Lam


Coe urges sponsors to explain their Olympic role

Reluctance by Olympic sponsor brands to promote their role in staging the London 2012 Olympics has helped fuel negative media coverage of their involvement, Locog chairman Lord Coe has said.

Lastminute hires Bartlett

Travelocity International, which owns Lastminute.com, has recruited Sarah Bartlett as its first chief marketing officer, to oversee its portfolio of brands following a restructure.

General Motors CMO Joel Ewanick: ‘It’s all good with Facebook’

General Motors, the world’s fourth-biggest ad spender, has told Marketing that its relationship with Facebook is ‘all good’, despite its highly publicised withdrawal of paid advertising from the social network just days before Facebook’s IPO last month.

Lord Coe urges sponsors to explain their Olympic role

Reluctance by Olympic sponsor brands to promote their role in staging the London 2012 Olympics has helped fuel negative media coverage of their involvement, LOCOG chairman Lord Coe has said.

Why Diageo said ‘No’ to London 2012 sponsorship

Drinks company Diageo considered sponsoring London 2012, but decided against it.

EDF unveils major European London 2012 campaign

EDF, the owner of UK subsidiary EDF Energy, is launching a multimillion-pound London 2012 campaign across Europe to highlight its role in ‘powering’ the Olympics.

Shop Direct in brands overhaul

Shop Direct is to increase its marketing spend as it seeks to drive greater differentiation between its Very and Littlewoods brands.

Multiple Exposure Portraits

Focus sur Christoffer Relander, ce photographe spécialisé en portraits et paysages, trouvant toujours un angle et une approche originale comme avec cette série « Multiple Exposure Portraits ». Ces photographies en double exposition joue à la perfection entre portraits et matières. Plus d’images dans la suite.


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Interview with Michel de Broin

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I had a little chat with the artist who hung a gigantic disco-ball over Paris, threw 12 tons of asphalt on the road to create a absurdly twisted bike lane in Montreal, rode his polluting bicycle in parks, knitted New Orleans street lamps into a satellite-shaped structure, silenced an alarm bell under a vacuum system and famously got his pedal-powered 86′ Buick Regal car pulled over by the police continue

Minimal Material Footwear – The Lasso Slippers are Made Using a Single Piece of Felt (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) When it comes to personalized DIY footwear, the Lasso Slippers are as simple as they come. Made by Gaspard Tiné-Berès, a design graduate from the Royal College of Art in London, the Lasso Slippers…

Chromatic Crayon-Inspired Lacquers – Crayola Nail Polish Will Bring Out the Kid in You (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If you’re someone who grew up going through pack after pack of Crayola crayons, then you’ll be excited to find out that Crayola nail polish now exists! The company has just released a…

Steampunk Seafaring Jewelry – The Capt. Jules’ Extraordinary Telescope Ring Will Inspire Adventure (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) A person doesn’t need to own a ship to travel the nine seas in order to enjoy the Capt. Jules’ Extraordinary Telescope Ring. Instead, this piece of steampunk jewelry will encourage…

Edgy Desert Editorials – The Photoshoot Starring Liu Xu for Metal Magazine is Vibrant (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The editorial starring Liu Xu for Metal Magazine is vibrantly edgy. Shot on location in a desert, the bright colors and trippy patterns contrast nicely against the sand-colored rocks and blue skies…

Nissan Looks to Facebook to Help Launch Five New Models


"Are we selling hundreds of cars through social? No. But social media has to be a responsible part of any media package now."

Facebook Names COO Sheryl Sandberg to Board


Facebook has added Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg as a director, the first woman on its board.

Jen Responds to Mark’s Google Chrome Overtures

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Remember Google Chrome: Coffee, the video Google created that showed how a guy used Google to get an old girlfriend to have coffee with him? Ever wonder what Jen’s response was to Mark’s persistance? Well, now we know.


‘Science: It’s A Girl Thing’ Video Derided As Sexist

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A recent video from the European Commission’s Women in Research and Innovation effort to encourage more young women to pursue a career in science has sparked a bit of a furor over it’s portrayal of women.