Hasta La Creative!

(TrendHunter.com) At the height of footwear design lies Christian Louboutin shoes. The brand’s signature style of embellishing shoes with studs, spikes, and jewels creates a glamorous and punky aesthetic that…

ITV’s ‘The X Factor’ attracted a peak audience of 11.2 million viewers last night, its highest this year so far, while the third-series opener of ‘Downton Abbey’ drew a peak of 9.6 million.

“Strengthens hair from within.”

Advertising Agency: Point Blank, India
Director: Bindu Menon
Creative Head: Sujeesh Sukumaran
Art Director: Hemant Teli

(TrendHunter.com) Should hallows ever have you searching for appropriate attire, these nerdy Halloween costume ideas will appeal to your fanatic side.

Whether you are into wizards, gamers, superheroes or anime…

“The most chinese noodles.”

Advertising Agency: Lowe GGK, Warsaw, Poland
Creative Director: Kinga Grzelewska, Marcin Nowak
Art Director: Bart Bialy
Copywriter: Patryk Micho?
Photography: Tomek Zieciowski Photography
Digital Artist: Piotr Ho?ubowicz

Advertising Agency: Deutsch, Los Angeles, USA
Chief Creative Officer: Mark Hunter
Group Creative Director: Michael Kadin, Matt Ian
Associate Creative Director: Brian Friedrich, Mark Peters
Copywriter: Matt Sherman
Art Director: Paul Oberlin, Mike Palese
Director of Integrated Production: Vic Palumbo
Director of Broadcast Production: Victoria Guenier
Senior Producer: Dave Stephenson
Production Company: Biscuit Filmworks
Director: Noam Murro
Managing Director: Shawn Lacy
Executive Producer: Colleen O’Donnell
Line Producer: Jay Veal
Editorial Company: Spotwelders
Editor: Dick Gordon
Assistant Editor: Cudjo Collins
Assistant Editor: Patrick Murphree
Executive Producer: David Glean
Executive Producer: Joanne Ferraro
Producer: Carolina Wallace
Post: Company 3
Colorist: Stefan Sonnenfeld
VFX/Online: Method
Flame Artist: Pete Mayor
Smoke Artist: Jason Frank
Executive Producer: Robert Owens
Producer: Stephanie Allis
Licensed Music: “Dirty Old Egg Sucking Dog”
Composer: Jack Clement
Performed by: Johnny Cash
Courtesy of Columbia Nashville by arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
Sound Design Company: 740 Sound Design & Mix
Sound Designer: Rommel Molina
Executive Producer: Scott Ganary
Audio Post Company: LIME Studios
Mixer: Mark Meyuhas
Assistant Mixer: Matt Miller
Executive Producer: Jessica Locke

The IAB last week hosted a conference on online video, where we sounded out views on the appeal of the medium from delegates from SpotXchange, Carat, MediaMind, Unruly Media and YouTube.

I love the sea. It calms me. And I am often in need of calming – seeing as I go about for the most part of my life, excited, dramatic and impusive. I am a seeker. Whether it is a spiritual quest or one to find the perfect balance between science and design, I am always asking questions. On a separate note, my friends also say I am a space cadet.

I work as an Associate Creative Director with DDB Mudra.

Why are you into Advertising?
It seems to be the only place where there’s freedom to come up with almost any idea across any medium and watch it come to life while it solves a problem, makes something easier to do, changes perception, enlightens or just entertains.

Did you attend school for fine art or design or Communications?
I didn’t go to art school, but I’ve always been inclined towards design, art and creating things since I was in school. After two years of science, I studied BMM (bachelor of mass media), explored cinematography for a year and then felt at home once I started working in the creative department in advertising. I’d say my school was training in JWT for a few months and then my time in Ogilvy. There’s so much to learn that I’d say I’m still in school.
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Advertising Agency: Weapon7, London, United Kingdom
Producer: Adam Walker
Executive Creative Director: Jeremy Garner
Creatives: Anthony McGinty, Jason Cascarina
Account Management: Richard Moloney, Adam Morrison

Advertising Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi, Ukraine
Creative Director: Kirill Chistyakov
Copywriter: Aleksandr Bozhko
Art Directors: Olya Selischeva, Dmitriy Lebedev