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Media Bitch’s Diary 11 October

This week Bitch visits Ascot with the media luminaries, goes all jazz funk at the Media Week Awards and gets baking with Mail Connected.

Technological Mandalas

Leonard Oulian est un artiste italien passionné par la technologie et sa partie cachée aux yeux des utilisateurs composée de circuits électroniques et composants divers. Utilisant ces éléments pour créer des mandalas et yantras, ces créations très réussies permettent de redonner une utilisation esthétique aux composants.

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New Driving Tests: Serbian traffic safety commission

In 2009, Serbian government announced the new system of driving training and testing. Three years and thousands of lives later – the new system still doesn’t exist. Confidential driving tests leak to the public, resulting in young people only learning the leaked tests and not the entire range of traffic laws. So, we created an app with real accidents videos and let it leak as the “new driving tests for the new system”. Within 48 hours, Ministry of Interior announced that the new system starts on October 25th, and the site crashed temporarily due to used bandwidth.

Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett, Belgrade, Serbia
Creative Director: Anja Radulovi?
Art Director: Rade Šaptovi?
Copywriter: Predrag Simi?, ?or?e Jankovi?
Illustrator: Ivan Nedeljkovi?, Ivana Radi?

Stella Artois: Chalice

Objective: Send an MD for bars and restaurants talking about the sacred ritual of tasting a beer Stella Artois.

Idea: The brewery and really appreciates how their beer is served. Beginning with its glass, which is called the chalice. Was sent a box with the phrase on the outside: In a ritual of tasting, you need more than a cup.

Upon opening, had another phrase: It takes a Holy chalice. Right now lights a white light and plays a sound heavenly.

Advertising Agency: Beats, Curitiba, Brazil
Creative Director: Sulivan Cruz
Art Director: Edson Vaz
Copywriter: Sulivan Cruz

Dash: Più Mamma non si Può Project

Advertising Agency: DLVBBDO, Milan, Italy
Executive Creative Directors: Stefania Siani, Federico Pepe
Creative Directors: Valentina Amenta, Davide Fiori
Digital Creative Directors: Emanuele Viora, Massimiliano Bibbo, Andrea Jaccarino
Creatives: Valentina Amenta, Davide Fiori, Emanuele Viora, Massimiliano Bibbo, Andrea Jaccarino, Alessandro Lapetina, Marija Petrinjac
Account Director: Ilaria Mosca, Serena Quacquarelli
Social Media Strategist: Nicola Guarino
Production Company: CastaDiva

Q&A with Best Buy Europe chief Andrew Harrison

Andrew Harrison, Best Buy Europe’s chief executive, discusses the “stupid” Carphone Warehouse brand name, online advertising and the pointlessness of NFC.

Out and About 11 October

This week Out and About pops in to IPC Media’s Look Show, gets ‘Sinister’ with DCM Tuesdays and gives Lord Sugar a grilling with Nabs.

Disney propõe novo conceito para as “princesas”

Se você já leu alguns contos de fadas, sabe que aquelas princesas da fantasia, que sempre precisavam ser salvas, não se encaixam na realidade feminina atual. Hoje, cada vez mais vemos personagens femininas fortes, determinadas e capazes de salvarem a si mesmas. Então, como seriam as princesas contemporâneas?

A Disney pensou nisso e respondeu com I am a Princess, um vídeo que celebra a princesa que existe em toda menina, construindo novos significados para a palavra e incentivando as meninas a conquistarem seus objetivos. Bravura, confiança, lealdade, generosidade, gentileza, compaixão e a capacidade de defender a si mesma e os outros estão entre as palavras por trás deste novo conceito.

Lendo os comentários no YouTube, deu para perceber que as pessoas ficaram divididas com o vídeo. Algumas, acham que a Disney poderia fazer mais do que vídeos e tentar aplicar na prática o discurso. Outros, acham que a marca está no caminho certo e este é apenas o começo. E você, o que pensa?

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