The Global Meltdown of Brand Obama


Over the weekend, you may have noticed, all hell broke loose in Europe over the latest National Security Agency spying revelations. As Germany’s Der Spiegel headlined the unfolding scandal: “Attacks from America: NSA Spied on European Union Offices.” The news magazine’s summary:

America’s NSA intelligence service allegedly targeted the European Union with its spying activities. According to SPIEGEL information, the US placed bugs in the EU representation in Washington and infiltrated its computer network. Cyber attacks were also perpetrated against Brussels in New York and Washington.

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Monsters University: Sticker

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One of the biggest childhood fears is dark because the dark is where monsters live. We will promote the film Monsters University and his beloved characters in a way that helps children lose the fear.

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We created a card that goes in front of headlights of cars that are parked in malls and colleges. Once the beacon is lit, the magic happens.

Advertising Agency: Mais Propaganda, Brazil
Executive account: Edjane Rodrigues
Creative Directors: Breno Ribeiro, Renata Rodrigues
Art Director: Breno Ribeiro
Published: June 2013

Corona Canada: Corona Paint Party Montreal 2013

To Live Mas Fina, is to live life in an extraordinary way. On June 14th, 2013 in Montreal, Canada, we gave 1,000 L of paint to a group of Mas Fina thrill-seekers. And this is how it turned out.

Advertising Agency: TANK, Montréal, Canada
Video Production: oneChuck Production
Event Production: Oboxmedia
Published: June 2013

Johannesburg Zoo: The World’s First LIVE Tweeting Badger

Advertising Agency: Hellocomputer & Draftfcb, Johannesburg, South Africa
Director and Editor: Michael Kolbe / Blackenvelope Films
Voice Artist: Tom Fairfoot
Sound Design: John Vichos / Freq’ncy Audio
Technology Design: Johan Pieterse, Nathan O’ Gates, Tom Van den Bon (BinarySpace), Ben Fourie
Art Directors: Eras Gous, Moira-Gene Sephton Gous
Copywriters: Candice Hellens, Rory MacRobert
Executive Creative Director: Kerry Friend
Chief Creative Officer: Brett Morris

Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey: Swarm

Advertising Agency: Arnold Worldwide, USA
Chief Creative Officer: Pete Favat
Executive Creative Director: Wade Devers
Group Creative Director: Pete Johnson
Creative Director: Jose Luis Martinez
Art Director: Alyssa Wilson
Copywriter: Peter Hughes
Producer: William Near
Assistant Producer: Alex Saevitz
Business Affairs: Maria Rougvie
Planners: Lisa Borden, Angus McCoubrey
Marketing Producers: Paul Nelson, Emily Brooks, Shannon Coletti
Production Company: Smuggler
Executive Producer: Allison Kunzman
Line Producer: Michael Schlenker
Director: Laurent Ledru / Psyop
Cinematographer: Robert Elswit
Editorial Company: Lost Planet
Editor: Max Koepke
Colorist: Tom Poole
Sound Designers: Max Koepke, Mike Secher
Music Recording Artist: Alecia Shakour with Sam Cohen
Sound Engineer: Mike Secher
Animation: Psyop

Webdenda: Accounts and People of Note in the Ad Industry

Chad Ackley joined Doner, Southfield, Mich., part of MDC Partners, as executive vice president and executive creative director.

    

Em Seoul, balões com Wi-Fi gratuito oferecem conveniência em compras pelo smartphone

Embora os coreanos coloquem grande peso na variável “preço baixo” oferecida por supermercados como Emart, segundo estudo da Cheil Worldwide, a maioria dos consumidores acaba por simplesmente recorrer às lojas que ficam mais próximas de suas residências, por conta da acessibilidade e conveniência.

Pensando nisso, Emart – que possui como público justamente aqueles que pesquisam pelo preço mais baixo – passou a pensar em como persuadir os consumidores que moram longe de suas lojas à irem até lá para fazerem suas compras.

Como parte dessa estratégia, construíram balões controlados por controle remoto e com um roteador de Wi-Fi embutido, o Flying Store, soltos de forma inesperada por áreas centrais em Seoul, como estações de metrô, centros comerciais e áreas empresariais.

Ao verem o balão e se conectarem em seus smartphones com o Wi-Fi disponibilizado, as pessoas eram direcionadas para um aplicativo da loja, onde podiam baixar vouchers de descontos para diversos produtos e promoções.

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Flying Store possibilitou à Emart introduzir uma nova variável aos seus serviços: a conveniência.

De acordo com a Cheil Worldwide, que desenvolveu a ação, as compras feitas através do site da Emart cresceram em 157% depois da ação. E ainda espera-se crescer em quase 10% as compras nas lojas físicas, devido às pessoas que baixaram vouchers de descontos pelo aplicativo.

Usando a importância da conexão e da mobilidade, a empresa conseguiu levar seus preços competitivos para aonde seus consumidores estavam. Apesar da inovação, da curiosidade e da interação que trazem balões com Wi-Fi gratuito circulando pela cidade, a conveniência traria ainda maior resultado se o consumidor atingido estivesse, de fato, procurando fazer compras, e não apenas de passagem.

 

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Dynamics ePlate: Aquarium

Advertising Agency: Grey, New York, USA
Creative Directors: Andrew Currie, Luis Romero
Producer: Floyd Russ
Art Director: Alexander Kaplan
Copywriter: Barry Katz
Account Manager: Peter Zenobi
Production Company: Furlined, Santa Monica
Directors: Will Speck, Josh Gordon
VP/Executive Producer: Eriks Krumins
Executive Producer: Dave Thorne
Producer: Pete Vitale
DoP: Bryan Newman
Visual Effects Company: Zoic Studios, Culver City/Vancouver
Executive Creative Director: Chris Jones, Robert Moggach
Head of Broadcast Production: Ian Unterreiner
Executive Producer: Cally Morton
Sr. Producer: Jennie Burnett
VFX Supervisor: Ryan McDougal
Post Production Coordinator: Anna Dudas
3D Supervisor: Jeff Baksinski
Lead Animator: Chris Barsamian
Compositing Lead: Feli DiGiorgio
3D Generalists: Andy Wilkoff, Adam Newman
Flame Artists: Robert Moggach, Renee Tymn, An Dang
Tracking Lead: Ryan Lorie
Compositors: Fumi Mashimo, Jared Jones, Kyle Spiker
Rigging: Scott Rosekrans
Dynamics: Mike Miller
Editorial Company: Mackcut, NY
Director of Operations: Biz Lynskey
Executive Producer: Sasha Hirschfeld
Editor: Ian Mackenzie
Assistant Editor: Nick Divers

The Sandwich Book

The Sandwich Book est un excellent projet réalisé par l’artiste et designer polonais Pawel Piotrowski. Ce livre, composé de créations de papier rappelant les ingrédients typiques de sandwichs, est une véritable réussite visuelle à découvrir en images dans la suite de l’article.

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McCann Wins Cuervo as Tequila Leaves Diageo in U.S.


Jose Cuervo will be run by new ad and media agencies in the U.S. as the nation’s largest tequila brand transitions from Diageo to Proximo Spirits.

Interpublic Group of Cos.’ McCann Erickson, New York, picked up the creative account after a review, while media will be run by independent Gotham Direct.

Proximo, which takes over U.S. distribution today, has signaled that it will spend more on marketing as it looks to revive the sluggish brand. “We plan to make considerable investments in brand building and innovation for the Jose Cuervo portfolio to accelerate its growth,” Proximo President-CEO Mark Teasdale said in March, when the company announced the distribution deal. The brand got $11.25 million in measured media support last year, according to Kantar Media.

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Coors Light: The Action’s On The Ice

The Montreal Canadiens, the most celebrated team in hockey history, has one of the most passionate and diehard followings in the NHL. So during this year’s Stanley Cup run, Coors Light teamed up with MEC Canada andDraftFCB Montreal to create an interactive outdoor experience called “L’action sur la glace” or “The Action’s On The Ice”, bringing the fans even closer to the action.

Outside of Montreal’s Bell Centre, the home of the Habs, Thinkingbox digital production company built a custom 240 square foot ‘shooter’ platform where fans were able to take their best and hardest “slap shot”. Each time, the strength and speed of the shot would trigger a specific 3D animation that appeared on a 45’ HD LED video wall. For example, if the puck was hit hard enough to score a goal, an animation showing the ice shattering as well as a 3D modeled representation of Bell Centre and the Montreal Canadiens’ locker room would appear. Everything was done to recreate and simulate the experience of scoring a goal for the average fan. The activation included a custom iPad application that controlled the flow of the event. It was synced with social sharing technologies so players could publish their experience on their respective networks. The platform included a puck track containing IR sensors and micro-controllers that converted fans’ shots from microseconds to km/h.

Advertising Agency: DraftFCB, Montreal, Canada
Media Agency: MEC
Digital Production: Thinkingbox
Published: April 2013

Elephant Journal: Rainbows

Advertising Agency: TDA_Boulder, Boulder, U.S.A.
Creative Director: Jeremy Seibold
Art Director: Neal Desai
Copywriter: Jeremy Seibold
Agency Prod.: Danielle Borden
Executive Creative Director: Jonathan Schoenberg
Prod. Co./Post: dWb, Los Angeles
Dir./VFX?Editor: David Beglin
DP: Stefan Silvers
Prod.: Mitch Livingston
Production Mgr.: Eric Griswold
Editor: Abazar Noorizad
Sound Design: Thomas Graham

Snickers Drops Down the Celebrity Hierarchy with Kenny G

Betty White, Joe Pesci, Robin Williams, and… Kenny G. Aside from picking the most odds-and-sods group of entertainers out there, Snickers and BBDO New York have a knack for choosing celebrities with just enough relevance for the “You’re not you when you’re hungry” campaign. The title for best Snickers jokester is a toss-up between White’s roughhousing football player and Pesci’s whiny wingman. The latest spot, “Cards,” won’t top its predecessors, mainly because Kenny G doesn’t speak throughout the whole clip, but you can always lose yourself in his patented melancholy saxophoning.

It’s strange to think that the first ad with White came out over three years ago, but these spots seem to have enough social support to keep on kicking, even as the celebrities get less celebratory. Maybe for the next one, BBDO could get all four celebs in one room at the same time – a group of hungry people who all need to eat Snickers. That way, we could get Pesci to look at Kenny G and unleash a “Who is this fuckin’ guy?” tirade. Everybody wins, even Kenny G, since he’d be in two commercials in the past decade instead of one. Credits after the jump.

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Viator: My friend

Trustworthy tour guides because that guy who keeps calling you “my friend”, isn’t.

Advertising Agency: Hub Strategy, San Francisco, USA
Creative Directors: DJ O’Neil, Peter Judd
Associate Creative Director: Jason Rothman
Designers: Jason Rothman, Jen Hartford
Copywriters: Linda Birkenstock, Bem Jimmerson
CG Artist: Jeppe Paustian
Flash Designer: Armand Tam
Director of Account Management: Annalyn Duke
Account Director: Angelina Dilg
Account Coordinator: Caitlin Lutsch

Viator: Best parts

It’s a small world, but still pretty big when trying to find the best parts.

Advertising Agency: Hub Strategy, San Francisco, USA
Creative Directors: DJ O’Neil, Peter Judd
Associate Creative Director: Jason Rothman
Designers: Jason Rothman, Jen Hartford
Copywriters: Linda Birkenstock, Bem Jimmerson
CG Artist: Jeppe Paustian
Flash Designer: Armand Tam
Director of Account Management: Annalyn Duke
Account Director: Angelina Dilg
Account Coordinator: Caitlin Lutsch

Viator: Secret menu

Like ordering off the secret menu for travel.

Advertising Agency: Hub Strategy, San Francisco, USA
Creative Directors: DJ O’Neil, Peter Judd
Associate Creative Director: Jason Rothman
Designers: Jason Rothman, Jen Hartford
Copywriters: Linda Birkenstock, Bem Jimmerson
CG Artist: Jeppe Paustian
Flash Designer: Armand Tam
Director of Account Management: Annalyn Duke
Account Director: Angelina Dilg
Account Coordinator: Caitlin Lutsch

Viator: Gloat

Skip the lines. Try not to gloat.

Advertising Agency: Hub Strategy, San Francisco, USA
Creative Directors: DJ O’Neil, Peter Judd
Associate Creative Director: Jason Rothman
Designers: Jason Rothman, Jen Hartford
Copywriters: Linda Birkenstock, Bem Jimmerson
CG Artist: Jeppe Paustian
Flash Designer: Armand Tam
Director of Account Management: Annalyn Duke
Account Director: Angelina Dilg
Account Coordinator: Caitlin Lutsch

Lucky Charms: #LuckyToBe 100% Me

When General Mills introduced two new rainbow marshmallow pieces to its iconic Lucky Charms cereal, the McCann Always On team seized on the addition as a perfect opportunity to salute the LGBT community during June 2013 pride month. The result was the launch of #LuckyToBe, a new social good initiative for General Mills, part of the team’s ongoing ‘Hello, Cereal Lovers’ campaign.

McCann Always On built the LuckyToBe site experience on Tumblr (http://luckyto.be/), and used the #LuckyToBe hashtag to drive mentions across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The initiative was kick-started by experimenting with paid media via Tumblr Radar, which quickly generated 3 million views. A video was then launched on You Tube and activated via social paid media on Facebook and Twitter. The team also handled #LuckyToBe event activations at the Minneapolis Rainbow Run and Pride Parade in mid-June. As part of the program, people were asked to Tweet or Instagram why they are #LuckyToBe you with hashtag #LuckyToBe. And for the design/creatively-inclined, as part of the Tumblr initiative the Triple Rainbow Marbit was released into the world for artistic remixing.

Advertising Agency: McCann Always On, USA
Strategy Director: Sharon Panelo
Copywriter: Lauren Demarest
Art Director: Ryan Quigley
Video Animation: Denis Randall / Atmosphere13

Disney Pixar Monster University: Light Card

One of the biggest childhood fears is dark because the dark is that monsters live. We will promote the film Monsters University and his beloved characters in a way that helps children lose the fear.
We created a card that goes in front of headlights of cars that are parked in malls and colleges. Once the beacon is lit, the magic happens.”

Advertising Agency: Mais Propaganda, Brazil
Executive account: Edjane Rodrigues
Creative Director: Breno Ribeiro

Projeto interativo e imersivo no aeroporto de LA traz de volta a magia de se viajar

Viajantes passando pelo novo Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT), no aeroporto de Los Angeles (LAX), talvez mudem de ideia sobre o stress dessa fase da viagem. Programado para abrir em agosto, o novo prédio terá enormes telas e um sistema multimídia interativo que prometem aos passageiros uma experiência única e imersiva, unindo arquitetura, narrativa e branding.

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“Hoje em dia, a única parte mágica de viajar é quando olhamos a cidade do avião ou quando chegamos em casa. Queríamos criar sensações assim no aeroporto e trazer de volta essa magia.” – Sakchin Bessette, diretor da Moment Factory

Desenvolvido pelas agências Digital KitchenMoment Factory, de Montreal, o projeto conta com 4 horas de vídeo, sendo 40 curtas-metragem interativos que capturam os sentimentos e experiências maravilhosas de se viajar, e também a essência de Los Angeles. A intenção é tratar a cidade como marca, gerando uma expressão do que o turista pode esperar, sem pré-julgamentos e clichês.

Ao entrar no terminal, os viajantes são recebidos logo de cara com os vídeos rolando nos telões, junto à outras animações representando destinos populares e a urbanidade da cidade. Ao percorrer os corredores, há colunas de telas de LED que reagem e mudam em resposta aos passos de quem passa próximo à elas.

Para terminar, há uma torre com um relógio digital, reaproveitada de um antigo elevador, que resgata o visual dos relógios tradicionais das antigas estações de trem. A torre é interativa e, ao tocá-la, é possível observar a mudança de épocas.

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O projeto quer trazer de volta aos viajantes aquela animação e romantismo de arrumar as malas, percorrer o aeroporto e embarcar no avião. Rituais que desde então se perderam em meio aos aeroportos lotados, hoje sinônimos de horas desperdiçadas, preços exorbitantes, longas distâncias e muito stress.

Alcançar tal objetivo vai muito além de telas gigantes e interativas, mas investir em ambientes de passagem – que ironicamente são onde mais gastamos nosso tempo – já é um começo para se obter boas surpresas.

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